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Mainframe Computers

ALSO CALLED: Mainframes
DEFINITION: A mainframe (also known as "big iron") is a high-performance computer used for large-scale computing purposes that require greater availability and security than a smaller-scale machine can offer. Historically, mainframes have been associated with centralized rather than distributed computing,  … 
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Adding Mainframe Focus to End-to-End Application Performance Management
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 17 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008
SUMMARY: Enterprise organizations need to take a serious look at end-to-end application performance management. This white paper discusses end-to-end application performance management for both web and mainframe solutions and how it impacts busi...

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CA Mainframe IAM r12 Solutions
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 09 May 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008
SUMMARY: Check out this IT Briefing to find out how your enterprise can protect its data and meet compliance requirements with comprehensive identity and access management (IAM) tools.

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MAINFRAME COMPUTERS DEFINITION (continued): …  although that distinction is blurring as smaller computers become more powerful and mainframes become more multi-purpose. Today, IBM emphasizes that their mainframes can be used to serve distributed users and smaller servers in a computing network.

The mainframe is sometimes referred to as a "dinosaur" not only because of its size but because of reports, going back many years, that it's becoming extinct. In 1991 Stewart Alsop, the editor of InfoWorld, predicted … 
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