Study Anticipates Increasing Use of Linux on Mainframes

Filed in archive Servers on June 21, 2009

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A new study commissioned by CA (and executed by TheInfoPro) has found that large enterprises are increasingly deploying Linux on mainframes to maximize value and minimize costs.

"Linux on the mainframe is clearly a very attractive platform choice for IT organizations that have to continue scaling the services they deliver to the business, even as their infrastructure budgets are constrained by market uncertainty and competing priorities," says CA's Michael Zinda. "This study shows that customers are very much aware of the unique value that Linux offers on the mainframe — and that the mainframe remains an ongoing focus for IT investment."

"Of the 100 IT professionals at global enterprises contacted, 93 percent said they plan to either increase the use of IBM's Linux specialty processing engine on their System z mainframes over the next two years or maintain the current level of investment," writes eWeek's Jeffrey Burt. "Forty-two percent said their use of IBM's IFL (Integrated Facility for Linux) specialty engine will grow between 21 percent and 40 percent, and another 10 percent said that use will grow more than 76 percent."

More here from ComputerWeekly ... more here from TMCnet ... and the press release is here.