BMC, a world leader in software solutions for the Autonomous Digital Enterprise, today announced the results of its 16th annual mainframe survey and new and expanded capabilities within the BMC AMI ( Automated Mainframe Intelligence ) and BMC Compuware portfolios to fully support to clients as they progress through their digital transformation processes.
The survey reveals that leading organizations are investing in the mainframe, innovating with DevOps, and integrating systems and teams to drive digital transformation. BMC’s latest solutions help businesses address these priorities and more with enhancements that emphasize software quality to reduce risk, more quickly pinpoint the root causes of performance issues, and automate complex issues such as regulatory compliance. .
Driving mainframe innovation for business growth
After interviewing more than 1,300 executives and technical professionals from around the world, it is clear that the mainframe will continue to be critical to driving digital business in a world that is hard to predict. Among the conclusions, it is worth highlighting:
92% see the mainframe as a platform for long-term growth and new workloads.
86% of large businesses expect MIPS to grow, while 72% of them have more than half of their data on the mainframe.
66% of respondents are strong proponents of the mainframe, investing in new technologies such as AIOps and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), innovating to meet growing digital demands with DevOps, and integrating the mainframe into enterprise IT.
19% of respondents are behind in mainframe, keeping their investment flat; they get less value from new platform technologies and have fairly modest growth in mainframe data and applications.
Left automated testing enables faster delivery with better quality
Organizations are moving quickly to keep up with the growing demand for new applications and services that provide a better experience for internal and external users. According to the survey:
39% of respondents cite application modernization as a top priority.
88% of leading companies want to update applications more frequently, and 40% want to do it every week or every two weeks.
43% of leading companies want to improve application quality with DevOps.
80% of leading companies realize value from their mainframe DevOps adoption in a year or less.
