IBM Mainframe

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Mobile usage and data volumes are exploding.  By 2020 there will be over 30 billion permanently connected Mobile devices.  Behind every great mobile website, there's most likely an IBM Mainframe.

42X growth! Are you ready?  That's the expected growth of US in-store mobile payments between 2014 and 2018. Learn more at Visa Digital Solutions about the growth of mobile and mobile payments.  VisaNet uses the IBM Mainframe.

The IBM Mainframe is known for extreme volume, large numbers of concurrent users and very fast response times, for example VISA credit card transaction processing during the peak holiday shopping season. Thanksgiving Day eCommerce sales from U.S. Visa account holders grew 17.8% year-over-year to $1.167B in 2014 [source: VisaNet data]

Congrats to IBM Mainframe customer Walmart. Walmart Broke Its Online Records on Cyber Monday 2014. With the IBM Mainframe Walmart helps 250 million people a week save money and live better.

IBM research shows that #BlackFriday & #CyberMonday shopping was lead by Mobile.  72% of IBM mainframe users polled in a survey have revealed that their organizations' mainframe computers now support Web or mobile applications, with a further 8% expecting their mainframes to do so within the next three years. More than 55 percent of the world’s transactions today go through the mainframe.

become an Exploiter: recognize that the mainframe isn’t antiquated hardware but instead represents your organization’s specific Intellectual Property—refined over and over again over years and years and specifically tailored to best fit your customers and their needs. In many ways it is the essence of your company’s customer-facing identity. Make the investment necessary to keep your mainframe healthy, vibrant and relevant. Use the wide array of available connectivity choices to develop new services to tap into this reservoir of business differentiators. Leverage the mainframe for what it does best (reliability, availability, security) and continue to differentiate your company with creative strategies to exploit the mainframe.

The final results of the 11th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business were announced on Friday, November 14 at a dinner in New York City. IBM was honored as a Gold Stevie Award winner in the Category: Online Marketing Campaign of the Year for the IBM Mainframe 50 Marketing Campaign. To understand how the IBM Mainframe Marketing team  and Centerline put together the online campaign for Mainframe50, read Angela Fresne's blog.

Video: Kenya Power taps on IBM's expertise to explore service delivery through IBM #Systemz #Mainframe for performance and #analytics

Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) has announced the selection of IBM for an automated system that will provide a real time status of all business processes. This will enable Kenya Power to implement its strategic expansion plans.

Mainframe technology is enabling banks to provide a growing number of services in near real-time through new channels, like mobile banking. Ross Mauri, General Manager System z, IBM Systems & Technology Group, reports.

SinfoniaRx delivers service on IBM System z.  Growing from 50,000 members to 12 million members SinfoniaRx needed an IT environment that could rapidly grow with their business. The scalability of IBM System z allows SinfoniaRx to plan for growth as their membership and patient data increases. By moving to the IBM Mainframe (System z), SinfoniaRx can deliver reliable service for patients and continue to grow. Read the IBM SinfoniaRx case study.

IBM has been recognized leader as in Java technology, due to the company's focus on bringing innovation, security, and reliability to Enterprise Java.  With the combination of Java on System z, Enterprise Java performance becomes even more powerful.

IBM & the Centerline Agency team have won the  Interactive Media Award awarded by the Interactive Media Council for the IBM Mainframe50 Tumblr website.  The award was given  in the category 'Consumer Services' for the Best in Class Award for a website.

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