Mainframes run the world
Despite the excitement that has surrounded the Web and new programming models like Java and J2EE (as well as Microsoft’s .NET), older, less ‘trendy’ technologies account for the vast bulk of computer processing today.
IBM and the mainframe
IBM is the leading mainframe vendor, with over 70% market share. Therefore, while this report covers the global mainframe market – it is largely dominated by IBM.
IBM is committed to its mainframe technology
the recent release of the z/os demonstrated the fact that IBM is committed to supporting its existing clients and sees a long-term future in the platform. IBM has invested well over $1 billion in developing the z/os .
The future of the mainframe
This reports says that over the next five years the number of individual mainframe machines will fall, but the total number of deployed MIPS will continue to rise.
