Branham Group Report – Deploying New Workloads to System z: Strategic Options (An Introduction to System z Cost Benefits and Supporting Solutions) Please fill the form below to register Where distributed systems were once viewed as potentially more cost effective and easier to manage than the mainframe, the demand for processing has increased the associated costs in this environment. Rising electrical costs and increasing personnel requirements for large distributed infrastructures have increased its total cost of ownership while the TCO of the System z platform continues to decrease. In attempts to address rising costs, many organizations are looking to virtualize and consolidate servers, capabilities the System z platform has been capable of doing for some time. The System z platform offers customers significant opportunity for reducing TCO, consolidating existing distributed infrastructures, and simultaneously simplifying disaster recovery efforts.Today’s mainframe, or System z platform, has evolved to provide new compatibilities helping the platform play well in a distributed environment and compete favorably with other servers on the market. Continued advancements in the platform’s architecture provide customers with the traditional capabilities that have been proven throughout its existence in addition to offering the new capabilities that are expected in today’s highly dynamic Internet age. Ultimately, the System z platform continues to demonstrate that it is a premier platform in the distributed world.System z continues to become easier to manage, with is new windows-style, ease of use, graphical user interface. Not only is it possible for lesser skilled individuals to manage System z but, System z management is appealing to the next generation of Windows born and raised managers and administrators.The System z platform continues to gain in popularity from increasing enrollment in educational courses,a tripling in the number of startups using the platform in the past two years, and new workloads are being deployed on System z. More than 300 universities worldwide have adopted IBM’s mainframe education program for 21st century skills, and over 42,000 have been educated about the mainframe.Organizations are turning to the System z platform to implement new workloads given the platforms proven reliability, ability to help reduce TCO, consolidate sprawling distributed servers, and provide disaster recovery. In conjunction with the hardware platform’s evolution, IBM has continued to provide innovative solutions for System z that address today’s business needs, including SOA enablement, security and compliance, and master data management. With a range of middleware solutions including and Rational based development tools, amongst others, IBM provides the required solutions for SOA implementations using the System z platform as an active participant. Download this report to learn more about the benefits of the System z platform, including:• Reduced TCO• Ability to control capacity• Future proofing• Disaster Recovery If at any time in the future you decide you no longer wish to receive 3rd party information, we will remove you from the file immediately. 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