IBM Z10: New Mainframe introduced today, 3x data-juggling memory of z9

Today I.B.M is introducing the IBM Z10 as part of their aim to prove that the mainframe is NOT in retreat, the Z10 is much faster than it’s predecessor, the z9.

The Z10 has 3x the data-juggling memory of the 3 year old Z9 and IBM hope this new mainframe shows that its capable of being “a nimble supercomputer in corporate and government data centers, running Web-based programs, Linux, advanced data mining and business intelligence software”, as reported by NYTimes.

This push by IBM has cost $1.5-billion, the overhaul goes against Microsoft’s view of mainframes being in retreat. The computer software giant set up the Mainframe Migration Alliance in 2004 and started moving software applications from mainframes to smaller computers powered by low-cost microprocessors. Most of these computers were running Microsoft’s Windows server operating system of course.

Do you believe IBM is right and that the mainframe is in the midst of a revival?