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

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

Once a program was ready, you walked over to whatever mainframe computer you had access to and gave the stack of cards to an operator.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell