mainframe
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The analyst said investors might dispute his call, given concern that Anthropic’s Claude Code tool will disrupt IBM’s mainframe business.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
“IBM’s customers have had ample opportunities to migrate off of mainframe and are sticking with the platform given inherent advantages.”
From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026
But IBM’s z17 mainframe has still proved popular, Daryanani added, with customers seemingly gravitating toward benefits like 100% uptime, quality encryption and cost efficiencies.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026
His idea for PeopleSoft came when he was sitting on a beach in Maui, “thinking about how to take advantage of this shift for the mainframe enterprise software company I was with at the time.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Despite Mother’s “get out of jail free” card, she was still determined to climb the wall and hack into the company’s mainframe.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.