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Today’s mainframe is not only relevant, but critically important to the fabric of today’s society. Explore the vital role of mainframes with Hock Tan, President and CEO of Broadcom, and Greg Lotko, SVP and General Manager of Broadcom Mainframe Software Division. Gain insights on maximizing mainframe value and see real-world customer successes.
Scale and Volume
Who uses mainframe?
Sources:
IBM Institute for Business Value, Application Modernization on the Mainframe, July 2021
Joris Mertens, IBM, “IBM zSystem fundamentals: An introductory Q&A, June 29, 2022
The mainframe platform will remain relevant for years to come
The mainframe platform is expanding
Recent studies cite security and data breaches as the greatest threat to server, application, data center, and cloud ecosystem stability and reliability. However, mainframe security helps deliver 99.9999999% of uptime and reliability.
Join Mary Ann Furno, Director of Engineering, and Ravi Patil, Director of Product Management and Strategy as they journey through an insightful discussion that highlights the importance of a mainframe cyber resilience strategy, along with practical approaches organizations can take for future success.
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Article: Challenging the Negative Narrative of the Mainframe Skills Landscape
Article: The mainframe skills crunch; an outsider vs insider perspective
Video: Tackling the Tech Talent Challenge
Decoding the Mainframe Skills Gap:
Vitality Point-of-View
Join Sephora Thurel, a Broadcom Vitality Program graduate, and David Bond, Principal Client Services Management, for an inside scoop of the Vitality Program and a discussion on actionable steps to create a resilient mainframe workforce for your organization.
Investing in mainframe as part of modernizing in place is much more cost effective than complete modernization outside the mainframe.
Source: Reimaging Financial Systems, May 2021, Futurum
For top-performing organizations, there is a direct and positive correlation between their mainframe investment and their overall performance relative to others. Rubin Worldwide Report: An Economic Model for Optimizing IT Investments.
87% view the mainframe as competitive advantage.2
87% consider the mainframe as integral to their cloud strategy.2
86% indicate the mainframe is critical to the operation of their organization.2
2 EMA (The Role of the Mainframe in a Hybrid Cloud World) / April 2021 Study
Organizations that invest in a transformative mainframe strategy gain 6x ROI from their efforts.
Source: IDC Study (Business Value of Transformative Mainframe) August 2019 Study
Mainframe drives almost 20% lower cost of operations.
Mainframe enables 52% faster development lifecycle, and 96% faster detection of potential security breaches.
Every $1 invested in digital business innovation will require enterprises to spend at least three times that to continuously modernize the legacy application portfolio.
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Mainframe Cyber Resilience Approaches for Your Organization
Join MaryAnn Furno, Director of Engineering, and Ravi Patil, Director of Product Management and Strategy as they journey through an insightful discussion that highlights the importance of a mainframe cyber resilience strategy, along with practical approaches organizations can take for future success.
Integrating your mainframe with your hybrid cloud makes it easier to bring data, services, and mission-critical scalability and reliability to your hybrid environment.See how opening up your mainframe brings mainframe ...
A Fireside Chat with best-selling author Kaihan Krippendorffand a panel of experts discussing innovation trade-offs made within their organization to ensure an improved and secured business infrastructure.
This compelling research report —created by Futurumin collaboration with Broadcom —explores the shifting landscape for financial institutions and the benefits of modernizing applications and customer experience on the mainframe.
A 2021 survey conducted by Enterprise Management Associates demonstrates the resurgence of the Mainframe as a core part of today’s hybrid IT strategy and why 87% of execs view the platform as a competitive advantage. Download the report to see how others are getting the most out of their mainframe across several key areas.
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