Friday, November 11, 2016

Mainframes IT platform still have primary role storing, exchanging information

Mainframes IT platform are supporting the volume and velocity of information, and transactions being developed by digital business, in accordance to a latest research report by enterprise software company BMC.


Almost 60% of the 1,200 companies internationally surveyed for the study are seeing increased information and transaction volumes and an increasing number of databases.


A key majority of the survey respondents (89%) hope continued powerful support for the mainframe. Respondents fall into 3 groups deployed on their mainframe investment strategies: 58% are searching to grow their investment and use of the mainframe; 23% demonstrate that they will keep a steady amount of work on the mainframe; and 19% plan to decrease the usage of the platform.


Executives planning to expand their investment see value in the mainframe for its reliability, availability, performance and security strengths. These respondents are concentrated on modernization and taking benefit of technologies like advanced automation, Java and lower-cost specialty mainframes, the report stated.


Respondents who are planning to remain steady view Mainframes IT platform as a secure and largely available engine for running their businesses, but aren’t looking to add new workloads.


Many companies surveyed are concentrated on dealing increasing demands, involving the rapidly growing speed of application needs, and larger levels of volatility and workload unpredictability.


“Digital technologies are changing the ways in which agencies of all types conduct business and communicate with their customers,” stated Tim Grieser, program vice president of enterprise system management software at International Data Corp. “Mainframes IT platform play a vital role in digital business as many digital applications are deployed on mobile or handheld-device access to information stored on the mainframe. This is driving progress in mainframe transactions and information or data volumes.”


 

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