O Osterman Research WHITE PAPER White Paper by Osterman Research Published September 2021 Sponsored by Micro Focus Can Mainframes be Accessed Securely from the Cloud? ©2021 Osterman Research 1 Can Mainframes be Accessed Securely from the Cloud? Executive Summary While many believe that mainframes are no longer relevant in an increasingly cloud-focused world, nothing could be further from the truth. Mainframes process the vast majority of credit card and other financial transactions worldwide, they handle the majority of production IT workloads, and they are more secure and cost- efficient than other computing platforms. Moreover, many of the highest-traffic websites use mainframes for backend processing because of their ability to allow simultaneous access to applications an

Join for free to read