mainframe

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IBM suffered its worst day in 25 years, compounded by Anthropic’s announcement that its Claude AI could modernize COBOL, the programming language holding IBM’s mainframe empire together.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

That makes it unlikely that customers will move away from using its mainframes toward decentralized platforms—a potential shift known as mainframe disintermediation—over the next several years.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

In his view, although alternatives have been available for decades, clients are sticking with mainframe for a host of reasons: reliability and speed advantages, better cost efficiency at scale, and security such as quantum-safe encryption.

From Barron's • 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

If they could find that, Sinclair Scientifica’s mainframe would be within reach.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti