IBM focuses on mainframe security
With the financial sector already one of the strongest adopters of mainframe technology, IBM is looking to capitalize further on its presence in this market by introducing the System Z9 integrated information processor (zIIP).
With the zIIP, IBM is looking to support mainframe concepts like business resiliency, workload management, hubs for data, and service oriented architecture (SOA).
The zIIP is a specialty engine that will run eligible database workloads and is designed to help free up general computing capacity. The zIIP better enables data to be centralized on the mainframe. With the zIIP capability, the System z9 mainframe helps minimize the need to maintain duplicate copies of the data and provides better security between the applications and the data.
IBM general manager Jim Stallings said that with data being the core of today
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