Frank Tidemand

Frank Tidemand is a Capacity and Performance Consultant at SMT Data with more than 30 years of experience in mainframe performance and capacity management, including 14 years at Danske Bank. He specializes in helping organizations optimize mainframe performance, control software costs, and turn technical insights into business value.

Budget Season is upon us: Plan, Predict, Control

Oct 22, 2026 | Capacity, Cost, Management, Sponsored

Mainframe software is one of the largest and least visible lines in most IT budgets. It’s rarely a single product — it’s an estate of licenses, tiers and capacity-based agreements built up over years, priced against things that move, and understood in detail by only a...