Johannesburg, 17 Feb 2014
CA Southern Africa will put a spotlight on mainframe in its IT Management Symposium, taking place in Johannesburg on 20 February.
Andrea Lodolo, CTO, CA Southern Africa, emphases that the mainframe balances stability with transformation in a rapidly evolving enterprise infrastructure.
"It's been said many times in the past few years, but should be said again: the mainframe hasn't gone away. It's actually thriving," says Lodolo.
"Research reveals that among IT professionals everywhere, the focus of the conversation around this topic now looks forward rather than back. Instead of a legacy architecture that needs high maintenance, the mainframe is firmly at the strategic core of enterprise infrastructures around the world.
"For example, a CA Technologies' survey of 623 mainframe executives in key markets around the world highlighted the transformation in both the function and perception of the mainframe; the corporate backing it receives and the clear focus on the future."
Lodolo says where the mainframe used to dominate the network, it now serves as the foundation for other technological innovations. "Where it once typically represented the bedrock of a single-vendor architecture, it now nestles within a complex and heterogeneous infrastructure that regularly adapts to new technologies from multiple sources. Where it was, for a long time, the only way to go, it now fits into a hybrid state with newer paradigms, such as cloud computing."
He notes that previously, the sheer size served notice of its clout, but says now the mainframe is routinely managed by tiny mobile devices. "And perhaps, most importantly, the IT environment now demands that the mainframe specialists also have multi-disciplinary skills that allow for easy navigation through 'legacy' technologies, new architectures, emerging innovations and business priorities.
"Internationally renowned speakers will address mainframe and how it is an instrument of change at CA's IT Management Symposium," concludes Lodolo.
For further information on the CA IT Management Symposium 2014:
http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66525&Itemid=2869.
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