ANALYSIS ON MAINFRAME
OVERVIEW
IBM’s mainframe family has been an icon of the computer revolution. Its introduction lead the way to enterprise applied computing. Succeeding generations and new systems followed with the spotlight eventually shifting to distributed server-based and personal computing systems. Despite many obituaries, the mainframe never disappeared, providing an unassailable standard for critical and demanding enterprise computing. The introduction of the IBM System z family was one of two events that marked the beginning of the mainframe’s return to the spotlight.
The second event was the explosive growth in global economies as formally closed and underdeveloped countries became serious competitors in global markets. The basic law of economics tells us that limited resources become more expensive as more consumers compete for them. This, combined with the growing mobility of competition, drove a business focus on effective, efficient operation to......
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