Mainframe systems from IBM may have supported your business well in the past. But today’s business challenges demand greater computing flexibility, the latest applications, and better return on your IT investments. If you are concerned about the declining availability of mainframe skills, the high ongoing costs of mainframe operation, and the viability of the mainframe ecosystem, you may want to consider a change.
In a recent interview with SearchDataCenter.com, John Pickett, HP’s worldwide mainframe alternative program manager, discusses who should ”augment“ their mainframe, who should migrate applications to another platform, and who should replace it outright.
“If you look from just a hardware perspective, we’re probably looking at someone with a workload of less than 1,500 MIPS,” Pickett says. “We've replaced more than that, but 1,500 MIPS covers 80 percent of the mainframes out there. The thing we look for is customers in a dynamic industry, looking to save and control costs. One of the biggest line items in the data center is the mainframe. Customers ask: Do we need it? Is it providing mission-critical apps? Can we have it for less on an alternative platform? That, I'd say, is driving a lot of business to HP.”
Read the full interview to find out more about mainframe migration. Then, check out The Real Story about the IBM Mainframe and find out more about how HP Integrity NonStop computing can help modernize your IT infrastructure.
This news is published on NonStop Computing websites. January 2007.
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