Hybrid excellence: Mainframes and cloud together
The question isn’t whether the cloud is important. It absolutely is. The cloud unlocks agility and scalability that businesses could not have dreamed of 20 years ago. However, there’s a deeper truth: Not every workload belongs in the cloud, and not every system on a mainframe should remain there forever. Strategic organizations ask deeper questions: Which environment provides the best outcome for each task? Where are our strengths, and how can we combine them for improved business results?
Forward-thinking IT leaders are demonstrating that hybrid IT is the future. Mainframes are now being made “first-class cloud citizens,” participating directly in cloud-driven devops workflows and data exchanges. IBM and Broadcom are enhancing mainframe integration, building bridges with public and private clouds. This means mainframe and cloud professionals must collaborate closely, each contributing their expertise and insight.
The enterprises that thrive in this new era are those that eliminate silos. They capitalize on mainframes for their strengths (transactional integrity, security, scale) while employing the cloud where it excels (agility, global scale, rapid innovation). Only by recognizing the unique benefits of each environment can companies unlock true innovation.
