Contrary to some beliefs that the cloud will replace the mainframe, IBM Solutions Sales Manager Satish Babu points out that the mainframe supports cloud.
“There is a misconception that the cloud computing environment excludes mainframes, and legacy systems. On the contrary, the mainframe was introduced to serve as the most robust, scaleable system ever. Now, coupled with new open standards interfaces, we can take the strengths of the mainframe into the new world.”
“The mainframe is no dinosaur, and it’s not going away. In fact, uptake is increasing globally and the mainframe is more flexible than ever before, while its robustness, availability and reliability are improved year on year. The mainframe is only a legacy system if it is not being used effectively. Where industry is innovating on the mainframe, its strengths enable new technologies,” he says.
Babu says cloud is a construct in which infrastructure and software come into play in a virtualised environment, and the mainframe is an infrastructure element of the overall construct. “So they are not two different worlds,” he points out. He notes that as the enterprise IT environment becomes increasingly complex, IT looks to move a dispersed computing environment back to a consolidated, single system of records, shared across geographical areas and devices for a lower total cost of ownership. “You still need a mainframe, and it becomes a very viable infrastructure from which to deploy cloud services
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