Renowned technology economics expert Dr. Howard Rubin presents his most recent findings on the growing consumption of technology and its impact on core infrastructure costs. His research compares the resulting costs for a mainframe-heavy organization to a server-heavy organization. He speaks to the following findings:
• While computing power has doubled over the last five years, server-heavy organizations’ costs have gone up 63 percent more than mainframe-heavy organizations.
• For every $1 that’s spent on infrastructure costs, mainframe organizations earn $10.55 while server-heavy organizations earn only $8.22.
• Analysis across 15 industries shows that the average IT cost of goods is 35 percent (on average) less for mainframe-heavy organizations, with the greatest differences in the financial sector.
Dr. Rubin is joined by Ross Mauri, general manager of IBM z Systems, who talks about the evolution of the mainframe, misperceptions and the new capabilities of the z13. In addition, Compuware CEO Chris O’Malley discusses how increasing technical demand on the mainframe coupled with decreasing mainframe experience is impacting IT and the entire business.
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