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BMC Mainview: Controlling Mainframe Operating Costs While Maintaining Service Levels by BMC Software, Inc
are under pressure to control or reduce mainframe operating costs while maintaining service levels to the business. This paper describes how BMC® MAINVIEW® from BMC Software uniquely delivers aggressive and strategic performance management and optimization. Directors of IT operations are under pressure to control or reduce mainframe operating costs while...
Best Practices for Mainframe 2009 by CA
of more than 20 applications onto the mainframe, global demand of business transactions in IT leading to long term cost structures and rapid changes in the environment. In this discussion, learn about the basic idea of real world effectiveness of mainframe consolidation to deliver the best TCO/ROI including:

  • Move Unix/Linux apps to the mainframe
  • Scaling via
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Podcast: The Mainframe - Best Practices 2009 by CA
the evolution of hub and moderization of legacy mainframe applications. In this discussion, learn about the basic idea of real world effectiveness of mainframe consolidation to deliver the best TCO/ROI including:

  • Move Unix/Linux apps to the mainframe
  • Scaling via Virtual Machines
  • Save TCO by simplifying architecture and reducing risk
Using Deduplication with Modern Mainframe Virtual Tape by Data Domain
This whitepaper describes how mainframe users can effectively switch from physical tape (or hybrid disk/tape) to a modern mainframe Virtual Tape solution with Data Domain deduplication storage. Mainframe IT managers have used physical tape for backup and recovery for decades. However, they no longer have to accept the limits that physical tape...
Optimizing Mainframe Success by Simplifying Ownership by CA
The mainframe offers value in today's enterprise computing environments, where growing workloads, constrained resources, regulatory imperatives and corporate "green" mandates are intensifying the pressure on IT organizations. As the industry's most experienced mainframe professionals approach retirement...
SUN SPARC® ENTERPRISE! M4000, M5000, M8000, AND M9000 SERVER ARCHITECTURE by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sun SPARC® Enterprise M4000, M5000, M8000, and M9000 servers are highly reliable, easy to manage, vertically-scalable systems with many of the benefits of traditional mainframes - without the associated cost, complexity, or vendor lock-in. Sun SPARC® Enterprise M4000, M5000, M8000, and M9000 servers are highly reliable, easy to manage, vertically-scalable...
Bringing New Generations into the Mainframe Environment by CA
Even with solid reliability and scalable processing power, mainframes require skilled staff for application development and system support. So as baby-boomer mainframers move into later career stages, employers may legitimately worry about their availability, motivation, and health. This paper explores four long-term organizational...
Meeting Performance Management Challenges with CA Mainframe Performance Management Suite by CA
practices. This paper outlines how CA Mainframe Performance Management Suite helps datacenter professionals maintain the high levels of performance enterprises expect from their mainframe environments. The new reality of mainframe systems, as an increasingly active participant in cross-platform business processes and services, creates new...
Mainframes are Still Mainstream by CA
benefits. By automating the optimization and management of mainframe systems, businesses can increase IT responsiveness and customer satisfaction resulting in improved Total Cost of Ownership (TCO...
Datacenter Best Practices by Compuware Corporation
the integration of mainframe, distributed and web-based systems - how Application Performance Management influences, and is influenced by, the generally more structured tools and processes available on the mainframe. From its roots as a mainframe performance discipline implemented throughout the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Application...
Getting the Most from System z: Redefining Mainframe Economics with the Specialty Engines by DataDirect Shadow
In the current market, insurers-and all companies, are looking for ways to cut costs and to be more efficient. This report is a high-level survey of some vendors that are known to be helping clients. One sure thing in the current market is that insurers--and all companies--are looking for ways to cut costs and to be more efficient. For IT, this may...
E-Guide: Mainframe Storage Overview by Data Domain
There are many advantages to using a mainframe to back up all of an organization's data to streamline backup and disaster recovery (DR) operations. This SearchStorage.co.UK E-Guide, sponsored by Data Domain, provides an overview of mainframe storage systems as well as using mainframes for data backup. There are many advantages to using a mainframe to back up all...
E-Guide: An Overview of Mainframe Storage by Data Domain
There are many advantages to using a mainframe to back up all of an organization's data to streamline backup and disaster recovery (DR) operations. This SearchStorage.com E-Guide, sponsored by Data Domain, provides an overview of mainframe storage systems as well as using mainframes for data backup. There are many advantages to using a mainframe to back up all of...
Lowering Mainframe TCO Through zIIP Speciality Engine Exploitation by DataDirect Shadow
help you advance your SOA enablement strategy and significantly lower mainframe TCO by offloading up to 90% of your integration processing to zIIP specialty engines. DataDirect Shadow is a single unified-platform, built exclusively for integration with IBM System z mainframes. It uses patent-pending technology to deliver broad exploitation of zIIP engines...
The Reality Facing the Mainframe World by Acxiom Corporation
The mainframe is alive and processing. As a mainframe executive, various solutions are available to help address your challenges and meet the needs of your business. You manage a mainframe environment that runs one or more of your business' mission critical applications. Things are good; security, performance and...
Mainframe Security Risk and Compliance: CA Mainframe Security by CA
25 years with the rise of distributed computing and the profound effect the internet and World Wide Web have had on the way that we communicate day by day. This Bloor research paper highlights the the mainframe computer, a cornerstone of IT that remains constant despite these changes. Clearly the world of IT has changed considerably over the past 25 years with the...
How to get mainframe MIPS under control: Tips for shrinking your mainframe processing costs by BMC Software, Inc
pros need to cut costs wherever possible, and the mainframe presents significant opportunities to do so. This expert podcast explains how to use specialty processors, load balancing, and compression database software for this task. Today's economic climate means that data center pros need to make the most of existing resources. In this podcast, industry expert Wayne...
Using the Solaris™ Operating System to Upgrade SAP Environments by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
landscape based on Solaris™ Containers and Solaris ZFS technologies. This architecture allows enterprises running Solaris to operate an SAP environment at lower cost in a more flexible way, while retaining high availability. Today's SAP basis administrators face many challenges in a world of steadily growing and increasingly complex SAP landscapes...
The Five Myths of Storage Management for Distributed Systems and Mainframe Environments by Storage Decisions
have developed around contemporary storage management and outlines a service-oriented strategy for bringing storage under better control. With increasing pressure to do more with fewer staff, renewed focus has been placed on infrastructure manageability, especially storage infrastructure. Those with mainframes may believe their management story to be...
Controlling Explosive New Workload Growth:Trends and Best Practices from the BMC 2008 Mainframe Survey Results by BMC Software, Inc
Join Bob Thomas (z/Journal), Mike Moser (BMC), and Neil Blagrave (BMC) as they discuss trends in new workload adoption and share ideas and best practices for getting the most value from resources while continuing to push out more new and varied processing! Mainframes are no longer the stodgy old legacy platform. The superior economics related to running complex...
BMC Enhances its Performance Assurance for Mainframes solution by BMC Software, Inc
product. We assess its overall significance and describe the reaction of two early users. This research brief examines the new release of the BMC Performance Assurance for Mainframes product. We assess its overall significance and describe the reaction of two early users. One customer actually held a shootout between a BMC user and an old line MVS systems...
The Solaris OS and the Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series - Maximizing performance while minimizing energy costs by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation
The decision to invest in an IT development and deployment platform is complex, and requires assessing current needs as well as accurately predicting future technology and business trends. IT professionals want to ensure that their development and deployment platforms take full advantage of all that can be offered. This paper gives more details. The...
Case Study: Ingram Entertainment Implements Improved ROI and Reliability for Mainframe Data Protection by Data Domain
in the US. Having implemented the Data Domain and Luminex solution they have been able to successfully meet DR goals and achieve significant yearly cost savings. Ingram Entertainment Inc. is the leading national distributor of home entertainment products in the US. Having implemented the Data Domain and Luminex solution they have been able to successfully...
Platform Design, TCO, and Cost-Effective Flexibility: The Role of Solaris in Support of SAP Enterprise Applications by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
examines the various design issues at hand, and provides a detailed analysis of the role that the Solaris operating system can play in meeting the new requirements. Information Technology executives face a continuing but unpredictable cycle in which newly relevant forces demand a redesign of the platform and infrastructure for enterprise computing...
Sun's Open Network System for Web: Accelerating application performance and cost efficiency by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation
for Web effectively combines virtualized and consolidated networking and storage coupled with the Sun Blade 6000 Modular System - at half the cost of competitors. Read this white paper for more information. Every new processor generation builds excitement, and a host of new systems that seek to exploit its strengths. Unfortunately, new servers alone cannot...
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CICS statistics records by Robert Crawford
Instead, statistic records measure the use of CICS and system resources. Best of all, proper recording, archiving and reporting allows you to keep track of your overall performance and even discover some bottlenecks before they become serious problems.

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CA announces Mainframe 2.0 by Mark Fontecchio, News Writer
experienced IT staff, to create greater uniformity among products, and to provide a service to remove mainframe burdens.

Rich Ptak, an analyst at Ptak, Noel & Associates, believes that CA's initiative is a good idea.

"It's a step in the right direction," Ptak said. "CA is in competition with mainframe-focused tools from BMC and IBM. They're all working hard to make... More...

TPC eyes energy consumption and virtualization benchmarks by Bridget Botelho, News Writer
systems are idle."

TPC will also offer new ETL (extraction/transformation/loading and service-oriented architecture (SOA) measurements. Further, the organization plans to offer a series of workshops on using performance benchmarks to make server hardware and software buying decisions. The workshops will be held in various locations throughout the U.S., and... More...

HP announces Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers by Mark Fontecchio, News Writer
Capping, HP also announced the following:

Energy-efficiency analysis and design service, much of which is culled from the HP acquisition of EYP Mission Critical Facilities last year. A redesign of the ProLiant BL460c server blade so it uses 44 fewer watts. A new HP 24,000W High Efficiency Hot-Plug Power Supply for its BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure, which HP... More...