The value of the mainframe - The IBM z Systems Conversation Hub

Already a couple of years ago I started to label some of my posts with 'Mainframe going strong'. The initial idea was (and still is) to give you the necessary arguments to advocate the mainframe to the non-believers or to those who really don't have a clue about the advantages of the mainframe. Well, the posts have gotten quite numerous over the years. Have a look by following this link.

And here's another great site that can help you promote the value of the mainframe within your own company : the IBM z Systems Conversation Hub. The starting point is the following

"You know that IBM z Systems can enable your company to make better-informed decisions, meet more robust business goals, build a single source of truth and design the most personalized customer experiences.

Now it's time to convince your business.

Explore the topics below for direct conversations you can use to build a business case for z Systems in your organization".

It's built around six topics and each time you get a quick view or you can 'read more' which gives you some sort of microsite about that specific topic. The topics are :

• The benefits of a system built for data
  
• Make your business mobile-enabled with z
  
• Point of impact analytics with z
  
• Why z is the best cloud platform
  
• Protect the business with z
  
• Open flexibility with z
  

Don't expect white papers, but I think this might actually be a good thing. Call it whiteboarding or elevator pitching but I've experienced that you are sometimes much better of with two or three well-prepared short messages than with elaborate argumentations. So e.g. for 'Mobile' these are the cliffhangers

• Our mobile apps need core data from z Systems
  
• Now we can handle a flood of mobile transactions and sensor data
  
• Mobile customers won’t wait
  
• We can increase mobile access without the risk
  
• Mobile apps integrate fast with z Systems
  

If you have some convincing to do, here's the place to get started !