'Sexy dinosaurs': Mainframes remain relevant, despite the cloud
Although we are seeing a surge of movement toward the cloud, especially during the Covid-19 work-from-home era, many companies still see the mainframe as relevant and are building it into their architecture in a way that limits security issues. Speaking at a Micro Focus panel to discuss the issue of mainframe and access control, as well as why this almost 80-year-old technology is still being used, despite a shift to the cloud, Absa’s head of mainframe and utility services, Grant Fendick, said that the mainframe has been the technology foundation for many large institutions, and has become ...
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