Why mainframes are the computer of choice for big data.Mainframes host most of the world’s data, processing about 95% of the transactions in the banking, insurance, airline, and retail industries and host 70% of the world’s data. They often run mission-critical workloads requiring high scalability, agility, and resilience. Mainframes will continue to play [...]
Mainframe Remote Support
Over 70% of Fortune 500 companies use mainframes. The world’s most critical data transactions in banking, government, healthcare, and the airline industry rely on mainframe computers. As baby boomers retire, a shortage of mainframe technical skills is becoming increasingly apparent.Although reducing costs is one of the reasons organizations look to Managed Services Providers [...]
A mainframe’s place in a modern IT environment
As companies migrate to the cloud, they are quickly realizing that the mainframe still has a place in the modern IT environment.When you hear the word mainframe, images of massive antiquated systems likely come to mind. Many companies view mainframes as legacy systems and are looking towards the cloud as a more modern [...]
Case Study: Mainframe move to Cover-All
Moving your mainframe to Cover-All can save you time and money while keeping your environment current. Our client is a key agricultural services provider. They owned and operated their own mainframe computer and were looking to reduce costs while still maintaining their mainframe environment. After an exhaustive search for a managed services provider, [...]
Case Study: Mainframe Technology Refresh
Businesses can save time and money by migrating their mainframe to an updated hardware and software environment. Our client is a leading Canadian natural resources company. Their IT infrastructure was no longer supported by IBM, and their mainframe employees were nearing retirement. The client needed to make a decision about the future of [...]
Case Study: Business Unit Application Migration to Private Hosted Mainframe
Companies can successfully migrate a single business unit’s applications and data from a shared mainframe environment, to a private hosted server. Our client is a Fortune 500 financial services industry leader. They wanted to move a single business unit’s application and data from a shared corporate mainframe, to their own private hosted mainframe [...]