"We've reviewed our contracts, and our Unix license is irrevocable and perpetual," Mike Fay, vice president of communications for IBM's systems group, said in an interview Monday. "We're completely ...

IBM announces new midrange Unix servers in a tightening market that has Big Blue and its chief competitor, Sun Microsystems, at each other's throats. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...

International Business Machines' mainframe computer, first introduced more than 50 years ago, remains an integral part of many companies' IT infrastructures. Visa, for example, uses IBM's mainframes ...

coverage from the Linux gathering. IBM is pumping up its business with the penguin. Big Blue will highlight five new customers using the Linux operating system on Monday at the LinuxWorld conference, ...

They also come at a time when the third most important Unix processor line, Sun Microsystems' SPARC, is in a state of flux thanks to the acquisition of Sun by Oracle. Together, these are starting to ...

IBM on Tuesday will release improvements to its AIX version of Unix that makes the software better able to juggle multiple jobs in the same machine. In the race among No. 1 Unix server seller Sun ...

IBM on Tuesday also introduced new Windows and Unix models to its IntelliStation line. The move to unify the workstation line helps combine the company's development efforts and helps field ...

IBM is expanding the low end of its portfolio of servers based on the Power5 processor with a system aimed at customers looking for compact, low-cost Unix systems for branch offices and retail ...