Survey Results Show Continued Mainframe Growth

For the last three years BMC has been sending out a mainframe survey to customers and contacts throughout the world. The results have just arrived and it just continues the drum beat of mainframe resurgence we’ve been seeing… Some of the more interesting stats are:

Customer are GROWING Capacity!:  62% of respondents report they are growing capacity, and in large shops over 10,000 MIPS it is an astonishing 86%!

Customers are getting BUSINESS VALUE:  Respondents report they are growing the platform because of SUPERIOR TRANSACTION PERFORMANCE, AVAILABILITY, DATA SERVING STRENGTHS, and SECURITY advantages.  Over ¾ of large shops cite these attributes!

Customers are focused on operational excellence:  The number one pressure cited for mainframe customers it the continued drive to reduce costs and improve productivity.  Over 70% of the respondents highlighted this issue, over 12 points ahead of the next closest issue (which happens to be staff skills)

Business Service Management customers EXPECT mainframe support!:  An overwhelming number of customers (well over 60%) consider mainframe or enterprise coverage extremely important for ITIL disciplines such as change management, service desk, and service level management.

BMC mainframe products are considered best in class:  Respondents rated BMC the #1 or #2 competitor in terms of leadership and innovation in every product category we compete in.

I'll try to get more details soon.