Can mainframe use really grow? Sep 16, 2009, 19 :34 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (3157 reads) (Other stories by Michael Cooney)
"Many mainframe users reported that they can plan another wave of investments in the System z platform over the next two to five years, citing the system's high availability, reliability, and security for mission-critical applications as major drivers, IDC stated. "Customers continue to collect dividends on their System z investments, which makes future investments much more palatable, even in difficult economic times,” said Tim Grieser, program vice president, Enterprise System Management Software in a release.
"The study says IBM’s strategy of building specialty processors for the mainframe, such as the Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) for ERP and CRM transactions and z Application Assist Processor (zAAP) processors for Java and XML transactions are key to ongoing success of the platform."
