The Role of the Mainframe in a Hybrid-Cloud World

Technology has been at the center of the enterprise for decades. Companies that embrace and utilize technical advances can move from the small corner store to the names and logos people immediately recognize as part of everyday life. Nothing can be more critical to success than the computing power and capabilities.

One may believe that the days of the mainframe are part of this bygone era of computing: supplanted by cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), and mobile devices. However, just as these technologies have been born, created, and evolved to become important to business operations, so has the mainframe evolved to become an indispensable part of enterprise technology strategy, from almost every important and relevant technology facet.