This IDC Market Note focuses on IBM's strategy as the company seeks to maintain mainframe relevance for mission-critical workloads in an ever-growing hybrid IT environment. IBM's z17 mainframe launch aims to strengthen its position in AI and hybrid IT environments, addressing cycle dynamics with enhanced AI hardware, operational simplification, and advanced security features. The IBM z17 integrates AI processing, standardizes hybrid system integration, and connects to broader ecosystems, supporting modernization efforts.
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A Hardware Architecture Supporting Native AI Processing
Standardizing to Embrace Hybrid Systems
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