BMC Mainframe Survey

THE FUTURE E MAINFRAME THE 7TH ANNUAL SURVEY I3D Mainframe Priorities - 2012 SURVEY= 77% Non-Exec. DEMOGRAPHIC= 17% Executive There's no doubt about it–the mainframe is here to stay. Out of nearly 1,300 mainframe users worldwide, 90% said they see the mainframe as a critical, long-term solution for both current and future business strategies. 60 % Americas 54 % + $1 Billion 30 % EMEA 43 % Finance 10 % Asia Pacific 19 % Govt. Cost Reduction No surprise here: Reducing the cost of IT was far and away the top IT priority for 2012. Next on the list? Disaster recovery and application modernization with a heavy emphasis on IT infrastructure. 50% 40% Long-term for Long-term growth & new for existing workloads apps 69% 34% 30% 90% 10% View mainframe as a long term solution Don't see mainframe as a long term solution Application Modernization Reducing Disaster the Cost of IT Recovery BMC Innovations You spoke, we listened. Our innovations are driven by your mainframe needs. We're reducing MIPS to lower costs, increasing uptime with monitoring and recovery solutions, and developing new products to reduce complexity. Application Modernization Reduce IT Costs Increase Availability A big trend we're still seeing is the modernization of applications that address customer behavior. Visibility from end user to mainframe-and the ability to predict and react to dynamic capacity needs-is essential to IT. 46% 43% 39% Align IT & Business Reduce Complexity Extend code/apps flexibility Increase Reduce cost 2012 2011 2010 5 New Patents Analytics Visibility ... ...I .. bmcsoftware BMC Mainframe = Survey = As always, our annual survey gave us great insights. Explore the full results at bmc.com/mainframesurvey. %24 | |II|| IIIII ::::::