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Marist University, IBM Deploy z17 Mainframe for AI Incubator

Marist University, IBM Deploy z17 Mainframe for AI Incubator

Poughkeepsie, N.Y. – September 22, 2026 -- Marist University and IBM have launched an Innovation Incubator equipped with an IBM z17 mainframe, extending their five-decade partnership into university-wide artificial intelligence research.

IBM z17 mainframe brings enterprise-scale AI computing to Marist campus

IBM provided the z17 system to give students and faculty access to enterprise technology built for the performance, security and reliability demands of large organizations, enabling hands-on application development and testing.

Hagens Berman Probes IBM Over Q2 Mainframe Revenue Collapse

Hagens Berman Probes IBM Over Q2 Mainframe Revenue Collapse

San Francisco – September 16, 2026 -- Shareholder rights firm Hagens Berman is investigating International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) for potential securities law violations after CEO Arvind Krishna disclosed a Q2 2026 earnings shortfall on September 16, 2026 that wiped out over $68 billion in market capitalization in a single trading day, sending IBM shares down 25%.

IBM's Z mainframe business drove a sudden reversal from prior growth guidance

On September 16, 2026, IBM reported quarterly revenue gains of 15% in Infrastructure, 28% in Hybrid Infrastructure, and 51% in IBM Z, with management projecting constant-currency revenue growth of "5-plus percent" for 2026 and a similar growth rate for the second quarter. Executives at the time called it a "tremendous start" and a "record start" for the z17 mainframe, launched in April 2025 as IBM's flagship system for large-scale AI processing.