Executive Summary AWS provides advice to companies to migrate from mainframes to AWS services. How accurate is this advice? Introduction Many companies have copied Gartner’s mostly inaccurate arguments against mainframes. An excellent example of this is found in the information provided about mainframe migration by AWS. Our References for This Article If you want to see…
Executive Summary Gartner’s advice on mainframes has been horrible for decades. What Gartner has told its clients about mainframes and how it led to their mismanagement. Video Introduction: How to Understand Gartner’s Disastrous Advice on Mainframes Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) In performing research for the book The Public Cloud Revolution: How Open…
Executive Summary Mainframes have cost advantages over on-premise servers. The reason for this is that an entity requires very significant numbers of servers to manage them effectively. Introduction There are many advantages of mainframes, one being costs versus most proprietary on-premises servers. What is undiscussed on the many consulting companies and vendors that have marketed how…
Executive Summary Mainframes are engineered systems designed to run at high utilization without virtualization. Mainframes are designed to meet four distinct design objectives. Introduction To understand why AWS and Google Cloud can attain such advantages versus on-premises servers, it is necessary to comprehend mainframes at a basic level. This section’s coverage is known to all…
Executive Summary It is commonly presented that mainframes are old technology compared to servers. Why this presentation of mainframes is incorrect. Our References If you want to see our references for this article and other related Brightwork articles, see this link. Introduction Client-server is not a good descriptor for on-premises servers, and it turns out…
Executive Summary The current proprietary on-premise server environment grew out of mainframes. This article tells this story. We are at a historically important crossroads in the history of IT. This is because IT is going back to its origins in several important ways as IT began its life in the late 1950s with mainframes and…