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2017 State of the Mainframe Survey

Take our State of the Mainframe Survey and we’ll thank you with a $5 Starbucks gift card (valid in U.S. and Canada locations only).

1. How is your organization using/planning to use the mainframe in the next 12 months? (Please check all that apply) *This question is required.

2. What are your priorities for modernizing your mainframe environment in the next 12 months? (Please check all that apply) *This question is required.

Integrating mainframe data with modern analytics tools
Using tools like Splunk to include mainframe data with other enterprise data for monitoring through a dashboard (“single pane of glass”)
Accessing and integrating mainframe data into Hadoop or Spark data lakes
Reducing or eliminating technical debt by integrating your mainframe with other IT assets
Moving data from IMS to DB2 on IBMz
Leveraging zIIP engines to reduce processing costs
Other - Write In (Required) Please enter an 'other' value for this selection. * This question is required.

3. Please rank your organizations top objectives that impact your mainframe environment over the next 12 months, with 1 being of high priority/concern and 6 being of least concern/priority. *This question is required.

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Enhancing IT Operations analytics (ITOA)	1 of row Enhancing IT Operations analytics (ITOA)-	2 of row Enhancing IT Operations analytics (ITOA)-	3 of row Enhancing IT Operations analytics (ITOA)-	4 of row Enhancing IT Operations analytics (ITOA)-	5 of row Enhancing IT Operations analytics (ITOA)-	6 of row Enhancing IT Operations analytics (ITOA)-
Meeting Service Level Agreements (SLAs)	1 of row Meeting Service Level Agreements (SLAs)-	2 of row Meeting Service Level Agreements (SLAs)-	3 of row Meeting Service Level Agreements (SLAs)-	4 of row Meeting Service Level Agreements (SLAs)-	5 of row Meeting Service Level Agreements (SLAs)-	6 of row Meeting Service Level Agreements (SLAs)-
Meeting security and compliance requirements	1 of row Meeting security and compliance requirements-	2 of row Meeting security and compliance requirements-	3 of row Meeting security and compliance requirements-	4 of row Meeting security and compliance requirements-	5 of row Meeting security and compliance requirements-	6 of row Meeting security and compliance requirements-
Consolidation of duplicative systems/functions from consolidation/footprint reduction	1 of row Consolidation of duplicative systems/functions from consolidation/footprint reduction-	2 of row Consolidation of duplicative systems/functions from consolidation/footprint reduction-	3 of row Consolidation of duplicative systems/functions from consolidation/footprint reduction-	4 of row Consolidation of duplicative systems/functions from consolidation/footprint reduction-	5 of row Consolidation of duplicative systems/functions from consolidation/footprint reduction-	6 of row Consolidation of duplicative systems/functions from consolidation/footprint reduction-
Enhanced visibility into delivery of IT services	1 of row Enhanced visibility into delivery of IT services-	2 of row Enhanced visibility into delivery of IT services-	3 of row Enhanced visibility into delivery of IT services-	4 of row Enhanced visibility into delivery of IT services-	5 of row Enhanced visibility into delivery of IT services-	6 of row Enhanced visibility into delivery of IT services-
Expanding use of “big data” analytics and tools	1 of row Expanding use of “big data” analytics and tools-	2 of row Expanding use of “big data” analytics and tools-	3 of row Expanding use of “big data” analytics and tools-	4 of row Expanding use of “big data” analytics and tools-	5 of row Expanding use of “big data” analytics and tools-	6 of row Expanding use of “big data” analytics and tools-

4. Please rank your organizations top objectives for improving performance and saving money in your mainframe environment over the next 12 months, with 1 being of high priority/concern and 4 being of least concern/priority. *This question is required.

	1	2	3	4
Reducing General Processor CPU usage and related costs	1 of row Reducing General Processor CPU usage and related costs-	2 of row Reducing General Processor CPU usage and related costs-	3 of row Reducing General Processor CPU usage and related costs-	4 of row Reducing General Processor CPU usage and related costs-
Leveraging investment in zIIP engines	1 of row Leveraging investment in zIIP engines-	2 of row Leveraging investment in zIIP engines-	3 of row Leveraging investment in zIIP engines-	4 of row Leveraging investment in zIIP engines-
Increased performance for DB2 database activities	1 of row Increased performance for DB2 database activities-	2 of row Increased performance for DB2 database activities-	3 of row Increased performance for DB2 database activities-	4 of row Increased performance for DB2 database activities-
Reducing elapsed time for BATCH workloads	1 of row Reducing elapsed time for BATCH workloads-	2 of row Reducing elapsed time for BATCH workloads-	3 of row Reducing elapsed time for BATCH workloads-	4 of row Reducing elapsed time for BATCH workloads-