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• IBM battles dire mainframe myths

  The perception of mainframe technology as outmoded or inefficient is wildly inaccurate in a number of important ways, according to IBM's chief architect for cloud computing, Frank DeGilio.

• Master the Mainframe contest winner announced

  A computer science student from the University of New South Wales has won IBM Australia’s Master the Mainframe contest.

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  Racing and Wagering Western Australia off and running for Melbourne Cup

  The IT systems of Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) are off and racing in time for this year’s Melbourne Cup, the culmination of a four-year modernisation program that includes the implementation of a Cisco Unified Computing System and intelligent network.

• In pictures: BMC's mainframe survey results

  Australian and New Zealand mainframe users who participated in BMC's sixth annual worldwide mainframe survey believe that the platform will grow and attract new workloads.

• Changing times in mainframe market for IBM Australia

  Despite a reduction in direct mainframe customers from 100 in 2007 to 50 in 2011, IBM continues to have a firm grip on the local mainframe market according to IDC results for 2010.

• HP to retain ATO centralised computing contract

  HP Enterprise Services, formerly EDS, has picked up the Australian Tax Office’s (ATO) centralised computing contract.

• UNSW student solves IBM mainframe challenge

  University of New South Wales undergraduate Derrick Teo has taken out the winning prize for IBM's 2010 Master the Mainframe, beating approximately 460 university students across Australia.

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  Cobol skills drought persists amid mainframe migrations

  Enterprises struggling to fill demands for Cobol skills should consider an application modernisation program which could also pave the way for migration off the mainframe to an open system.

• IBM unveils zEnterprise with hopes of snaring new Aussie customers

  IBM has unveiled what it hopes will turn around the fortunes of its mainframe business, with Australian organisations to have access to the zEnterprise System from 10 September.

• Australian mainframe market likely to follow global drop

  Australia’s mainframe market will likely follow the steep global downward trend according to analyst firm IDC but IBM is pinning its growth hopes on the launch of a new System z.

• One firm's story: The mainframe goes, but Cobol stays behind

  A lot of Cobol-based applications have a plot line similar to the first Star Trek movie.

• Is there a point when consolidating / virtualising to a mainframe makes more sense?

  Is there a point when consolidating / virtualising to a mainframe makes more sense?

• Oracle revamps Tuxedo for mainframe rehosting

  With the latest version of its Tuxedo online transaction processing (OLTP) middleware, Oracle is hoping to lure IBM mainframe users over to the world of x86-based distributed computing, namely by promising that their applications will run just as quickly and will not need to be rewritten for the new environment.

• IBM slapped with 3rd mainframe antitrust complaint in Europe

  The third antitrust complaint against IBM's mainframe business was filed with the European Commission Tuesday, compounding the firm's regulatory problems in Europe.

• Union Pacific Railroad ditches its mainframe for SOA

  At the heart of Union Pacific Corp.'s railroad operations is an IBM mainframe-based transportation control system that's been chugging along like a hardworking locomotive for nearly 40 years. According to industry experts, it was a pioneering system when first introduced, and it made the Omaha-based transportation giant one of the first companies in the world to make extensive use of online transaction processing technologies.