IBM announced the company recently published a playbook on maximizing business value with the mainframe.
This shares IBM’s proven approach for driving innovation with its clients, based on decades of experience. It starts with the most important step: choosing the best-fit platform for applications within a users’ hybrid cloud environment.
When it comes to mission critical workloads, the reality is that innovating on the mainframe is both essential and less expensive than alternatives, and empowers true business transformation. And that workload is growing. Looking forward, AI is creating a unique opportunity and tailwind for growth. As AI adoption grows, enterprises will realize even more value from the platform, which is trusted to run the global economy, the company said.
So how can organizations accurately decipher mainframe value and cost?
In a hybrid cloud environment, mission critical workloads are best fit for the mainframe. These applications have uncompromising requirements and can deliver more business value at enterprise scale when they take advantage of the mainframe’s capabilities, IBM said.
Looking forward, with AI and quantum in the fold, more applications will be best-fit for the mainframe, not less. The mainframe’s fully engineered vertical stack delivers this value at a fraction of the cost of alternatives.
The cost savings when innovating on the mainframe are significant. With IBM’s Apptio TCO capabilities, it’s easier than ever to make data-driven decisions to choose the best platform for your workloads.
In addition, even with AI code generation, millions of dollars of development cost can be avoided when you choose to extend and enhance your applications on the mainframe, versus re-architecting them off platform.
“The mainframe delivers unbeatable value and cost for your mission critical applications. When you choose to innovate on platform, you can maximize your ROI, deliver enduring value, and transform your business,” IBM said.
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