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Open Mainframe Project Drives Open Innovation

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Futurum senior analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements coming out of the Open Mainframe Summit. As open source becomes the default option for developers looking to innovate at speed and at scale the mainframe needs to keep pace. The donation of a z15 system to the open-source community hosted by the Linux Foundation’s Open Mainframe Project takes community driven development to the next level.

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IBM Systems Revenue Put Into a Historical Context

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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.

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IBM Launches IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Center in its Continued Focus on Mainframe Modernization

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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.

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Open Mainframe Goes from Strength to Strength

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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.