A coworker just sent me this brief article. https://www.techrepublic.com/article/everyone-wants-to-retire-mainframes-but-74-of-modernization-efforts-fail/
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, [email protected], 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 [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
