New IBM mainframe can process 1 trillion web transactions a day | | | | | |
| | | | | New IBM mainframe can process 1 trillion web transactions a day IBM is out with its newest mainframe - z15. Yahoo Finance sat down with Tom Rosamilia, the Senior Vice President of IBM Systems and Chairman of IBM North America to hear how it'll change the industry. | | | | Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Sunday, October 11, 2020, 11:53 AM, David Crayford <dcrayf...@gmail.com> wrote: I buy stuff on Amazon, use Apple wallet and Paypal so I guess my personal financial data is already on the cloud. I won't be losing any sleep about that and have no plans to go back to using cash or shopping exclusively in stores. On 2020-10-11 1:10 PM, Mike Hochee wrote: > Over the last few years I have hoped IBM would become more of a cloud player > and attempt to marry some of the long-standing and well established > zEnterprise strengths; security, reliability, extensibility, performance, > etc., with what I always perceived to be an inherently less secure cloud and > web services environment. I thought there was significant opportunity for a > complement, where zEnterprise strengths could be leveraged by the needs of > cloud and web service processing, and this would likely be workload dependent. > > To be sure, there are undoubtedly many cloud based apps that have no need of, > nor business requirements for, zEnterprise integrity attributes, and a census > might well be one of them. Cloud computing has come a long way over the past > 10+ years, but I still don't want my personal financial data and current card > transactions residing on a public cloud (encrypted or not). I have read too > many articles which in general testify to the insecurity of data in the > cloud. Hybrid and private clouds might be another matter, and this is where I > thought the advantages of zEnterprise could potentially be a value add to > cloud service providers with customers that expect (demand) a higher level of > security and processing integrity. > > I suspect the splitting of IBM will only make the communication needed for > any synergy between the hallmarks of traditional mainframe computing and > cloud computing more difficult. In the meantime profit motive will continue > to compromise the decisions of executives the world over and result in more > and more insecure hosting of their customer's personal and financial data. > > I wonder what if anything Arvind Krishna thinks about z/OS? A very bold move > by someone only six months on the job. > > My nickel's worth. > > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of David Crayford > Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2020 11:31 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies > > Caution! This message was sent from outside your organization. > > You're conflating enterprise with traditional mainframe customers such as the > finance industry. Apple, BP, Shell, Coca-Cola etc all use AWS, are they not > enterprise customers? As for health care, the UK NHS is a huge AWS customer. > > The reputation of IBM's cloud (or maybe just IBM) in Australia hasn't > recovered from the 2016 census fiasco [1]. The Australian government no > longer trusts IBM and has moved to AWS [2]. > > You're obviously an IBM fanboy. A lot of what you say is absolute nonsense. > > [1] > https://www.zdnet.com/article/censusfail-an-omnishambles-of-fabulous-proportions/ > [2] > https://www.zdnet.com/article/australian-2021-digital-census-to-be-built-on-aws/ > > > On 2020-10-11 1:39 AM, Bill Johnson wrote: >> You’re comparing 2 entirely different clouds. IBM isn’t in the consumer >> cloud market. There is more money in PC’s than there is in mainframes too! >> And IBM processes 90% of credit card transactions. You were wrong. No >> fortune 100 companies are going to use AZURE or AWS for highly critical, >> highly sensitive information. Consumer clouds are everywhere. It’s becoming >> commoditized. Enterprise cloud will never be commoditized and will remain >> highly profitable. Banks, big retailers, and health care can’t afford the >> hacks and crashes of consumer cloud services. >> >> >> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone >> >> >> On Saturday, October 10, 2020, 1:28 PM, zMan <zedgarhoo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Bill, you can quote self-serving SHARE fodder all you like, but the >> fact >> remains: IBM cloud is a joke in the industry. Doesn't mean it couldn't >> become a player, but that's aspirational at best. That SHARE >> transaction quote is nonsense--do the math: 1.3M/sec=112,320,000,000 >> per day. 112 BILLION. That's 16 transactions per day per person on the >> planet. Be serious. That number comes from IBM, was extrapolated by >> taking their largest five customers and multiplying by the number of >> z/OS systems out there. Lies, damned lies, and statistics and all that, eh? >> >> And plenty of real, serious, multi-billion-dollar companies use AWS, >> Azure, and even GCP. >> >> You work for a vendor; you have access to lots of industry knowledge >> from the real world, not SHARE or IBM marketing. Talk to your peers. >> Learn. The truth is out there. >> >> On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 6:57 PM Bill Johnson < >> 00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >> >>> I’ve studied them extensively. I’m an investor. So I really don’t >>> need the lecture but I understand that’s what the frequent posters here >>> need to do. >>> Large enterprises aren’t building on AZURE & AWS. Lots of smaller >>> companies are. Because of the costs. AZURE & AWS are on the way to >>> commoditization. >>> Because it’s easy to replicate. In fact, AZURE growth is beginning to slow. >>> Even with the government contract. >>> >>> https://venturebeat.com/2020/07/31/probeat-slowing-aws-microsoft-azur >>> e-and-google-cloud-revenue-growth-is-a-good-thing/amp/ >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone >>> >>> >>> On Friday, October 9, 2020, 6:38 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 < >>> 0000031df298a9da-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >>> >>> Don't believe whoever told you that about AWS. There are real >>> companies building real enterprise-level applications on AWS today. >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On >>> Behalf Of Bill Johnson >>> Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 7:53 AM >>> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >>> Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies >>> >>> 2 completely different markets. AZURE & AWS are consumer market clouds. >>> IBM is enterprise. >>> >>> >>> On Friday, October 9, 2020, 5:28 AM, zMan <zedgarhoo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Actually, Bill, it's pretty clear that you didn't read the report. >>> It's at >>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://kinsta.com/blog/cloud-market-shar >>> e/__;!!Ebr-cpPeAnfNniQ8HSAI-g_K5b7VKg!bkn5Ica_-GSgVSVMQhoO-ZwjnqBMD63 >>> 2lXyTKAVvTtc_OWH8fyBG3CcIrbtSWqbpWZCJsA$ >>> and lists the top 5 vendors, comprising more than half the market, >>> and then notes that the next ten players--of whom IBM is >>> one--"account for another 26% of the SaaS market". >>> So IBM has a couple of percent; as I said, that's a joke. Not a major >>> player. >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 10:04 PM Bill Johnson < >>> 00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> Anyone who says IBM cloud is a joke isn’t well informed. >>>> Cloud Market Share – a Look at the Cloud Ecosystem in 2020 >>>> >>>> | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> | | | >>>> >>>> | >>>> >>>> | >>>> | >>>> | | >>>> Cloud Market Share – a Look at the Cloud Ecosystem in 2020 >>>> >>>> Deep dive into the Cloud Market Share with tons of data and stats >>>> compared to explain the different cloud services and identify the >>>> leading cloud providers. >>>> | | >>>> >>>> | >>>> >>>> | >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thursday, October 8, 2020, 3:41 PM, zMan <zedgarhoo...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> "IBM cloud" is a joke. When anyone talks about cloud, it's AWS, >>>> Azure, maybe GCP. NEVER EVER ONCE IBM. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 12:24 PM Allan Staller >>>> <allan.stal...@hcl.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Classification: HCL Internal >>>>> >>>>> Don't know anything about this directly, but It actually might help >>>>> the "traditional" portfolio by allowing more focus. >>>>> The cloud portion can benefit from reduced bureaucracy, so on the >>>> surface, >>>>> this is a win-win. >>>>> >>>>> OTOH, how many cloud providers have been hacked to date. I recall >>>>> APPLE, AMAZON and I think one more. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On >>>>> Behalf Of Dave Jousma >>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 8, 2020 10:44 AM >>>>> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >>>>> Subject: IBM splitting into two companies >>>>> >>>>> [CAUTION: This Email is from outside the Organization. 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