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Chapter 3: Mainframe Migration Considerations

The advantages of mainframe computing are often overshadowed by premium hardware and labor costs, aging architecture, and pricey software licensing or maintenance expenses. And if that weren't enough, there is a shortage of mainframe skills in the IT workforce. In the face of these difficulties, some mainframe shops are abandoning Big Iron and making the shift to open systems.



BROWSE SUBCATEGORIES:	Overview (1), Mainframe migration drivers (9), Mainframe staffing issues (9), Mainframe migration case studies (6)


Overview: 1 - 1 of 1

Mainframe migration decisions overview
SearchDataCenter.com | 30 Aug 2006
ARTICLE - Mainframe migration decisions overview: Let's examine some of the potential pros and cons of a major platform change.


Mainframe migration drivers: 1 - 3 of 9

Third-party software costs killing mainframe growth
SearchDataCenter.com | 10 Jan 2007
ARTICLE - A new Gartner survey reflects mainframe trends in third-party software costs, Linux adoption and IBM's struggle to bring new blood to the platform.

HP makes the case for mainframe migration
SearchDataCenter.com | 17 Jan 2007
ARTICLE - John Pickett, Hewlett-Packard's worldwide mainframe alternative program manager, outlines HP's strategy for mainframe replacement.

Mainframe shops held hostage, Itanium Solutions Alliance says
SearchDataCenter.com | 25 Jul 2007
Q A INTERVIEW - The Itanium Solutions Alliance -- a consortium of OEMs, software manufacturers and integrators focused on the Itanium platform -- announced this week...

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Mainframe staffing issues: 1 - 3 of 9

High-tech job increases marred by skills shortage
SearchDataCenter.com | 04 Oct 2007
ARTICLE - A recent report shows that the U.S. high-tech industry added new jobs during the first half of 2006. Experts agree that more gains can be made in expanding jobs in the sector, but they disagree on how.

Is there a mainframe skills shortage?
SearchDataCenter.com | 28 Mar 2007
TIP - As baby-boomer IT professionals retire over the next five to seven years, mainframe shops are going to have great difficulty managing their mainframe environments. But how serious is the mainframe skills shortage?

Workload consolidation attracts new blood to mainframe
SearchDataCenter.com | 29 Aug 2007
TIP - At the recent Share conference, the IBM user group covered workload consolidation, Linux on the mainframe, distributed computing and mainframe education opportunities

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Mainframe migration case studies: 1 - 3 of 6

IBM mainframe to be replaced by Oracle and Unix for ERP app
SearchDataCenter.com | 06 Nov 2007
ARTICLE - Arrow Electronics is moving off its internally developed mainframe enterprise resource planning apps for Oracle and swapping out an IBM mainframe for AIX running on System p.

Korean insurer retires 7,000 MIPS mainframes
SearchDataCenter.com | 06 Sep 2006
ARTICLE - Samsung Life Insurance moved 7,000 MIPS of core business transactions from an IBM mainframe to two HP Superdome servers. Samsung expects to break even on the project in 18 months, with a cost savings of $10 million...

NYSE undertakes IBM mainframe migration to Unix and Linux
SearchDataCenter.com | 14 May 2007
ARTICLE - By moving from a 1,600 MIPS mainframe to distributed systems, the stock exchange is cutting transaction costs in half.

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