{"id":113870,"date":"2024-09-02T06:50:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T06:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/cherryroad\/?p=113870"},"modified":"2024-09-03T11:46:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T11:46:35","slug":"what-is-the-future-of-mainframe-technologymigrating-ibm-series-to-the-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/cherryroad\/2024\/09\/02\/what-is-the-future-of-mainframe-technologymigrating-ibm-series-to-the-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Future of Mainframe Technology? Migrating IBM Series to the Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mainframes once ruled the data center. \u00c2 Not anymore. Their dominance in data centers has waned thanks in large part to the Cloud\u2019s emergence and the benefits this technology brings to the table. Mainframes dominance has dropped off so much over the years that some analysts have been predicting mainframe\u2019s demise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mainframes may not dominate the data center any longer, but they\u2019re still used widely by large institutions and Fortune 500 companies. Mainframes, for example, handle 90 percent<\/a> of all credit card transactions, 68% of all production IT workloads, and 80% of all computer processing<\/a> done by the world\u2019s largest airlines, banks, insurance companies, and retailers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Typical mainframe uses are highly transactional workloads such as: payroll computations, accounting transactions, information retrieval, airline seat reservations, resource management, and scientific and engineering applications. Clearly, mainframes are still quite useful to today\u2019s larger companies. But the fading dominance of mainframes in the data center casts doubt on their future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do Mainframe Services Have a Future?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Predicting the future of mainframes is no easy task\u00e2\u20ac\u201deven for experts. But recent research<\/a> shows that mainframes are here to stay\u00e2\u20ac\u201dat least for the next decade or so. According to this research 50% of businesses in the United States and Europe were planning on expanding their mainframes computing systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Driving these plans are the development of process-intensive innovations, such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, and predictive analytics, and the success of the IBM I and Z Series mainframes. Designed for enterprise mission critical applications, these platforms are ideal for the hybrid multi-cloud environments now found in data centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s good news for many companies. But it\u2019s not the whole picture. While nothing provides the processing power and security of mainframes, they have their limitations, including staffing shortages and rising support costs. Buying several machines with the idea of creating excess capacity (don\u2019t forget the software expense) on idle systems is rather costly for most companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, savvy enterprises are looking for ways to reduce their reliance on legacy mainframes. Instead, they\u2019re tapping the processing power of mainframe technology by partnering with providers offering Mainframe-as-a-Service (MFaaS) solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MFaaS Positions Companies for Growth<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

MFaaS provides end-to-end managed mainframe hosting services from a third party. Put another way, MFaaS offers compute and storage capabilities as a Cloud service. This solution helps organizations scale capacity in alignment with their unique requirements, reduces dependence on mainframes, and positions companies for growth. MFaaS\u2019s benefits include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n