Futurum Research senior analyst, Steven Dickens provides his take on the financial history of the mainframe launch cycle. IBM is a different company from when the last mainframe was launched, and the new system that will be announced earlier this month has the opportunity to further drive the company’s growth trajectory in the coming quarters.
IBM Launches z16, its New Mainframe — Why Investors Should Care
Futurum Research senior analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the financial impact that the launch of IBM z16, a new mainframe, will have on the wider IBM. IBM is a different company from when the last mainframe was launched, and the new system has the opportunity to further drive the company’s growth trajectory in the coming quarters.
IBM Z Launches on IBM Cloud Simplifying Hybrid Cloud App Modernization
Futurum’s Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements this week from IBM’s mainframe team. With the IBM Z team bringing to market the capability for customers to develop and test z/OS workloads to the IBM Cloud, Dickens examines the wider competitive landscape and the implications for IBM’s overall cloud growth.
IBM Launches IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Center in its Continued Focus on Mainframe Modernization
Futurum Research Senior Analyst, Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements coming out of IBM focused on the mainframe platform. With customers increasingly facing tough choices as they look to either modernize or re-platform mainframe applications, IBM is looking to better inform key decision makers with a curated portal to provide relevant information to the C-Suite, architects and developers.
AWS Announces Mainframe Modernization Acceleration Program in Partnership with Micro Focus
Futurum’s Steven Dickens provides his take on the announcements coming out of AWS re:Invent related to the mainframe platform. AWS continues to sharpen its focus on the venerable mainframe platform with a more comprehensive partnership with Micro Focus.
IBM Z OMEGAMON Designed to Further Connect Mainframe to the Hybrid Cloud
Futurum senior analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest release of the venerable OMEGAMON suite from IBM. As clients look increasingly to move to an AIOps driven mindset, IBM is riding this wave with the IBM Z OMEGAMON suite and connecting the data outputs to industry standard offerings such as Elastic and Grafana.
Open Mainframe Goes from Strength to Strength
Futurum Research Senior Analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the Open Mainframe Summit event taking place this week and the announcements the Linux Foundation collaborative project focused on the mainframe is making as part of the conference. As the mainframe transforms to fit within the hybrid landscape, open source represents a key component in the platform continuing its place in mission critical computing environments.