Whitepaper

The Future of the Mainframe – Innovation Driver or Relic?

Find out why the mainframe is still indispensable despite modern cloud technologies and scalable architectures in our exclusive white paper. This white paper analyzes the mainframe's unparalleled strengths, such as speed, reliability and massive I/O bandwidth. It highlights current trends, including hybrid cloud integrations, AI-powered automation and sustainability advantages.

Immerse yourself in practical recommendations for IT decision-makers, learn how leading industries such as banking and insurance benefit from mainframes, and discover why mainframes are not only part of digitization, but also accelerate it. Download our white paper and future-proof and innovate your IT landscape!

Further Resources

Blog Article

What Is a Mainframe?

A mainframe computer, often referred to as “big iron”, is a powerful computing system used by large organizations for essential tasks such as mass data processing and enterprise resource planning. Although mainframes are smaller than supercomputers, they offer higher computing power compared to other computers classes.
Blog Article

7 Best Batch Processing Software for Enterprise Applications

You need batch processing software that completes every job within the batch window across mainframe, SAP, and cloud. Yet one batch chain rarely stays on one system, and windows slip at the handoffs. When you need to migrate batch workloads, judge platforms by how far their dependencies reach and how vendors convert job definitions and calendars from your current scheduler. Here are the 7 platforms worth a shortlist.
Blog Article

5 Best Stonebranch Alternatives for Automation in 2026

Stonebranch’s Universal Automation Center (UAC) has built a solid reputation as a modern, event-driven workload automation platform, and for many enterprise IT teams, it does the job well. But no single platform fits every environment, budget, or migration timeline, and if you’re reading this, you're probably already comparing what else is out there. Whether you’re evaluating a first workload automation purchase or replacing a legacy scheduler and want to weigh Stonebranch against the rest of the field, this guide breaks down the five strongest Stonebranch alternatives for 2026.