IBM wants to know: Who needs a hard drive when you've got network storage? The company announced this week a new storage technology, called iBoot, that lets PCs and servers use computer networking ...

IBM’s 305 RAM disk system is the distant ancestor of the hard drive we know today. The drive was introduced in 1956 as part of IBM’s 305 RAMAC (Random Access Method of Accounting and Control).

IBM's mainframe systems, known for their extreme reliability, remain a workhorse in certain industries. Of the world's 50 top banks, 43 use IBM's mainframes to handle mission-critical workloads.

Over the years, IBM invented the punch card, the electric typewriter, the mainframe, the scanning tunneling microscope, the Web server, the hard drive, and nanotubes.

In 1973, IBM came out with the 3340 disk drive, which became known as the father of the modern hard drive industry. Still the size of a washing machine, the 3340 held 30MB of fixed data and 30MB ...

The S/360, the computer that spawned IBM's mainframe line, ... its own file system and a distinct method for formatting hard drives, among other singularities. ...

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the IBM z17, the next generation of the company's iconic mainframe, fully engineered with AI capabilities across hardware, software, and systems operations. Powered ...

IBM Corp. is bringing the mainframe into the modern age with the latest version of its venerable hardware powered by a new processor that supports generative artificial intelligence and AI agent workl ...

That helps guarantee that even if data is stolen from the hard drive of one of IBM’s new z14 series of mainframes, it still won’t be readable to the thieves, who won’t have the digital ...

The mainframe giant's recent return-to-office (RTO) push is already arguably achieving that, namely forcing out those kinds ...

Next-gen mainframe AI. The market for mainframes and midrange server systems has been in decline for a decade, according to Gartner research, from more than $10.7 billion in 2015 to less than $6.5 ...

IBM's z17 mainframe will launch in June. The z17 features upgraded AI capabilities aimed at real-time processing, and a powerful AI add-on card will be available later this year. The z17 should ...