Who Still Uses Mainframes?

IBM z mainframes are used by all top 10 insurers worldwide. Insurance companies live and die on data – a lot of it. Data helps them assess risk, set prices and invest in the right markets. Insurers depend on mainframes to make sure they can handle the data that drives their business.

Who uses mainframes today?

Corporations use mainframes for applications that depend on scalability and reliability. For example, a banking institution could use a mainframe to host the database of its customer accounts, for which transactions can be submitted from any of thousands of ATM locations worldwide.

Does anyone use mainframes anymore?

Mainframes continue to shine at traditional tasks

Mainframes are still hard at work doing the jobs they have traditionally done. 67 of Fortune 100 enterprises continue to use mainframes for their most crucial business functions. ... That's why banks still lean on mainframes for their core operations.