5 things you should know about mainframe computers
Mainframeshost most of the world’s data: Mainframes are used to process about95% of the transactions in the banking, insurance, airline and retailindustries and host about 70% of the world’s data. They often run mission critical workloads thathave specific performance and security requirements best served by a mainframecomputer.Mainframesecurity is unmatched: The IBM zSeries is the current generation of the world’s most powerfultransaction processing system, capable of running more than 12 billionencrypted [...]
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 IT infrastructure for their business. Yet, despite the evolving landscape of the IT environment, businesses are [...]
