So when you think of the mainframe, what do you think?
Old, expensive, outdated?
Maybe you think about those movies with the tapes spinning, vacuum tubes even worse.
Well, give me just 5 minutes.
And let me tell you the reality of the mainframe today.
So let's start with these myths.
The first myth we think about is "Old", and old systems.
Well, the reality:
the reality is today we have the latest Telum processor.
The Telum processor provides the ability to take
40 approximate Linux systems and run them on one Telum chip
In addition to that,
it has a built-in AI processor and separate IO processing,
which allows you to process much faster from data access standpoint.
So I can do that high transaction processing.
Now think about that, transactions come in about 40 to 1.
Well, that goes to the next one: "Expensive".
If we think about expensive, and we think the mainframe is expensive,
if I can already consolidate 40 to 1, that's already impressive.
But we care a lot about sustainability today as well.
So let's think about it.
We can take 75% less energy usage.
75% less energy usage in using the system,
and 67% less space in my datacenter by using Z boxes (IBM zSystems).
That significantly improves my sustainability message
while I can still do large transaction processing.
And just for another small comparison:
in the same time Google can process 60,000 transactions,
a Z is running 2 million transactions.
Think about that.
Now the next problem that always comes up is "Skills".
If you think about skills and the use of skills, what skills do I need?
Do you think I have to use that 3270 green screen you might show on some movies still?
Well, no.
You can use all the modern tools that we have in the environment.
Modern SCM of Git, VS code, Python, Infrastructure as code - all the current concepts, all the current processes.
And you can interact with the system and all the modern languages.
I already said Python, one of the most common languages people like to use today,
not only for infrastructure, for scripting, for just general application development,
but also Java, Node, Go, and all the traditional languages that we have in Z.
So I can do and work with it in the same way.
And let's think about cloud.
Everybody's trying to look at cloud today and talk about cloud-native.
Well, when we think about the mainframe machine, it can run OpenShift.
And if we think about OpenShift and environment,
that's what people are looking at for their cloud native applications.
Building containers and providing Linux environments.
All of that is available natively with a Z platform.
In addition to the z/OS environment,
which allows you to run those high-transaction throughput, guaranteed reliability transactions you need today.
So, really we need to look at hybrid cloud, not just cloud.
You're not going to run in one cloud.
You're going to run in multiple clouds
and you're going to run on-prem.
That combination, including Z,
provides the best capabilities for your business today.
Now, hopefully I've convinced you.
But if I haven't, then go try it yourself.
Go to IBM Cloud and, you know how you can get intel today,
well, go pick a Z processor and go play with Linux on Z or z/OS
and try it out yourself.
And see that it's really the modern machine that it is today.
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