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Maybe they should have kept the Mainframe? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, "CIT"), and are intended solely for the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, any use, disclosure, printing, copying or distribution, or reliance on the contents, of this communication is strictly prohibited. CIT disclaims any liability for the review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or the taking of any action in reliance upon, this communication by persons other than the intended recipient(s). If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender advising of the error in transmission, and immediately delete and destroy the communication and any accompanying materials. To the extent permitted by applicable law, CIT and others may inspect, review, monitor, analyze, copy, record and retain any communications sen! t from or received at this email address. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Donald > > This month marks the end of an era in NASA computing. Marshall Space > Flight Center powered down NASA's last mainframe, the IBM Z9 > Mainframe. For my millennial readers, I suppose that I should define what a mainframe is. > Well, that's easier said than done, but here goes -- It's a big > computer that is known for being reliable, highly available, secure, > and powerful. They are best suited for applications that are more > transaction oriented and require a lot of input/output - that is, > writing or reading from data storage devices. Read the full article<http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/NASA-CIO-Blog/posts/post_132901781 8806.html>[ blogs.nasa.gov] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
