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Mainframe

Last updated May 16, 2025, generated by Sumble

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What is Mainframe?

Mainframes are powerful computers used primarily by large organizations for critical applications, typically bulk data processing such as census, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning, and financial transaction processing. They are characterized by their high processing capacity, reliability, and security features.

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What other technologies are related to Mainframe?

Mainframe Competitor Technologies

Midrange systems (e.g., AS/400) offer alternatives to mainframes for certain workloads.

mentioned alongside Mainframe in 83% (216) of relevant job posts

Open systems (e.g., Linux, Unix) provide alternative platforms to mainframes.

mentioned alongside Mainframe in 43% (196) of relevant job posts

Mid-range systems provide an alternative platform to mainframes.

mentioned alongside Mainframe in 67% (66) of relevant job posts

Minicomputers provide an alternative platform to mainframes, although they've been largely replaced by servers.

mentioned alongside Mainframe in 41% (58) of relevant job posts

Mainframe Complementary Technologies

Job Control Language is essential for batch processing on mainframes.

mentioned alongside Mainframe in 11% (2.9k) of relevant job posts

COBOL is a primary programming language used extensively on mainframes.

mentioned alongside Mainframe in 7% (4.2k) of relevant job posts

Customer Information Control System is a transaction processing system used on mainframes.

mentioned alongside Mainframe in 10% (2.1k) of relevant job posts

Which job functions mention Mainframe?

Job function

Jobs mentioning Mainframe

Orgs mentioning Mainframe

Engineer

0% (6.6k) job posts

207 organizations

Software Engineer

0% (5k) job posts

895 organizations

Information Technology

0% (1.6k) job posts

292 organizations

Auditor

0% (531) job posts

102 organizations

Solutions Architect

0% (383) job posts

157 organizations

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Which organizations are mentioning Mainframe?

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Industry

Matching Teams

Matching People

Finance and Insurance

Finance and Insurance

Finance and Insurance

Finance and Insurance

Finance and Insurance

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