The mainframe division, he said, is healthy.
The supercomputers, upgraded models in its VP2000 series, use new data-transfer technologies to speed performance and allow a greater number of users to use the system simultaneously, said Yoshiro Yoshioka, general manager of Fujitsu's computer mainframe division.
Lifflander says the company has too many parts and should sell off its old mainframe division.
It took a significant step in that direction last week, saying that a printer company and its large disk drive business would be separated from the mainframe computer division, freeing them to compete on their own.
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"The Kiva bots are to delivery what the PC was to the mainframe," says Laurence Plourde, vice president of Staples' central division.
Its mainframe business is booming again, and its global services division is now the largest consultancy around.
Pizza Hut was then a division of PepsiCo (now part of Yum Brands,) and the company was fully committed to a set of mainframe applications from IBM. Mainframe applications, accessed via a "green screen" terminal were used for all document creation, financial analysis, and even all printing.
"It seems like everybody who hadn't realized how dependent they are on computers got a wake-up call on Aug. 13," said Mr. Zane, who is president of the North American division of Comdisco Disaster Recovery Services, which offers backup operations in the form of access to mainframe computers and personal terminals that are compatible with the client's office systems.
"There's a dirty little truth about the mainframe business," said a former Computer Associates executive who worked in its interBiz division.
