Scalable, Secure, Available — Computing for the Enterprise
February 14, 2019

Scalable, Secure, Available — Computing for the Enterprise

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Z Enterprise Servers

We provide a shared infrastructure for multiple departments. The business problems are varied and based on the department. Examples are DMV, and various other departments, many health and welfare related.
  • Security. TLS can be easily deployed to new applications via the Configuration Assistant.
  • High Workload. We typically have tens of thousands of users logged in at a time, and this is not a problem at all.
  • High Availability. With DDVIPA, we are able to utilize multiple LPARs to access the same underlying applications, even if a particular LPAR is unavailable.
  • Complexity. Many needs are common (telnet, FTP, etc). It would be nice if those were simpler to deploy.
  • User interface. Green screens aren’t interesting to younger programmers.
  • Built-in fault finding heuristics would be nice. It is difficult to see problems through the noise.
  • High Availability helps field offices keep lines moving.
  • Security helps keep auditors happy.
  • Scalability makes it easy to grow as needed.
Z Systems are much more secure, reliable than Windows. There is very little comparable in the enterprise space.
Large organizations are well suited. Small organizations don’t have enough people to support the necessary complexity.