Gartner analyst predicts doom for onpremises data centers. Just last month, ibm introduced the latest version of its mainframe, and technologies from the golden age of bigbox computing continue to be vital components in modern infrastructure. The company invested and updated the mainframe software, so that banks. May 02, 20 next, i moved forward 15 years to early 1991. Ten years of ibm mainframe linux how things have changed. While many predicted they would soon be extinct stewart alsop from idgs infoworld predicted in 1991 that in 1996 the last mainframe would be unplugged, they have been proven wrong time and time again. Back in march 1991 pdf, stewart alsop, venture capitalist and onetime editorinchief of infoworld, said, i predict that the last mainframe will be unplugged on march 15, 1996.
Back in march 1991 pdf, stewart alsop, venture capitalist and onetime editorinchief of infoworld, said, i predict that the last. As we are entering the era of the cloud we see the mainframe. This forecast, made by former infoworld editor in chief stewart alsop in 1991, proves more highly. Stewart alsop, the editor of infoworld, predicted that the last mainframe would. Ibm annual report 2001 i predict that the last mainframe will be unplugged on march 15, 1996. Stewart alsop 1991 the mainframe in the datacenter. Ca mainframe software ca 1 tape management category. Mar 23, 2008 in 1991, stewart alsop, the editor of infoworld and a thoughtful observer of industry trends, predicted that the last mainframe computer would be unplugged by 1996. I predict that the last mainframe will be unplugged on march 15, 1996. Why old technologies are still kicking lifestyle gadsden. Stewart alsop, former infoworld editorinchief and stigmatism.
Steadfastly supporting us and our business and technology needs, sometimes without any credit and sometimes even with some slander. For all the times it has been quoted, the presumably editorial by stewart alsop in a 1991 issue of infoworld that contains the famous statement on march 15, 1996, an. Pundit stewart alsops wellknown snipe that the last mainframe would be turned off in 1996 can now be matched by paraphrasing mark twainthat reports of the mainframes death have been greatly exaggerated. How ibm uses the mainframe to bring analytics back to the. May 24, 2012 so you heard theres a mainframe skills shortage. Mar 12, 2019 i predict that the last mainframe will be unplugged on march 15, 1996. Posted march 15, 2011 willies getting the most out of db2 for zos blog and musings of a lifelong mainframe guy blog. Lack of mainframe programmers a critical issue for it. As it turned out, alsop never made it into the nostradamus hall of fame, and, as you probably know, the last mainframe was most. But as other computer technologies advanced and personal computers became more pervasive and popular, analysts began prematurely and inaccurately to predict the end of the mainframe. Mainframe computer wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. He is notable for his incorrect prediction in march 1991 on the mainframe death, prompting a huge debate. Not only is the mainframe not dead, it is thriving. A search on the words unplug the last mainframe turned up stewart alsop referring to the prediction in 1993, but not the prediction itself, so im browsing individual.
Mar 20, 2019 gt softwares ivory service architect is the solution. In the computer industry, the wheel of reincarnation is a pattern whereby specialized hardware gets spun out from the main system, becomes more powerful, then gets folded back into the main system. He was forced to publicly eat his words in 2006 after he predicted that the last mainframe would be uninstalled in. Business value of the mainframe ibm system z 2 international zseries oracle sig 20070415 to 18 mainframe headlines ibm offers new mainframe software the mainframe is heading towards a much larger potential market. Despite this, stewart alsop s infamous condemnation of. The mainframe is sometimes referred to as a dinosaur not only because of its size but because of reports, going back many years, that its becoming extinct. Stewart alsop wrote in the march 1991 issue of infoworld, i predict that the last mainframe will be unplugged on march 15, 1996. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Oct 25, 2017 but as other computer technologies advanced and personal computers became more pervasive and popular, analysts began prematurely and inaccurately to predict the end of the mainframe. Stewart alsop, former infoworld editorinchief and venture capitalist.
Stewart alsop, march 1991 its clear that corporate customers still like to have centrally controlled, very predictable, reliable computing systems exactly the kind of systems that ibm specializes in. In the computer industry, the wheel of reincarnation is a pattern whereby specialized hardware gets spun out from the main system, becomes. Infoworld analyst stewart alsop famously said in 1991, i predict that the last. In the early 1990s, there was a rough consensus among industry analysts that the mainframe was a dying market as mainframe platforms were increasingly replaced by personal computer networks. He was the man who famously announced in 1991 that the last mainframe in the world would be unplugged in 1996. A paradigm shift in mainframe management andy ward senior principal consultant. Despite predictions by stewart alsop that the last mainframe would be unplugged on march 15, 1996 spruth, 2010, 6, the modern mainframe remains critical to many enterpriseclass data centers, including those of the top 59 global banks, 23 of the top 25 us retailers, and 9 of the top 10 global health insurance companies. He spent the first 20 years of his professional career as a business journalist and commentator. Former editorinchief of infoworld, stewart alsop, famously said in. In 2002, stewart alsop symbolically ate his words and apologized to lou gerstner, the ceo of ibm at that time.
Return to software directory index page 1 next page. Infoworld analyst stewart alsop famously said in 1991, i predict that the last mainframe will be unplugged on march 15, 1996. This time i encountered a completely different scene. Supporting the ibm mainframe for more than 30 years. Ok, some twenty plus years after infoworld editor stewart alsop announced the death of the mainframe, its time to put the poor thing. Pundit stewart alsop s wellknown snipe that the last mainframe would be turned off in 1996 can now be matched by paraphrasing mark twainthat reports of the mainframes death have. Mainframe futures whenever i start a piece on mainframe futures, im always reminded of poor old stewart alsop when he was editorinchief of infoworld. In 1991, stewart alsop, the editor of infoworld and a thoughtful observer of industry trends, predicted that the last mainframe computer would be unplugged by 1996. As it turned out, alsop never made it into the nostradamus hall of fame, and, as you probably know, the last mainframe was most definitely not unplugged in 1996 as predictednor in 2006nor in 2016nor, very possibly, at any point in my lifetime or yours. Today, most companies agree that mainframes arent going anywhere any time soon. In 2002, stewart alsop symbolically ate his words and. This forecast, made by former infoworld editor in chief stewart alsop in 1991, proves more highly exaggerated with each passing year. Todays mainframe is the cornerstone of the hybrid cloud.
Infoworlds stewart alsop infamously predicted that the last mainframe would be unplugged in 1996. Stewart alsop, march 1991 its clear that corporate. The flexible pricing enables businesses to pay for mips consumed against the installed mips in any given month. Despite predictions by stewart alsop that the last mainframe would be unplugged on march 15, 1996 spruth, 2010, 6, the modern mainframe remains.
Hercules was created by roger bowler and is maintained by jay maynard. Hercules runs under linux, windows, solaris, freebsd, and mac os x. The mainframe stands as a telling case in the larger story of survivor technologies and markets. Hercules is an open source software implementation of the mainframe system370 and esa390 architectures, in addition to the new 64bit zarchitecture. We enable companies to create apis for the connected mainframe five to ten times faster than any other approach. Pausing briefly at a newsstand to check out the march issue of infoworld, in which editor stewart alsop famously predicted that the last mainframe would be unplugged on march 15, 1996, i reprised my data center tour. The wall street journal, reporting on the z990 last month, noted wryly it has now been 12 years since editorturnedpunditturnedinvestor stewart alsop predicted in infoworld that.
Data warehousing and the mainframe, another rumor put to rest. Stewart alsop, editorinchief, infoworld, 1991 as it turned out, alsop never made it into the nostradamus hall of fame, and, as you probably know, the last mainframe was most definitely not unplugged in 1996 as predictednor in 2006nor in 2016nor, very possibly, at any point in my lifetime or yours. He was an editorinchief and executive vicepresident of infoworld. Does mainframe even matter when digital transformation is taking everything to the cloud.
Back in march 1991 pdf, stewart alsop, venture capitalist and. Supporting the ibm mainframe for more than 30 years micro. Weve recouped most of it in the first year in sales of software and systems. He was an editorinchief and executive vicepresident of infoworld, a w. A former infoworld editor in chief, stewart alsop, predicted that the last mainframe would be unplugged in 1996. With this approach, businesses shift to a payperuse model, using the providers mainframe hardware, software licenses, data center operations, dynamic disaster recovery and highavailability features.
Most recently, in july 2017 ibm announced a new name for their mainframe products, ibm z, and a new generation of mainframes, the ibm z14, that add improved processor and io performance, along with crypto enhancements that enable pervasive encryption of zos data sets and linux file systems. Tape management brightstor ca1 tape management is a market leader in the management, control and protection of tape data sets and volumes. An old technology or business often finds a sustainable, profitable life. Hugh pickens writes in 1991 stewart alsop, the editor of infoworld, predicted that the last mainframe computer would be unplugged by 1996. Just as stewart alsop predicted the death of the mainframe by 1996. Spyder3express spyder3prophoto star trek stephen fry stephen ibaraki steve ballmer steve foley steven sinofsky stewart alsop stewart alsop. He was a general partner with new enterprise associates in menlo park, california. The wall street journal, reporting on the z990 last month, noted wryly it has now been 12 years since editorturnedpunditturnedinvestor stewart alsop predicted in infoworld that mainframes. While many predicted they would soon be extinct stewart alsop from idgs infoworld predicted in 1991 that in 1996. Stewart alsop ii, onetime editorinchief and executive vicepresident of the weekly magazine infoworld is probably more familiar to those of us that dabble in the wonderful world of mainframes becuase of the statement.
Mainframe computers or mainframes colloquially referred to as big iron are computers used primarily by large organizations for critical applications. In an industry where change and disruption happens every couple of years, the mainframes resiliency and continued evolution has both confounded industry experts remember stewart alsops 1991 quote and validated the wisdom of the worlds leading businesses that continue to invest and run their core businesses on ibms big iron, the. As the linked jargon file entry points out, several generations of this effect have been observed. Despite this, stewart alsops infamous condemnation of the mainframe, predicting its demise in 1996, continues to plague the technologys image. Mar 23, 2008 the mainframe stands as a telling case in the larger story of survivor technologies and markets. Stewart alsop, editorinchief, infoworld, 1991 as it turned out, alsop never made it into the nostradamus hall of fame. Robert cringely, a wellknown pc pundit, said, on december 31. So much so that the mainframe market is expected to grow by a further 4. Reduce costs and derisk your mainframeon your terms datastax. Infoworld magazine editor stewart alsop helped popularize its use by giving bill gates, ceo of microsoft, with a golden vaporware award for microsoft releasing windows in 1985, 18 months late.
Reduce costs and derisk your mainframeon your terms. Yet they have been around since the 1960s and are alive and kicking today. Why old technologies are still kicking the new york times. Stewart alsop ii, onetime editorinchief and executive vice. In 2010, while ibm doesnt break out its profits by individual server line, ibms systems and technology group. Mainframes continue to run inside many of the worlds largest companies, including banks, retailers, insurance companies and airlines. I write this week from ibms insight conference in las vegas. Stewart alsop, former infoworld editorinchief and stigmatism sufferer. In 1991 stewart alsop, the editor of infoworld, predicted that the last mainframe would be retired by 1996.
Mainframes will be here until the end of time enterprise. Stewart alsop, 1991 on december 31, 1999 at midnight, when the big ball drops and people are kissing in times square, the era of the. So let me guess, youve heard the following it speak, the mainframe is dead, everywhere. Pausing briefly at a newsstand to check out the march issue of infoworld, in which editor stewart alsop famously predicted that.
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