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Mainframe staying power and sectoral decline: erosion, yes extinction no. (Industry Overview)
September 17, 1993... Security, predictability, and manageability are counted among mainframes' most enduring operational advantages. While those features won't win many new customers or installations, distributed-computing substitutes to mainframe technology can't...
Profiles of major mainframe hardware suppliers.
September 17, 1993... IBM
IBM's large-scale-system revenues will decline by approximately 10% worldwide in 1993, due to increased competition from PCMs and slow customer demand. Price cutting continues to hurt mainframe revenue.
The poor 1993 results...
Profiles of leading mainframe software suppliers. (Industry Overview)
September 17, 1993... Mainframe software suppliers are moving away from the mainframe, but not abandoning it. Their current business mix includes mainframe maintenance revenues, user-based licensing policies, and new products to address distributed architectures...
IBM's mainframe problems: institutional dysfunction, not just technology. (Company Profile)
September 17, 1993... Much of IBM's current situation has been attributed to the company's overreliance on mainframes. That view may not be entirely accurate. Indeed, IBM's unique mainframe expertise may present a strategic advantage as the company looks at its...