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1,100 IT professionals were asked a series of questions related to the IBM mainframe computing platform. 62% - 86% of mainframe customers are growing capacity. The large are getting larger.
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Microsoft's proposed container based data center is another feeble attempt at recreating history. The had best redesign/compile their apps for Linux and load them into a PROVEN data center in box ... the zSeries z10.
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With energy prices going through the roof, and Data Centers being blamed now for energy mis-management there remains only ONE solution ..... replace it all with a z10.
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There is more talk about cramming multiple applications into little intel servers than ever before ... the recent z10 announcment by IBM hints at the ultimate Virtualization project.
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First it was the all new virtualization technology revolutionizing the data center now it seems it is chilled water .... What open systems has learned from mainframes ...
SOA might be the technology/architecture which puts mainframes in their rightful place as an integral part of the business solution, erdicating the notion that it is only mature computing platform which should be retired.
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I'm tired of hearing that mainframe ISV's high software prices are diminishing the glamour of the mainframe. Perception is not always reality!
IT Operational Costs can be driven down and service levels increased as IT focuses on the Total Cost of Ownership rather than sticker prices.
Hewlett Packard is continuing its uphill battle to convince the world they don't need mainframes ... contending they can easily be replaced by HP servers .. Hello HP ... customers have always had a choice .. so what has changed?
I recently came across an excellent example of marketing memory loss buried in the recent z9 announcements from IBM.


