Mainframe Computing IBM

[AustinTheIntern]

What is mainframe computing and what are some real world applications for use?

 

What exactly does IBM do

[NInety]

They make stuffs.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM

[Createinator]

Businesses today rely on the mainframe to:

• Perform large-scale transaction processing (thousands of transactions per second)
• Support thousands of users and application programs concurrently accessing numerous resources
• Manage terabytes of information in databases
• Handle large-bandwidth communication

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@AustinTheIntern

[Assassin]

 

Businesses today rely on the mainframe to:

• Perform large-scale transaction processing (thousands of transactions per second)
• Support thousands of users and application programs concurrently accessing numerous resources
• Manage terabytes of information in databases
• Handle large-bandwidth communication

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@AustinTheIntern

 

This. It comes especially handy in an organization where you can have one central mainframe and several thin clients spread as individual computers.

[Glenwing]

Mainframes are large computer systems for heavy data processing and computation.  Enterprise clients use them for crunching numbers if they have a lot of number-crunching that needs to be done in their line of work.

 

IBM does a lot of stuff Most of it is behind the scenes from a consumer's point of view, providing enterprise-level infrastructure and support to other companies, consulting, software, as well as a large research division that does a lot of broad research & development in computing, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, renewable energy, and many other humanitarian-focused technology projects, exploring the frontiers of science to enhance the world through technology.  "Building a smarter planet", if you will.