Can mainframe use really grow?

“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.”

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