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IBM Z by the Numbers
Mainframe Use
The mainframe manages critical workloads for some of the world’s largest companies.
Much of the modern economy runs through mainframe including:
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67 of the Fortune 100
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10 of the top 10 insurers
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The percentage of bank, cards and payments transaction value that runs on IBM zSystems environments, totaling around $727 trillion annually
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The percentage of Kyndryl 2023 State of Mainframe Modernization survey respondents who stated the mainframe remains essential to their business operations due to its security, reliability and performance
Memory and Processing Power
The mainframe is one of the most powerful computing platforms available.
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TB
The IBM z16 can support up to 40 TB of memory.
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million
32 IBM Telum chips running on a single server can deliver up to 3.5 million inferences per second with 1.2 millisecond average response time.
Mainframe and Cloud
The introduction of hybrid cloud technology is helping the mainframe grow and evolve to meet modern business needs.
Much of the modern economy runs through mainframe including:
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The percentage of respondents to an EMA survey who consider the mainframe an integral part of their cloud strategy
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The percentage of Kyndryl 2023 State of Mainframe Modernization survey respondents that are moving at least some of their mainframe applications to cloud or distributed platforms
Sustainability
The mainframe becomes more efficient with each iteration, reducing operating costs and environmental impact.
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A single IBM z16 can do the work of up to 2,000 x86 cores.
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75%
reduce energy consumption by 75%,
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space by 50% and
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the CO2e footprint by more than 850 metric tons annually.