Unleashing the Business Value of Todays Mainframe
Written by Christian Gravelle
Over the past four decades, the reliability, security, and performance of the mainframe, or System z platform and its associated subsystems, has led it to become the backbone for much of the world’s corporate data. For example, more than ninety four percent of Fortune 1000 companies use IMS for their most critical IBM System z data management needs with more than 50 billion transactions running through IMS databases on a daily basis.
The System z platform has evolved to provide new compatibilities helping the platform play well in a distributed environment and compete favorably with other servers in the market. Continued advancements in the platform’s architecture provide customers with the traditional capabilities that have been proven throughout its existence in addition to offering the new capabilities that are expected in today’s highly dynamic Internet age.
Many System z enterprise users have employed a “currency” strategy whereby they have upgraded to the latest in mainframe technology advancements, and have reported reaping significant business gains from such investments. However, a significant number of mainframe users may not be fully aware of the benefits that have been experienced by so many, and thus may only be taking partial advantage of the widespread development advances being delivered at faster rates than ever previously seen. It may be that these users are hindered by historical inhibitors such as upgrade/update deferral habits, downturn cost savings, or migration time and effort fears. With the significant arguments for keeping current on today’s System z platform, customers may find there is little merit left to continue allowing these inhibitors to constrain their plans.
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