BMC Software Inc. has added IBM Corp.’s IMS mainframe database to the platforms supported by its SmartDBA family of products, completing a two-year mission to provide tools for managing all of the ...

The idea of moving off IMS might seem compelling at first glance, but once you look at the whole picture, you might think otherwise. Here are five factors to consider. Most people think of cost as the ...

The mainframe IT sector still makes news once in a while. Compuware Corp. on Dec. 6 announced that it has acquired the assets of Standardware, a longtime provider of IMS virtualization for mainframe ...