SHARE values itself by staying current with industry trends and member needs. Below is a list of research surveys conducted by SHARE and supporting organizations.
The New Mainframe: Data Integration and Service-Oriented Architecture, Big Iron Style
July/August 2007
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By various industry estimates, at least 70 percent of the world’s mission-critical business information is stored on mainframes. Unlocking this data in an efficient and cost-effective manner is a challenge faced by many organizations, especially at a time when many are seeking to leverage their data assets to better understand customers and market opportunities.
A survey among members of SHARE, conducted by Unisphere Research during July and August of 2007, revealed that many mainframe systems are at the center of efforts to achieve enterprise data integration, as well as to extend applications into service-oriented architectures.
Download the Findings Report. Site login and password required for access.*
*The Findings Report is FREE to SHARE members. Non-members interested in obtaining the Report, please send an e-mail request to sharehq@share.org. Please include “Mainframe Findings Report Request” in the subject line, and include your name, company, job title and address. A representative from SHARE Headquarters will respond to your inquiry.
Compliance Management: All Roads Lead to the Data Center
2005 SHARE Compliance Issues Survey
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New reporting requirements have been thrust upon business in recent years. By some estimates, there are now more than 150 laws and regulations from federal, state, international, and industry oversight bodies that impose some set of requirements on IT infrastructures.
In an effort to assess the impact of compliance mandates on data center operations, SHARE, in cooperation with its 2005 Alliance Vendors, recently surveyed 111 IT executives and managers with compliance oversight responsibility in their organizations.
SHARE’s 2005 Alliance Vendors include: American Power Conversion, Computer Associates, EMC Corporation, Innovation Data Processing, Isogon: An IBM Company, ISPW BenchMark Technologies Ltd., Luminex Software, Inc., Mainstar Software Corporation, and Siemon. The survey was conducted by Unisphere Media, publishers of Database Trends & Applications and SHARE’s Data Center newsletter.
Download the complete Findings Report. Site login and password required for access.* The complete Compliance Survey Results report (19 comprehensive pages of results) is available to purchase for $750.**
*The Findings Report is FREE to SHARE members. Non-members interested in obtaining the report, please send an e-mail request to sharehq@share.org. Please include “Compliance Survey Findings Report Request” in the subject line, and include your name, company, job title and address. A representative from SHARE Headquarters will respond to your inquiry.
**To purchase the complete Compliance Survey Results report, please send an e-mail request to sharehq@share.org. Please include “Full Compliance Survey Results Report” in the subject line, and include your name, company, job title and address. A representative from SHARE Headquarters will respond to your inquiry to complete the purchase.
SHARE Strategic Concerns Survey
The SHARE Strategic Concerns Survey represents data collected from SHARE members about their top five IT concerns. View the results from the 2002 and 2001 surveys below.