Abstract
Mainframe as a Green Machine
The mainframe electricity costs are ten times less than that of a data center.
The costs of electricity are certain to escalate, creating an even more
dramatic difference between the mainframe and distributed server systems. In
some parts of the country particularly in the Southwest, they have simply run
out of electricity. In other parts of the country, for example Seattle, the
cost of electricity goes to $.52 per kilowatt-hour at peak hours of air
conditioning use, considerably higher than the $.12 per kilowatt-hour used in
this analysis. Thus market forces will surely force use of the mainframe as a
green
Resurgence Of The Mainframe
The biggest challenge facing the analyst community is the resurgence of the
mainframe. The mainframe has shared workload capability that is being upgraded
to provide capability of real time processing. Services oriented architecture
(SOA) provides the new flexibility for the mainframe providing for reusable
components of code.
SOA is used to create flexible response to changing market conditions. SOA
collaborations create a way to reuse existing modules of code and organize
business process. Automated process depends on having the ability to combine
SOA modules from the desktop. SOA collaboration code comes from the existing
engine vendors supporting modules.
IBM is the leader in creating the ability to consolidate its integration
modules with foundation architecture. The foundation architecture is well
evolved as the middleware product set configured as an engine that supports
Web services implementation. IBM SOA is the defacto industry standard software
used in creating business integration foundation systems.
Real Time Internet Processing
Real time Internet processing is needed in a range of applications to adapt to
the new channel for business process. The Internet is central to the supply
chain and it is used as a vehicle for direct sales. The Internet changes
everything. Data centers cost $60 million to build, the mainframe can handle
the same level of transactions and network traffic with a $6 million
installation. This means the mainframe provides a ten time cost advantage to
the enterprises that adopt it for new workload.
IT System Reliability
IT system reliability return on investment ROI is measured by SLA service
level availability and the cost of downtime to an organization. As the
Internet emerges as significant channel, the industry measure of the cost of
downtime is $1 million per minute system reliability becomes a significant
competitive market factor. Efficient IT operations represent a primary cost of
doing business. It is here that the mainframe achieves competitive advantage.
The most efficacious measure of IT processing is measure of workload that can
be preformed reliably and securely. Mainframe vs. distributed server ROI
analysis compares and contrasts the features and benefits of the two computing
systems for a particular set of metrics for a particular application. Benefits
of the mainframe recognized by the industry are scalability, availability,
security, shared workload efficiency, network efficiency, throughput
efficiency, integration efficiency, and electrical and space efficiency.
Research Methodology
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research approach. The methodology supports an analytical approach to market
research. In depth comparisons are made of many aspects of the market. Data
relating to Industry segments is developed to permit presentation of forecasts
and market share positioned to have substantive value.
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