Why Reliable Tech Never Goes Out of Style
Security and reliability aren’t sold in the app store. They come standard with a mainframe.
Remember the recent “CrowdStrike breach” situation that we had? Yeah, a bit of an oopsie, wouldn’t you say? All that “cutting-edge” of open system couldn’t keep the bad guys out. But hey, at least their servers looked sleek, right?
Imagine this: while your precious cloud server struggles to handle a Black Friday sale, a mainframe is calmly processing enough transactions to power a small country. Forget about those “server overload” error messages. Mainframes are the Michael Jordan of computing – they just don’t quit.
“Shiny doesn’t always mean secure. Make this your mantra.”
Shiny doesn’t always mean secure. Make this your mantra. Open systems might look flashy, but security-wise they’re about as dependable as a toddler with a box of matches. Remember the CrowdStrike fiasco? Let’s be clear, it wasn’t a cyberattack, but a faulty update gone rogue.
A tiny glitch in their Falcon sensor for Windows brought down systems worldwide, including those on the mighty Microsoft Azure. Talk about complexity and risk! Mainframes, on the other hand, are built for stability. They’re the Fort Knox of computing, keeping your operations safe and sound.
The recent CrowdStrike update aimed at fortifying Microsoft systems backfired in spectacular fashion, grounding flights, crashing broadcasts, and turning supermarkets into cash-only zones.
But wait!
While the new and shiny were glitching out, reports say the old guard – those CICS systems running on the mainframes for online mall marketing and airline ticketing – sailed through the storm unscathed. Makes you wonder, could these old-timers, built on a simpler foundation, be surprisingly good at dodging certain software gremlins that trip up their modern cousins?