Friday, January 20, 2012

System z is making a comeback — The mainframe is dead, long live the mainframeThe Info-Tech Research Blog | The Info-Tech Research Blog


System z is making a comeback — The mainframe is dead, long live the mainframeThe Info-Tech Research Blog | The Info-Tech Research Blog:

"To paraphrase Mark Twain, the rumors of the mainframe’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Not only is the mainframe not going away, there are early signs of a resurgence:

80 new mainframe clients between July 2010 and October 2011.
86% year-over-year MIPS growth reported in 2011 Q2.
The majority of organizations are adding capacity to their mainframes, not reducing capacity.
So what has sparked this comeback?"

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