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Mainframes are essential foundational elements for many of the world’s largest organizations. However, changing economics and tight IT budgets are causing many to reevaluate their commitment to the platform. DataDirect Shadow can dramatically reduce mainframe Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) to allow processing capacity to support new development initiatives.
With a single unified architecture, Shadow can reduce integration complexity, cost and risk. The product’s patent-pending technology for zIIP specialty engine exploitation can divert more than 90% of the processing for integration for Web services or supporting Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) and data integration processing to areas that do not measure capacity. Mainframe processing capacity not charged is capacity freed to be used to support new projects, delivering a lower overall ROI for mainframe related work. A system z platform, DataDirect Shadow allows organizations to derive the maximum value from their technology investments, for lower mainframe costs, with simplified development and reduced integration complexity.
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