IBM Z

IBM Z

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IBM Z	Score 9.3 out of 10	N/A	IBM Z is the company's mainframe enterprise server solution product line.	N/A

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	IBM Z
Considered Both Products	IBM Z Florian Schwanzara Solution Planning Senior Manager Chose IBM Z No one can deliver a Hardware Security Module with FIPS 140-2 Level 4 certification than IBM. And the value and ease of use in the IBM cloud with the Hyper Protect Crypto Service are just not compatible to the other vendors. And with Unified Key Orchestrator I can also manage … Incentivized Helpful? Ray Chabot Senior Technical Specialist Chose IBM Z Cost, control and staffing for intensive, low or zero-downtime applications can be significantly less costly on Z. Incentivized Helpful? Sushil Arya Software consultant Chose IBM Z These are not that effective when there is a lot of data, and the outage is more in other products as compared to the IBM Z. The processing Capabilities of the Z OS are much better than these products since, in my organization, the processing data is huge, and the IBM Z is best … Incentivized Helpful? Judy L. Berglund Sr Systems Engineer Chose IBM Z From an IBM Z Mainframe standpoint, there is no other platform that can even touch with the mainframe can do. This is why it is the best of breed and has been for over 60 years. There are a large number of third party products available for use on the mainframe. From job … Incentivized Helpful? Josef Leitner Systemtechniker Chose IBM Z There is no competitor when you really run a banking infrastructure with a CICS Transaction System, Cobol- or PL1- Programs and DB2 Databases running under the operating system z/OS. Also when you migrate your programs to JAVA z/OS is still the platform where you want to stay … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose IBM Z IBM Power Systems has lot of benefits like IBM Z, with easier integration options to other systems. Incentivized Helpful? Gadi Ben-Avi z/OS system Programmer Chose IBM Z We recenetly attepted to evaluate moving an application to the MicroFocus environment. The initial assessment failed because of cost. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose IBM Z IBM Z is the best storage solution as it provides the best in class data protection with the cryptographic hardware keys, no loss in data while migration, and a user-friendly interface that makes it easy for develops to understand and has less of a learning curve. This makes it … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose IBM Z No real competitor for large scale mainframe. iSeries can be used for mid-sized solutions. Incentivized Helpful? Sreehari Somasundaran IBM Z Leader Chose IBM Z Was the natural choice of platform as it was driven by the application requirements Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose IBM Z My answer is yes. This made moving to the cloud much easier. The main benefits of this are latency and data extraction. The speed, security and reliability is the game changer and where it stacks up when compared to other IBM products. Additionally, increasing the workload is … Helpful? PG Paul Gandolfo Principal Performance Analyst Chose IBM Z IBM/IMS Tools compare favorably in use and performance against other vendors such as BMC. We support both within all our mainframe/zOS products so our users have the flexibility to choose the tools that work best for them and their users and budgets. Incentivized Helpful? DK Dana Kendall Senior Project Manager Chose IBM Z Its working was very slow. No free trails and we don't like it. That's why we switch on IBM Z. Incentivized Helpful? Vinay Damle Associate Director Chose IBM Z IBM Z is the winner when dealing with enormous transactions In terms of security as well IBM Z is a better option compared to other alternatives Excellent is dealing with large batch processing in multiple environments. Incentivized Helpful? Yasar Qamar Mainframe Support Analyst Chose IBM Z There is no alternative to IBM Z available in the market when it comes to large volume server processing. Incentivized Helpful? Dana Rafiee Director of Worldwide Strategic Consulting Chose IBM Z When it comes to deploying enterprise applications requiring serious resources that cannot be constrained, IBM Z and IBM Power 9 do a great job. However, they are in different classes of service. For high powered applications, we rarely utilize Intel architectures because the … Incentivized Helpful? Kevin Littlejohn I/T Sr. Database Administrator Chose IBM Z No other product have been used or evaluated. Incentivized Helpful? RA Robert Alberico Senior Architect Chose IBM Z We currently have both X Linux and Windows platforms. The Windows applications support some of the smaller business units within Highmark very well and Z is probably not a solution for those environments. X Linux won out over Z Linux due to the processor requirements of the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose IBM Z Specifically, Storage products attached to IBM Z Mainframe Technology. Hitachi Direct Access Storage Devices seems not to have as many hardware failures as some other IBM DASD. EMC DLM8100 Technology is used to support our FEP Disaster Recovery plan as we support DRE for the … Incentivized Helpful? PW patrick white Senior Engineer Chose IBM Z IBM Z is faster and more reliable, when compared to all of the other alternatives we evaluated. It's also great due to the ease of maintenance. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Administrator Chose IBM Z IBM Z is a very powerful technology and it will only improve from here. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Executive Chose IBM Z I strictly work on IBM Z Incentivized Helpful? RJ Richard Johnson Senior Technical Specialist Chose IBM Z We believe in the right workload on the right platform. Z/OS is able to run more workloads than ever before and still with the lowest headcount required. Incentivized Helpful? MB Mike Barone Analyst Academy Chose IBM Z These items are not really compatible at all, so the comparison is not really valid. A mainframe may access the network by using an ISR router, but an ISR router would not replace anything that the mainframe does. I am new to the technology field, so I have not worked with many … Incentivized Helpful? DH Dan Hines Infrastructure Archtitect Chose IBM Z IBM Z is our primary System of Record and, with many other platforms, of accessing data on the Z Server. There is no other comparable platform Incentivized Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Batch processing Pro High availability Pro Detailed examples
Top Cons	Minus User friendly Minus User interface Minus Gui interface

Best Alternatives
	IBM Z
Small Businesses	Dell PowerEdge R Score 8.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	HPE ProLiant DL Score 7.4 out of 10
Enterprises	IBM Power servers Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
	IBM Z
Likelihood to Recommend	9.7 (42 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (3 ratings)
Usability	4.0 (2 ratings)
Availability	10.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	10.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	9.1 (3 ratings)
In-Person Training	9.0 (1 ratings)
Online Training	8.0 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.0 (2 ratings)
Configurability	9.0 (1 ratings)
Ease of integration	9.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	10.0 (1 ratings)
Professional Services	9.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	8.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	IBM Z
Likelihood to Recommend	IBM Most of the time, server utilization is reliable and stable during peak times. Truly amazing, this product offers a lot and gets it done in no time without any confusion.It is reliable, too accurate and the performance is top-notch. It seems to be competitive in all virtual energy systems and its connectivity is also good. It's available at a low cost, but it's enough to have as many low-cost, more efficient systems as possible. It's a minor thing, but very rarely, it can cause work interruptions while it can get stuck due to more frequent use such as restless work. These power servers are very efficient and really help when things go wrong. I am using this product to retrieve data much faster. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	IBM Virtualization for Scale-Out and Scale-Up in the same footprint Security for different workloads: Large Confidential Computing and lightweight Secure Execution Performance is a true game changer: extreme throughput powered by amazingly huge caches. The one and only FIPS 140-2 Level 4 HSM on this planet Quantum Safe Encryption NOW! AI infusion to every transaction Incentivized Florian Schwanzara Solution Planning Senior Manager Read full review
Cons	IBM It would be good if IBM could demonstrate more use cases for Z to potential clients A migration strategy from Open Systems to Z would be helpful Any additional marketing to could explain the benefits of Z/Linux, especially now that RedHat is in the mix. Incentivized Dana Rafiee Director of Worldwide Strategic Consulting Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	IBM The IBM Z mainframe capabilities are unmatched for cloud readiness and optimization the learning capabilities are matched perfectly with Watson and the expandability of the cloud makes it a perfect choice. Incentivized Jesse Garza Senior Analyst Performance Reporting Read full review
Usability	IBM Once you learn how, it easy. It's different than most other systems Incentivized Gadi Ben-Avi z/OS system Programmer Read full review
Reliability and Availability	IBM The Z in IBM Z is for zero down time. If you configure your system according to IBM's best practices, you can achieve zero downtime Incentivized Gadi Ben-Avi z/OS system Programmer Read full review
Performance	IBM Performance is a major part when you configure your system. IBM has many tools to study your system and suggest the appropriate configuration. With the right contract, you can add processing power dynamically and remove it when no longer needed Incentivized Gadi Ben-Avi z/OS system Programmer Read full review
Support Rating	IBM Support is usually superb, only occasionally dropping to very good. We participate in some of the CD (Continuous Delivery) aspects of z/OS, IMS, MQ, and DB2. Incentivized PG Paul Gandolfo Principal Performance Analyst Read full review
In-Person Training	IBM Over my 33 years on this platform, I attended many in person courses, conferences, and other training opportunities. Incentivized Gadi Ben-Avi z/OS system Programmer Read full review
Online Training	IBM There are many online courses from both IBM and other vendors. Most are great. All of the documentation is available online. Incentivized Gadi Ben-Avi z/OS system Programmer Read full review
Implementation Rating	IBM I do not personally have any key insights regarding implementation of IBM Z Enterprise Servers as that is what our mainframe architects do. Incentivized Jesse Garza Senior Analyst Performance Reporting Read full review
Alternatives Considered	IBM IBM Z is the best storage solution as it provides the best in class data protection with the cryptographic hardware keys, no loss in data while migration, and a user-friendly interface that makes it easy for develops to understand and has less of a learning curve. This makes it well above the competition. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Scalability	IBM If you need more processing power, just add more CPU's or memory. The largest system can have close to 200 CPU's and 40 TB of memory. If that is not enough, you can add more physical computers, and connect them using a sysplex Incentivized Gadi Ben-Avi z/OS system Programmer Read full review
Return on Investment	IBM With IBM Z we really feel a different positive impact on our company. A trustworthy and the most powerful place we have ever. A unique computing platform that helps a lot for the progress of our company. It keeps our data save, encrypted. Incentivized DK Dana Kendall Senior Project Manager Read full review
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