By Rob Daleman
In his 2015 article for Forbes, Jason Bloomberg also offered a view the IT needs to focus on integrating innovation into the heart of their business. His concern with splitting IT organizations into a mode 1 team focused on “keeping the lights on”
and mode 2 team focused on innovation is the long-term viability of core systems. In this framework, it is difficult to get top talent and the required budgets in place to ensure that mainframe and core systems attract the best talent in your organization. In the article, Compuware CEO Chris O’Malley observes:
“Most technology narratives found in popular media center around cloud, Big Data, social and mobile. These are interesting enough. The reality, however, is that the world’s largest organizations—including the top global financial institutions—run on the mainframe. They always have, and they always will.”
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