mainframe
Coverage of mainframe in the Nexus archive.
- After shocking quarter, IBM insists that AI isn’t killing the mainframe
IBM's stock crashed after warnings of poor mainframe sales, but the CEO attributed the decline to AI temporarily disrupting corporate hardware budgets.
- ‘We did not adapt and move quickly enough’: IBM CEO’s admission of weakness fails to prevent historic 25% stock crash
IBM's stock plummeted 25% following CEO Arvind Krishna's admission that the company failed to adapt quickly enough to market shifts, leading to an earnings miss and delayed client transactions. Analysts attributed the decline to reduced spending on IBM's mainframe infrastructure and a broader industry shift toward AI-driven technologies.
- Backup script ingested an accidental asterisk and deleted everything
A 21-year-old programmer, Miller, wrote a backup script that accidentally deleted all files and data due to an unexpected asterisk character. The incident occurred in 1981 on a mainframe system where Miller worked. He was able to restore the data after a day of work.
- IBM's AI coding 'partner' Bob hits general availability
IBM has launched Bob, its AI coding partner, which is now available globally after being tested by 80,000 employees. The tool is claimed to have increased productivity for IBM's internal workforce.