9 out of 10 banks still use mainframes Google Cloud wants to reduce that

Today, the cloud is one of the most in-demand and rapidly evolving technologies available. It has revolutionized the way business is done and opened up new avenues for innovation across every industry sector. While most industries have or are benefiting from transitioning to the cloud, many businesses are in a dilemma about whether to make the transition to the cloud, and banks are no exception, as 9 out of 10 banks are still using mainframes, and Google intends to reduce them. Google’s new Dual Run service enables parallel processing on-premises and on the Google Cloud Platform to confirm satisfactory performance before migration. The Dual run service tackles a significant issue with mainframes: the close connection of data to the application layer and reduces migration risk by enabling partial workloads/application modules

Source: Protocol