IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe - November/December 2017 - 10
PARTNER PoV TWO-PLATFORM IT: Mainframe and Cloud Strategy The future for enterprise optimization isn't distributed infrastructure M ainframe workloads continue to grow in both magnitude and business value. As a matter of fact, the platform destined for extinction isn't the mainframe, as predicted, but rather on-premises distributed infrastructure. That's why the optimal future architecture for large enterprises includes only two platforms: the mainframe and the cloud. Chris O'Malley is president and CEO of Compuware. Those seeking to optimize the performance, reliability, adaptability, security and IT economics of the digital enterprise should therefore strongly consider a two-platform strategy that dispenses with costly, unreliable and impossible-to-secure on-premises distributed infrastructure. What to Eliminate IT is under intense pressure to deliver value digitally in relentlessly expanding ways. It must: * * * 10 // NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017 ibmsystemsmag.com Deliver compelling real-time client experiences Deliver sophisticated analytics to diverse decision-makers Empower people both within and beyond the walls of the enterprise to collaborate without friction For several decades, IT has relied heavily on on-premises distributed infrastructure to achieve such goals. At first, that was with good reason. Innovative client off-the-shelf applications and