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On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 4:08 PM Ron Wells < 000002ebc63ff5ef-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > BINGO > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Ward Able, Grant > Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2020 7:56 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: "Everyone wants to retire mainframes" > > ** EXTERNAL EMAIL - USE CAUTION ** > > > There's no such thing as The Cloud - it's just someone else's > computer....... > > > Regards – Grant. > > > > > DTCC Public (White) > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Mitch Mccluhan > Sent: 09 June 2020 13:51 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: "Everyone wants to retire mainframes" > > ATTENTION: External Email – Be Suspicious of Attachments, Links and > Requests for Login Information. > > Everyone, > I can tell you as a fact that there are a number of things are true. Many > "modernization" projects do end up not being completed, no big mainframe > shop is looking to get off the mainframe, there are a large number of > projects underway where the client is "modernizing" on the mainframe > (language, file conversion, DBMS conversion, etc) and lastly (not a lot, > but some) there are mainframe shops that are going to the zCloud which is > essentially moving from one data center to another, keeping the mainframe. > Anyone who tells you most (100%?, really?) mainframe users are going to > distributed or distributed platform cloud are exaggerating the truth. I > know this because mainframe modernization is what I do for a living. > Mitch > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Bridges <robhbrid...@gmail.com> > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Sent: Tue, Jun 9, 2020 7:02 am > Subject: "Everyone wants to retire mainframes" > > A coworker just sent me this brief article. > > > https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.techrepublic.com%2Farticle%2Feveryone-wants-to-retire-mainframes-but-74-of-modernization-efforts-fail%2F&data=02%7C01%7CRon.Wells%40OMF.COM%7C725a6e6bbfc7491e27da08d80c746d3d%7C57c0053cb5f84a1e8bb6e8afa09f3b82%7C0%7C0%7C637273041502068880&sdata=x%2BEGwGWvVL%2F8lxapfBsYAjOcUtxZ3xmlb2rTqMoMeAE%3D&reserved=0 > > I'm interested in two aspects of this: > > 1) The writer uses the word "modernization" quite a bit, and as far as I > can tell she uses it, without explanation, to mean "switching from > mainframes to more recently invented platforms". This is the old > assumption we've talked about recently. > > 2) There's a really surprising number in there: > > "...almost 100% of survey respondents plan to move legacy applications to > the cloud this year and the motivation to move is clear: > > - 60% strongly agree they will be left behind competitively if they fail > to modernize > - 33% say modernizing has allowed the company to be more reactive to > market changes > - 34% say legacy modernization has accelerated digital transformation > projects > > About three-quarters of leaders said they have started a modernization > program but failed to complete it...." > > Can that "almost 100%" claim be true? I confess that three out of my last > three clients are talking about eliminating the mainframe, but I supposed > it to be an anomaly. Maybe the survey used the word "modernize" and the > author ~assumed~ this must mean dropping the mainframe. > > The article also says "Mainframes are still critical to business > operations with 71% of the Fortune 500 depending on these machines, > including 92 of the world's 100 largest banks". Come on - she's telling us > that almost ~all~ of those companies intend to switch legacy applications > to the cloud? I just can't buy that. ~My~ bank had certainly better not > be planning such a move. > > --- > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > /* If a problem has a single neck, it has a simple solution. */ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN DTCC > DISCLAIMER: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential > and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify us > immediately and delete the email and any attachments from your system. 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