The presentation discusses the strategic directions for IBM's zSystems, highlighting its role in supporting critical enterprise processing amidst changing technology and client trends. Key focus areas include the transition to hybrid cloud, real-time analytics, and the importance of security and efficiency for digital businesses. IBM is investing significantly in chip technology and open ecosystems to enhance its mainframe offerings for the mobile app economy.

1. Strategy and Directions
for the IBM Mainframe
Mark S. Anzani
Mainframe
IBM
VP, Strategy, Resilience and
Ecosystems
Session Number MFT53S
@IBMzSystems
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Abstract
The IBM zSystems portfolio of products
continues to support critical Enterprise
processing around the world. In this session, the
speaker will cover the strategic directions for
the platform and the reasons for these
directions, based upon technology and client
trends.
Mark S.
Anzani
IBM
VP, Strategy, Resilience
and Ecosystems

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Agenda
FORCES OF CHANGE AND OPPORTUNITY
TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY AND INVESTMENT
WORKLOAD FOCUS
SUMMARY
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Transaction Processing
Data Serving
Mixed Workloads
Operational Efficiency
Trusted and Secure Computing
Reliable, Available, Resilient
Virtually Limitless Scale
Transforming forces affect clients and technology providers alike
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Explosion in
transaction growth
driven by mobility and the
Internet of Things
Analytics is
moving to real time
to capture new opportunities
at the point of impact
Hybrid cloud is the
new standard
for delivering service,
agility, trust and efficiency

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This places new demands on digital business
24x7x365
application
availability
Users expect
<1 second
app utility
70%
lack confidence in
data security
35%
mobile transaction
growth annually
91%
of new customer-facing
apps access mainframe
Integration ScaleTrust
Availability Response Time Personalization
80%
of Marketers send
the same content to
all subscribers

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Systems of insight drive future growth

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Traditional Workloads
1964-2014
Batch
General Ledger
Transaction Systems
Client Databases
Accounts Payable / Receivable
Inventory, CRM, ERP
Open Systems: Linux & Java
1999-2014
Server Consolidation
Oracle Consolidation
Early Private Clouds
Email
Java, Web, eCommerce
Digital Era: Cloud, Analytics, Mobile, Social
2015-2020
On/Off Premise, Hybrid Cloud
Big Data & Analytics
Enterprise Mobile Apps
Security Solutions
New marketplace dynamics are driving hyper growth
opportunities for the IBM mainframe
InstalledCapacity
Traditional
Workloads
Open
Systems
Digital
Era
1964 20141999 2020

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z Systems is integrated by design, with innovations
from silicon through middleware
Semiconductor
Technology
Microprocessor
Design
Systems
Design
Virtualization
& Operating
Systems
Compilers,
Tools & Java
Virtual
Machine
Optimized
Middleware
Transaction Processing
Management
Analytics
KVM

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IBM is investing $3 billion to push the limits
of chip technology
 New materials and devices to extend core
logic, memory, & I/O technology roadmaps
 Continue silicon scaling
 New computing devices and architectures
Quantum
Computing
Cognitive
Computing
Scaling: 22, 14, 10, 7, 5 nm Nodes III / V Devices
Carbon DevicesMRAMSilicon Photonics
3D IntegrationPhase Change Memory

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An expanded ecosystem fuels innovation and progress
The Open
Mainframe Project
Open-Source Community
Contributions
Open Access to Developer
Community Cloud
Academic Initiative
and Training Programs
IBM Linux
Technology Centers
IBM Research Projects:
DREAM ALS Challenge

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Flexibility and choice leads to greater business agility
Distributions Hypervisors Languages Runtimes Management Database Analytics
Cloud Manager
vRealize
DB2

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Custom
Patterns for Linux
on z Systems
with z Systems
in multi-product
deployment in a cloud
with patterns
available to
develop on
z Systems
in application
performance with
Enterprise compilers
from idea to running
applications using
Bluemix Services
Developing for z Systems accelerates time to value
C/C++
80%
reduction
17%
improvement
Days
vs. months
Open
Technologies
10M+
Java
developers

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IBM z13 is designed for digital business
• Performance, scale, intelligent I/O, and
security enhancements to support
transaction growth in the mobile world
• Large memory, new cache design, improved
I/O bandwidth, and compression help to
serve up more data for analytics
• Enterprise-grade Linux solutions, open
standards, enhanced sharing, and focus on
business continuity to support cloud
• Security, Encryption, Resilience, IT Analytics
Users
Data
Transactions

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z is designed for growth of the mobile app economy
Serving mobile data directly from z/OS is 40% less
expensive than exporting to a system of engagement
 Real-time encryption, analytics,
and a full auditing trail are
baked into systems for clients
 Handle high numbers of secure
transactions simultaneously –
100 Cyber Mondays’ worth of
e-commerce transactions daily
 Bluemix, APIM, and z/OS
Connect for greater flexibility
and innovation
 Apple IBM iOS Apps change the
nature of work

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z Systems is an integrated transaction and analytics system
ODM/BPM
CPLEX
SPSS
IDAA
InfoSphere
Cognos
DB2
CICS
IMS
SCA-LA
CMA
zAware
. . .
Spark
Zementis
R
Hadoop
. . .

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The priorities for cloud computing play to z Systems’ strengths
z Systems Cloud Solutions:
 provide ultimate protection for the privacy of customer data
 preserve z Systems’ unparalleled uptime capabilities
 align with the tools and techniques that dominate the industry
REST-based service to
cache data
50M calls a day
5X cheaper than
CouchDB & Cassandra
Built a private on premise
cloud using Java on z/OS
Reduced deployment
times to 5-10 min
Turning competitors into
customers using revenue-
generating IT services on z
Completely modernizing
health care systems
Customers are already using the power of z Systems to deliver cloud services
Large Global
Retailer
Large National
Insurer
Large Multi-
National Bank

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z Systems supports all dimensions of cloud delivery
8,000 virtual
servers, more
than 50 per core
85 LPARs
zAware and
GDPS, now for
Linux
Crypto
Express5S
IBM Cloud
Manager with
OpenStack
VMWare vRealize
Automation
Hybrid Cloud
Leveraging Bluemix and
interoperability with SoftLayer, AWS
and other public cloud offerings
Private Cloud
z/OS and Linux on z
Public Cloud
Enabling MSPs/CSPs to deliver
mainframe-based service offerings

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z Systems enables transformation
Technology Systems
Support new generation computing requirements
Deliver trusted, high performance, and resilient infrastructure
Execute with agility, leveraging strong, open ecosystems
Mobile Analytics Cloud
DevOps Open
Security
Skills

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