A recently released IDC White Paper examines the rapidly changing landscape for managed service providers and the shifting competitive dynamics of the market as cloud-based solutions increasingly challenge older models of third-party application infrastructure procurement and management. “However, despite the seemingly unstoppable ascent of cloud giants such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, and salesforce.com, MSPs can establish differentiated positions in the increasingly competitive cloud services landscape,” the report notes. “The solution comes from what initially seems to be a surprising source. Leading enterprises with the most crucially sensitive systems of record have leveraged IBM’s Mainframe for years.”
Read the white paper here.