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SUMMARY:Leaving the Mainframe – Strategy, Hype, or Cost Illusion?
DESCRIPTION:Gabriel Guth (SMTData)\n\n“Get off the mainframe” is often pos
 itioned as modernization—but many organizations cannot clearly explain wha
 t their mainframe actually costs per workload, per application, or in term
 s of business value. This session aligns with SHARE’s “Actionable Intellig
 ence for Mainframe Ecosystems” by demonstrating how to create transparency
  and make decisions based on measurable data rather than assumptions.\n\nD
 rivers for leaving the mainframe are frequently structural: perceived vend
 or lock-in, limited cost transparency, and a missing relationship between 
 platform cost and revenue. At the same time, decisions are often influence
 d by industry hype instead of workload-specific analysis.\n\nThis session 
 focuses on the how: building a practical framework for workload classifica
 tion, capacity planning, and business cost mapping. We will walk through h
 ow to allocate costs to applications, identify real capacity drivers, and 
 connect technical workloads to business services and outcomes. Particular 
 attention is given to understanding workload characteristics such as trans
 action volume, latency sensitivity, and regulatory requirements.\n\nWe wil
 l also examine when the mainframe remains the optimal choice—especially fo
 r high-volume, reliable transaction processing and regulatory-driven envir
 onments—and where distributed architectures introduce additional complexit
 y through data movement, integration, and consistency challenges.\n\nTrack
 : Operations Management and Automation, Systems Management and Automation\
 n\nAudience Level: Intermediate\n\nLearning Objectives: Troubleshoot and R
 esolve Complex Issues\n\n
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