It is usually where some significant corporate data lives. The cost to rip and replace everything is usually prohibitive and would be very disruptive so layer after layer of application code is built on distributed platforms. Eventually something on those distributed platforms does a business transaction on the System z back end that gets hardened into DB2, IMS, etc. Follow the data! The mainframe is still the most cost efficient, secure, available platform for data of record.
Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO System z Team Leader mailto:[email protected] (office) 301.986.3574 (cell) 301.996.1318 "Think big, act bold, start simple, grow fast..." -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 4:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Mainframe Fresher <SNIP> But I am curious as to why the mainframe doesn't just go away: there must be one or more z/OS applications that the Windows folks just can't beat. Can you describe what applications are keeping the mainframe around? And why Windows folks can't make it go away? ==================== This email/fax message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email/fax is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all paper and electronic copies of the original message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
