The main problem that I had started with the title: Since the cloud includes a largte number of servers, it cannot be replacing servers, only shifting their locations.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu> on behalf of Knutson, Samuel <samuel.knut...@compuware.com> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2018 12:04 PM To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Subject: Re: The evolution of IT infrastructure – from mainframe to server-less | ITProPortal The world is far from serverless and the mainframe is the most efficient hyper converged system you can operate for transaction processing. The article seems to lack a global perspective. Linux, open source and cloud providers are powerful parts of the world wide computing infrastructure but the Fortune 1000 as well as nation states world wide and the worldwide GDP are driven by mainframes. A more balanced perspective on the cloud is that it’s a good market to consume commodity services but you can't buy off the shelf replacements for custom applications with 10's if not 100's of thousands of many years of development. Those applications run on IBM Z because they are the digital DNA of successful enterprises. A different perspective is that the world is evolving towards on premise mainframe and the cloud as the predominant platforms. On premise commodity solutions and x86 may well be the endangered species. The mainframe is the only platform CIO's surveyed indicated they believed were sure would still be in their data center 5 years from now. View this for short three minute set of thoughts that expand on why Mainframe and Cloud get along just fine. https://secure-web.cisco.com/13Dda3dz2ix8jxDAowLzDnQ5YKOo6rLhcCySfn6VBH60ZnFvnnLEHVeLz705XFrXMjZCa5u185nB6tvq7ZtVfv5E6tzvyjzLYxC_r9E4sIgL0LpILcrf5p0U2idrSJGBLdBn4Fqy2LMmXBZcxbeq5s2nXGggOwGA_aj_QqKZ41ati1RvATqmLxefMum7LwqMXvtnC73ddms8xpE2ESc4i0BaqiGwkTlu8OrwIyC15uw-rNRADZTYa6_U4xBeQQhnUG24b1vdLrowfC2h7Qp24HiWTTP6_cKAhLGi8zTP-YKpxCzpO0gzVBPU99qMffEDgic8DmFlnL4EC6ru-cx8Ulo2S66MzgmW4vL7uEQBhqMBhuEXd05UAeWzLMPBNEyW2AOYLGL5QbSi2pRws1w4t309WQqgleXdz4bJRBT_AJIM5fFvX8R_bz_NEvkl4pE0b/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FGMc29ckVRdA Two-platform IT: Mainframe + Cloud = Digital Excellence Best Regards, Sam Knutson | VP, Product Management | Compuware @samknutson | linkedin.com/in/samknutson samuel.knut...@compuware.com | M: +1 301 996-1318 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Mark Regan Sent: Friday, March 30, 2018 12:01 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Fwd: The evolution of IT infrastructure – from mainframe to server-less | ITProPortal https://secure-web.cisco.com/1YYj9nahekn6DXR-9H54LnpfeIv72A3z-4LtJ4oHDi0XeC0YVeRCgz-dQffU9QFksTJ0wAj2ctskaRItUmmIF-XwOIfovmYdCkGkc0cgyQCdANF5TZjAhwRwlsFxHestxNsAVk9AkPnc6wFZrOo75SM6nSL5l2CvobcQq5t0g20u7V7kYLV4m6BnIf02y0P72vKqJy3okHU93R5wVx8HoqL3S6kY4uZMGMswYSt-riRURdFox67HtmuSdMdjj4_LMFRsFnjvkS_C8dOdxXlZtof-t6QNCBcHGJF7XRlLCIy9ic4tn2pTr09bgLTm8ewulh_WSFv9m8KZdShg6QJ8dpRE56jbsg8exQW-_f6LNxyFpfbmbmfL8lfGx108ZKMB63bdLMy7dLCpygDAHnmQdMPfXyDQHxhI0EeEUTeJypRhUeEU_YhEDKVlMMACIn-6K/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.itproportal.com%2Ffeatures%2Fthe-evolution-of-it-infrastructure-from-mainframe-to-server-less%2F The contents of this e-mail are intended for the named addressee only. It contains information that may be confidential. Unless you are the named addressee or an authorized designee, you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you received it in error please notify us immediately and then destroy it ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
