z/OSMF and z/OS Connect target different areas. I'd look at z/OSMF for infrastructure tasks and z/OS Connect (its new name) for actual applications.
They both have the ability for API translation and exposure. Jerry Whitteridge Delivery Manager / Mainframe Architect GTS - Safeway Account 602 527 4871 Mobile jerry.whitteri...@ibm.com IBM Services IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> wrote on 09/14/2018 12:47:09 PM: > From: scott Ford <idfli...@gmail.com> > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Date: 09/14/2018 12:47 PM > Subject: Re: IBM Z and cloud > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> > > Phil,All: > > Exact question this am during a daily meeting. We looked zConnect but > looked like was expensive to develope a product around, we are looking > At Zosmf...kinda interesting, living proof you teach an old dawg new tricks. > > > Scott > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 5:54 AM R.S. <r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl> wrote: > > > W dniu 2018-09-14 o 03:38, Phil Smith III pisze: > > > Well, I appreciate the answers thus far, but they're vague and > > platitudinous. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sure, an application on Z should often stay on Z, but that's not what > > anybody means by "cloud". In fact, given that the vast majority of > > application environments are not on Z, saying "stay on <the platform>" is, > > if anything, an argument that Z is *not* a good cloud platform. > > > > > > > > > > > > Resource sharing/virtualization are good, but ISTR one or two companies > > that are managing to do a bit of that on Intel (I think they're called > > Amazon and Google and what's that other startup-oh yeah, Microsoft); not > > compelling, sorry. Yes, z/VM is the best virtualization platform in a lot > > of ways. But again, that ain't where the action is, and calling a tail a > > leg doesn't make it one. > > > > > > > > > > > > As for cost of instructions-TR/TRT and friends are also way cool. > > Surprise, that isn't where applications spend most of their time. > > > > > > > > > > > > Looking forward to more convincing arguments. > > > > Convicing? Whom to convince? Seriously, are we talking about rational > > arguments or just convincing arguments? > > I see no hope for mainframe when talking about "convincing" arguments. > > Sorry, every "airline magazine" article or opinion claims it's old, > > obsolete, and so on. Nevermind what is true. > > > > Regarding cloud - this is similar story, much less rational arguments a > > lot of "convincing" ones. There is no single definition of cloud, but I > > woudl say that EDS in the beginnings was kind of cloud - you compute on > > someone else's computer. IT as a service. > > Of course some people narrow the vision of cloud to Windows and M$ > > subsystems (MSSQL, etc.), maybe also Linux with popular open-source > > things lika Apache, mySQL, etc. So, there is no place for other > > platforms. Why? Because nobody mentioned it. However some companies do > > use mainframe applications and they can hear from cloud provider "sorry, > > we don't have such thing". > > > > Regarding Amazon and Google - yes, they don't use mainframes. However > > their business (especially Google) is different than yours. Not everyone > > need oer 1 million PC machines spread across the world. Cheap machines > > with no redundant features. 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