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Going beyond just the technology, John and Mike talk about the results of the 2008 annual mainframe survey from BMC Software in this informative podcast. If you've wondered whether process and organizational strategies are separated for mainframe systems and distributed, or how the mainframe's reach been expanded, this podcast offers survey results and interpretation in a conversational format. Find out if attrition for the platform still exists, or perhaps, find out that previous trends have reversed.

John and Mike mention rising power consumption and related costs that face every aspect of IT, and understand that mainframe introduced virtualization to computing. Listen in on their discussion and find out if the mainframe platform can indeed push more services through IT, or somehow automate in ways to optimize IT services for cost and time.

Questions

In this podcast we ask the following questions to learn more about the use trends of mainframes in IT for 2008:

1. When people talk about the "resurgence of the mainframe," what specific areas are encouraging this growth and dependence on the platform?
2. When someone increase their MIPS consumption, what are their main reasons for doing so?
3. What results surprised you the most from the survey?
4. Let's talk about demographics and geographies - what was most interesting about the locations, job titles, and industries that reported back to you on the survey?
   
5. Can you discuss the thoughts reported by companies with plans for complete elimination of the mainframe? Were there any trends reported by certain industries?
   
6. Okay, what can you tell us about mainframe support within BSM solutions - does the survey point out eager adoption or is there some reluctance?
7. Do you have any remaining important points to leave with our listeners?