How System Monitoring and Observability Drive Mainframe Resilience
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The Futurum Group’s latest Research Brief, How System Monitoring and Observability Drive Mainframe Resilience, completed in partnership with BMC, provides valuable insights into the challenges and strategies surrounding modern mainframe management.
Futurum's Steven Dickens and Daniel Newman,
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Steven Dickens and Daniel Newman, The Futurum Group, "How System Monitoring and Observability Drive Mainframe Resilience," June 12, 2024. https://trial.futurumgroup.com/research-reports/how-system-monitoring-and-observability-drive-mainframe-resilience/

This Research Brief delves into the critical importance of system monitoring and observability in driving the resilience of modern mainframes within organizations’ IT infrastructures. It highlights the challenges faced in managing contemporary mainframes, emphasizing the necessity of prioritizing observability and monitoring as foundational elements for organizational resilience. Through the lens of mainframe modernization and the utilization of BMC AMI Ops, the Research Brief illustrates how the integration of monitoring, observability, and automation contributes to preemptive issue resolution, optimized performance, and overall system reliability.
The Futurum Group’s latest Research Brief, How System Monitoring and Observability Drive Mainframe Resilience, completed in partnership with BMC, provides valuable insights into the challenges and strategies surrounding modern mainframe management. Key findings from the Research Brief include:
- Personnel challenges such as skill shortages and communication barriers impede efficient mainframe management.
- Technical complexities, including the monitoring of nontraditional workloads and rapid technological changes, intensify the difficulty of troubleshooting in modernized mainframe environments.
- Siloed monitoring systems hinder comprehensive insights and effective fault identification, necessitating a more integrated approach to mainframe management.
This Research Brief is crucial in the current technology landscape as organizations increasingly rely on mainframes to store mission-critical data within hybrid cloud architectures. By addressing the challenges of mainframe management through prioritizing observability, monitoring, and automation, organizations can enhance system resilience, optimize performance, and make data-driven decisions.
Downloading a copy of How System Monitoring and Observability Drive Mainframe Resilience offers valuable insights into navigating the complexities of modern mainframe environments and ensuring organizational success.
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