Lizette,
You are assuming the following :
a) You are talking and responding to an educated question/crowd
b) That the mainframe can compete price wise with what DROPBOX's/Google
Drive/YOUTUBE etc. etc. can do.. and I have not seen that any where
yet.. or THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE based on the current IBM BUSINESS MODEL.
Note: So, who is fooling who here.. with words like "Well positioned to
capitalize" etc. etc.... unless you are assuming that the IBM marketing
talks used in the 70's can still work today ? ( Times are moving on for
all of us and maybe you and I, are part of an forgotten era )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cS5aCozhcA
Kerneels
On 9/14/2013 7:12 AM, Lizette Koehler wrote:
I would say that there is no expectation for the Data Center or Mainframe to
slide into the sunset. The processes on the Mainframe are more robust than
the open systems. Yes, open systems will catch up, but they are now where
we were 15 years ago.
And there are many processes that just perform better on the mainframe.
From an article in 2010 on Saas and the mainframe
http://dancingdinosaur.wordpress.com/2010/05/10/saas-and-the-ibm-system-z/
IBM's mainframe SaaS strategy envisions the mainframe as the center of SaaS
offerings based on mainframe functionality delivered as sets of services.
The goal is to enable IT to provide selected mainframe capabilities as
online services and generate new revenue for the company. In effect, IT
becomes what IBM refers to as rainmakers, using mainframe assets delivered
as SaaS.
Are mainframe managers ready to think this way? Some certainly are. What
mainframe data or functionality will your organization's customers or new
customers be willing to pay for?
In truth, the System z is well positioned to capitalize on the as-a-service
phenomenon. The System z is multi-tenant to the max, which is critical to
play the as-a-service game. Not only can it deliver SaaS data and
functionality but also PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) and IaaS
(Infrastructure-as-a-Service). And it doesn't take much to do this if you
already have a z in place. Linux on z, WebSphere on z, and z/VM get you
started.
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