Resecuring these areas is more complicated than reinforcing conventional mainframe cybersecurity practices like collecting smf data and other disparate logs to get a feel for what. Mark cresswell, ceo, lzlabs in conjunction with microsoft we recently commissioned vanson bourne, a wellrespected survey organization, to talk to 500 senior it executives across almost that many companies using mainframe technology. Dispelling damned mainframe lies one customer success at a. The vanson bourne study appears to reveal market concerns around modernization, indicating the respondents desire about moving forward to support changing market need, but a lack of clarity on how to. Mainframe security in a hybridmobile world new best practices for the new threat matrix while the mainframe is by far the enterprises most inherently secure. Application maintenance keeps legacy systems serviceable. Building thought leadership was the researchs key driver. Security a majority 54 percent of respondents to the vanson bourne survey selected strong protection of public cloud applications as an important consideration for cloud vendor selection, making it the second most common response. Compuware study shows cios unprepared for mainframe.
And with mashzone nextgen business analytics anyone in your organization to create dashboards for visual analytics. Among the findings is that while only 35 percent of respondents consider supply chain. This vanson bourne infographic details the approach many industries are taking in their internet of things digital transformation. Over two thirds of it decision makers feel unable to innovate due to. See how the community will continue to shape the future of cobol and core business applications for the next 60 years. Only around onethird of mainframe applications are accessible on mobile devices andor via the cloud at present, but respondents indicate that this percentage will increase in two years time. Predict and detect significant business events as they happen using analytics software from software ag. With lzlabs, customers can run workloads on x86 or the cloud without recompilation or data reformatting. Take a look at the overall and sectorspecific findings. An independent survey of large company cios, conducted by vanson bourne and sponsored by compuware, also showed 52 percent of u. Vanson bourne recently conducted a survey of organizations reliant on the. Loss of mainframe skills represents a risk to businesses. Conducted with vanson bourne, a global research and analysis company, the global survey asked cobolconnected architects, software engineers, developers, development managers and it executives from 40 different countries about the strategic importance of cobol applications to their business, future application roadmaps and planning, as well as. Although new automation tools, such as puppet, can automate traditional system management functions.
Current state of iot deployments and future expansion across enterprises help net security 11 oct 2018. We only work on client commissions, so we precisely design every project to exactly fit the clients needs. The survey of 650 professionals at organisations with over 100 people, carried out by vanson bourne for software company lzlabs, found that twothirds of businesses believe the loss of mainframe. This white paper, by market research specialist vanson bourne, offers an indepth look at iot implementations at some of the worlds leading organizations. The second independent research study conducted by vanson bourne into mainframe use in the enterprise reveals that a stagnant mainframe development environment impacts developer productivity and. Software ag and eurotech join forces over new iot solutions iot news 16 oct 2018. Global study of testing and automation practices on the. Micro focus survey finds cobol modernization at center of. Cloudbees technical alliance partner program tapp premier partnership and new advancements to topaz assist organizations with mainframe.
Our latest research in the news devops deeper dive. Conducted with vanson bourne, a global research and analysis company, the global survey asked cobolconnected architects, software. Modern technologies such as the cloud are the driver of digital transformation. Outdated mainframes putting businesses in debt zdnet. Dispelling damned mainframe lies one customer success at a time overview. Vanson bourne are an independent market research company, and they surveyed 500 it decision makers in organisations across the uk, usa, canada, france, and dach regions better known as germany, austria, and switzerland, across industry verticals such as financial services, telecoms, it, government and public sector. Internet of things deployment most important initiative for majority organisations the internet of all things 15 oct 2018.
Rather than simply asking how many interviews are needed, we work closely with our clients to understand what business issues they need to address through market research and develop a project that directly addresses those aims. Therefore, it is perhaps unsurprising that a 2014 vanson bourne study showed that 87% of organisations currently using mainframes today expect to continue doing so for more than five years and around a third intend to do so for the next 10 to 20. The myth and the reality an ibm redbooks pointofview publication by emily farmer, senior software engineer, and michael casile, senior software engineer highlights defying predictions, the ibm mainframe is not only alive today, running much of the worlds business, but its usage continues to grow. Only 7% of respondents said they automate the execution of test cases on mainframe. Collaborating with technology vendors and their agencies to create powerful campaign content based on market research is what vanson bourne has become known. Establish new mainframe cybersecurity best practices.
Get the vanson bourne readiness survey results right here. This vanson bourne infographic details the approach process manufacturing providers are taking. Excluding the mainframe only decreases visibility, which in turn increases mainframe cybersecurity risk. Manual mainframe testing persists in the age of automation.
It was conducted by research firm vanson bourne under commission from. Virtualization has its roots in the mainframe era of the. With saas, the latest versions of the applications needed to run the business are made available to all customers as soon as theyre released. Some organizations also choose to use thirdparty software or consultants to help them predict cloud costs.
A massive 93 percent of respondents to a recent global survey on attitudes to mainframes expressed serious concerns about their mainframe environment, according to zurichbased lzlabs, which tasked vanson bourne with a survey of 650 it decision makers across a range of industry verticals. The question about the viability of the mainframe environment, and the existing core business applications it supports, is an important one. Mainframe security in a hybridmobile worldvanson bourne. Business demand for faster innovation is driving organizations to increase deployment frequency by an average of 41% for new mainframe features and an average of 38% for new features to non mainframe applications according to a recent study commissioned by compuware and conducted by vanson bourne. The vanson bourne report identified eleven advantages of cloud computing that organizations are experiencing today, leading to quantifiable improvements in their businesses. Collaborating with technology vendors and their agencies to create powerful campaign content based on market research is what vanson bourne has become known for throughout the enterprise technology industry. The report from enterprise computing specialist lzlabs, based on research conducted by vanson bourne, shows 99 percent consider their organizations mainframe applications as important or critical. Cybersecurity for mainframe data protection compuware. Should you worry about software supply chain attacks. Since 1999 weve specialised in helping technology vendors understand and talk to enterprise organisations across the globe.
New survey finds cobols modernisation is key to strategic. Software ag released a series of infographics for this campaign. This approach ensured that we can base our gotomarket activities on primary data and vanson bourne as an independent market research specialist challenged our main hypothesis in its methodology. Current mainframe skill set will not be sufficient to meet business. Independent survey finds manual testing a major impediment to business success.
Learn how the power of connected manufacturing from software ag can help you turn realtime insights from sensors and devices into actionable intelligence. Yet, detroitbased mainframe software maker compuware, which commissioned the study conducted by vanson bourne, a market research. Manual testing significantly hinders mainframe innovation a 2019 independent global survey of 400 senior it leaders responsible for application development at large companies revealed manual mainframe testing is preventing organizations from integrating the mainframe into enterprise devops, accelerating innovation and meeting customers expectations. This white paper, by market research specialist vanson bourne, offers an in depth look at iot implementations at some of the worlds leading organizations. Vanson bourne automated testing survey test automation is the single most important factor in accelerating innovation, say 90% of it leaders. Mainframes arent dead, and theyre costing us a fortune. The mainframe still matters and so does the skills.
The study, conducted by vanson bourne, surveyed 500 senior it decision makers from organizations in the public and private sector using mainframes. According to a recent survey conducted by vanson bourne on our behalf at ca veracode, 93% of organizations use thirdparty components in their code, either from commercial or. More than 90% of it decision makers worried about the future of. As julie baxter, vice president of support for europe, the middle east and africa at mainframe. Mainframe applications are considered important even highly mission critical to 99% of senior it decision makers, according to a lzlabs and microsoft report.
Extending mainframe applications while there are challenges, the vanson bourne survey indicates a shift is underway. Brocade vanson bourne, june 20 software defined networking is likely to make an. The survey, conducted by vanson bourne on behalf of compuware, examines the processes that organizations have in place to deliver innovation on the mainframe as quickly as in their distributed environmentswhich are highly reliant on the mainframe. Join micro focus along with industry research experts, vanson bourne, for a closer look at the data, insights and commentary surrounding its 2020 cobol market survey. Independent market research firm vanson bourne surveyed 500 it. According to a study by vanson bourne, sponsored by ibm, 51 percent of systemtosystem integration is achieved through file transfers. At lzlabs we provide software and services to help companies move mainframe business applications and data to modern systems. See how the community will continue to shape the future of cobol and core business appli. The vanson bourne survey reaffirms the mainframe is likely to hold the majority of the outofdate software in an organization and that organizations have let their mainframe applications get even. Our solutions minimize the risk of migration, so customers can modernize easily and save money. Three years until mainframe staff retirements cause serious issues. Savvy enterprises have ignored the baseless lies about the mainframe, modernized mainframe software delivery and are achieving amazing business outcomes. Yet, detroitbased mainframe software maker compuware, which commissioned the study conducted by vanson bourne, a market research firm, found that as many as 86% of respondents to its survey said they find it difficult to automate the testing of mainframe code. Gdpr, the general data protection regulation has just been signed into law and enacts new rules and stiff penalties for any company who misuses or loses european union eu citizens personal data.
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