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[CM] Mainframe tech is here to stay: just add innovation

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From the «it's the SecondaryFrame that's outta here» department:
Title: Mainframe technology is here to stay. Just add innovation.
Author: zafiro17@pipedot.org
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 08:23:58 -0400
Link: http://pipedot.org/story/2014-06-24/mainframe-technology-is-here-to-stay-just-add-innovation

Where mainframe computers are concerned, the Technology Spectator says it
better than I could[1]:

In a world where IT continues to power forward, the longevity of the
mainframe and its place in today’s computing environment is increasingly
being questioned. With ‘change’ often confused with ‘progress’, a
mainframe’s durability can work against it. As demand grows for more agile
and innovative systems, it is difficult to reconcile a technology in its
sixth decade with the technology we carry around in our pockets or use at
home. But while dissenters continue to challenge the validity of the
mainframe, the technology keeps on proving its worth.

Few consumers know or understand that "ancient" mainframe technology is
working behind the scenes in the banking, travel, and insurance sectors, and
that's unlikely to change. What is changing though is the insertion of
start-up mentality and innovation into the mainframe ecosystem, like Splunk,
a search specialist, teaming up with Syncsort[2] to unlock some of the data
being produced by mainframe systems. What does not change though, is the fact
that mainframe systesm require specialized skillsets, and those experts are
getting hard to find[3]. Not a good thing in an environment of
ever-more-stringent compliance and regulatatory requirements.

Links:
[1]: http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2014/6/9/technology/ibm-mainframe-golden-oldie-or-modern-marvel (link)
[2]: http://www.zdnet.com/splunk-teams-with-syncsort-for-mainframe-machine-data-7000030822/ (link)
[3]: http://www.bobsguide.com/guide/news/2014/Jun/12/banking-system-compliance-and-complexity-set-to-test-mainframe-mettle.html (link)

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[CM] Mainframe tech is here to stay: just add innovation RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-06-24 16:51 +0000
  Re: [CM] Mainframe tech is here to stay: just add innovation Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2014-06-24 13:37 -0400
  Re: [CM] Mainframe tech is here to stay: just add innovation Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-06-24 21:24 +0000

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