Jon Oltsik, senior analyst at the enterprise strategy group at IBM, said that for IBM to be successful in this goal, the mainframe must be supported with strong security. For this reason, IBM has united its flagship database DB2 and operating system z/OS that add data protection features such as multilevel security access, centralized management of encryption keys, data intrusion detection services, and protection of data stored on tape.

Expanding

With 95 percent of the world's largest banks using IBM mainframes, IBM eServer executive briefing center team leader David Anderson said that IBM is expanding beyond the financial sector. 'We have the best solution today. We are expanding beyond the financial sector by utilizing our mid-market machines,' said Anderson.