IBM's new z13 mainframe. IBM quit making PCs in 2005, and it quit making servers last year. But it looks like Big Blue will keep pumping out its mainframes forever. On Tuesday, IBM launched the z13, which it bills as the first mainframe specifically designed to accommodate the booming mobile app economy. Mainframesâthe refrigerator-sized, pre-PC computers beloved of government, corporations, and Tronâwere long synonymous with IBM, which introduced its first mainframe in 1952.
Arkansas Time Zone. Arkansas is in the Central Time Zone in the United States of America (USA). US Central Standard Time (CST) is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-6). Current time now in Time Zone: America Chicago (USA Central Time)
Arkansas Weather Climate: Arkansas weather is generally pleasant throughout the year and usually void of extremes of heat or cold. The average summer high temperatures approach 80 degrees across the state, but daily highs in the low 90's are somewhat common central and south. Winters lows reach into the 40's, with some isolated sub-freezing conditions (December and early January) in the mountains of the north and west.