Why mainframes remain central to enterprise transformation

Mainframes continue to underpin a vast share of the global economy, handling roughly 70% of the world’s core transactions. The idea that AI-powered code translation will enable enterprises to modernize the platform or even move away from these systems seemed an innovative approach—but it’s fundamentally flawed. Translating code is not the same as modernizing a business-critical platform and conflating the two risks underestimating their complexity and destabilizing the systems businesses still depend on most. Vice President for IBM Technology Europe, Middle-East and Africa. Rather than rendering the mainframe obsolete, AI, cyber resilience, and hybrid cloud are fundamentally changing how it fits into the enterprise. These…