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White Papers
Virtual SMB Centre in a Box?
Jun 2009
What types of organizations have the most efficient IT operations? Data centers that provide highly available and resilient services with a minimum of human intervention and management? IT shops...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Managing Security Risk and Compliance: CA Mainframe Security
Nov 2008
Security is here to stay - no one in this day and age ever asks for less security and so it is with mainframe systems that are increasingly back in vogue. Securing the systems responsible for...
Provided by Bloor Research
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Whitepapers
IBM Enterprise Content Management on IBM System z
Dec 2008
Information On Demand is a comprehensive vision for unlocking the business value of information for competitive advantage by enabling organizations to establish and leverage trusted information to...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Consolidation of Lotus Domino and Lotus Notes to Linux on System z
Apr 2009
This paper provides an overview on the consolidation of Lotus Domino and Lotus Notes to Linux on IBM System z as part of IBM's Enterprise Computing Model transformation. The successful...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM Event Processing Solutions for Business Risk Management on System z With CICS and WebSphere Business Events
Dec 2008
Managing business risk is an increasing requirement for enterprise lines of business and for IT departments. IT managers, solution architects, business analysts and IBM CICS specialists are often...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Mainframe Security and Compliance - Getting It "RIGHT" the First Time
Apr 2009
The move from a reactive posture to a proactive one that is characterized by automated, repeatable processes for security management is the key to reducing the total cost and complexity of...
Provided by CA
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Whitepapers
Mainframe Rehosting With Oracle Tuxedo: Accelerating Cost Reduction and Application Modernization
Mar 2009
Find out how mainframe rehosting lets IT professionals spend more time and money on development rather than on maintaining aging systems. This free whitepaper explains how you can unlock the value...
Provided by Oracle
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Webcasts
Controlling Explosive New Workload Growth:Trends and Best Practices From the BMC 2008 Mainframe Survey Results
Jan 2009
Mainframes are no longer the stodgy old legacy platform. The superior economics related to running complex, mission critical, mixed computing tasks on mainframes are driving the introduction of a...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
An Analyst's View of BMC DB2 for z/OS Administration Tools
Dec 2008
The presenter of this webcast discusses his findings on how BMC Database Administration for DB2 provides real business value to those who make it a key part of their mainframe systems management...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
Using DASD Manager to Control Your DB2 Environment
Mar 2008
The mainframe has become the hub for most of the mission critical applications in many organizations, and houses most, if not all, of the enterprise data. That data is increasingly being stored in...
Provided by BMC Software
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White Papers
Mainframe Reliability on Industry-Standard Servers: Intel Itanium-Based Servers Are Changing the Economics of Mission-Critical Computing
Dec 2007
Downtime costs are skyrocketing in today's real-time, 24/7 business world. Intel Itanium-based servers offer a cost-effective solution, with enterprise-class systems that rival mainframes and...
Provided by Intel
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Whitepapers
Enterprise Web 2.0 application support from IBM
Aug 2009
IBM® WebSphere® Portal for IBM System z® software provides an efficient way for mainframe users to extend the value of their System z platform to the Web. See how this software can help you...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
On Demand Teleconference: Managing Large Objects with DB2 for z/OS
Aug 2009
This teleconference explains how the IBM® DB2® Administration Tool and IBM DB2 Utilities Suite for z/OS® can help you manage LOBs efficiently and effectively. We'll cover the types of activities...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Five Ways That Service Optimization Improves Mainframe Staff Productivity
May 2009
An online shopping network saved more than 200 labor hours a day, seven days a week, of mostly developer and senior-level system administrator time - saving $1.8 million in the first year alone on...
Provided by BMC Software
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White Papers
CA Resource Management Suites Address the Challenges of Optimizing the Online Mainframe
Sep 2008
Billions of eBusiness and supply-chain dollars depend on highly available, high performance mainframe applications and subsystems. Millions of people access and analyze petabytes of structured...
Provided by Ptak, Noel & Associates
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White Papers
Employing Best Practices for Mainframe Tape Encryption
Jun 2008
Encryption for mainframe tapes has rapidly ascended to the top of the list of data center requirements due to increasing disclosures by high-profile organizations regarding the loss or theft of...
Provided by CA
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White Papers
Got Value? Getting the Most Out of Mainframe Software
Jan 2009
This white paper provides an examination of how Dr. Covey's ideas in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People can help make IT managers become highly effective business people by understanding the...
Provided by CA
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Training
IOD Portfolio Overview Demo
Aug 2009
Watch this video to see how IBM can help you unlock the business value of information for competitive advantage. Whether you are planning an initiative that requires master data management (MDM),...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Customer Video: SAP IT Chooses DB2
Aug 2009
SAP's main driver for choosing IBM on DB2 was about the simple question: "What do we get for the money?". Find out why SAP Corporate Business Systems chose IBM DB2.
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
IBM Mainframe Migration to HP Integrity Server and HP-UX 11i Environment Helps Optimize Business Processes
Jul 2009
One of the world's largest forest products companies, Weyerhaeuser Company operates in 10 countries and employs approximately 19,000 people, primarily in the United States and Canada. Weyerhaeuser...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Bernalillo County Consolidates Servers and Storage, Improves Reliability, and Migrates From an IBM Mainframe With an End-to-End HP Solution
Mar 2008
For Bernalillo County the challenge was to reduce costs and improve efficiency by consolidating servers, migrating from a mainframe to industry-standard hardware, upgrading storage, and launching...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Brazilian Navy Moves From Mainframe to HP Platform: Modernizing IT, Cutting Costs
Jan 2008
The Brazilian Navy wanted to lower cost - to reduce the BRL 6 million (US$3 million) spent annually to keep the mainframe operational, including software licenses, maintenance, and database. The...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
Managing SQL Performance With BMC Software
Oct 2008
DB2 for z/OS is the premier IBM database management system for mainframe processing. DB2 performance is always a hot topic at conferences and user groups. Many software products have been written...
Provided by BMC Software
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White Papers
SPARC Enterprise ARCHITECTURE M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers: Architecture Flexible, Mainframe-Class Computer Power
Feb 2009
To support the endless demand for scalability, reliability, and manageability in the datacenter, infrastructures need to provide ever-increasing performance and capacity while becoming simpler to...
Provided by Fujitsu
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Whitepapers
Gaining Insight Into Critical Enterprise Applications With IBM CICS and Business Events
Jul 2009
The ability to detect events in IBM CICS application processing, and to emit those events for consumption in a variety of ways without making changes to the existing applications, opens up a...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Workloads for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z
Feb 2009
Many customers are migrating their mission-critical workloads to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on System z servers to reduce data center costs. An important aspect of this server consolidation...
Provided by Novell
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Whitepapers
HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array and Mainframe White Paper: Data Recovery and Restart in an IBM Sysplex And/or GDPS Environment
Jun 2009
At every level, large enterprises recognize the advantage of automated processes. The mainframe was created to run applications in a shared workload environment, providing dramatically fewer boxes...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array and Mainframe White Paper: Direct Attached Vs. Switched Vs. Cascaded FICON
Jun 2009
With the speed of FICON channels, and the availability of FICON ports on both the Mainframe and XP, one may think that simply direct attaching the XP to the Mainframe CHPIDs is the best thing to...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
HP StorageWorks XP Disk Arrays and Mainframe White Paper: DB2 and IMS Database Backup and Recovery
Dec 2008
A general solution for database backup and recovery depends on many aspects and is different for every mainframe shop. HP can provide an independent analysis of specific situation and forecast a...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Data Warehousing With the DB2 Family for System z Customers: Leveraging Platform Strengths
Dec 2008
This white paper will discuss the unique support for data warehousing and business intelligence offered by the IBM portfolio of platform solutions. In particular, it will show how an investment in...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Business Intelligence on the Mainframe: Mission-Critical Applications Require Mission-Critical Platform
Jul 2008
In the 2007 Harvey Nash Strategic Leadership Survey, 76 percent of CIOs claimed that their roles are becoming more strategic as their companies look to use information to create competitive...
Provided by Information Builders
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White Papers
System z - Delivering on the Full Promise of Business Intelligence
Jan 2009
As Business Intelligence (BI) continues to evolve from a specialised back-office function and expand into front-line business operations, a 'Modern' class of mainframe has emerged as a viable and...
Provided by Ovum
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Whitepapers
Rehosting Mainframe Workloads: Legacy Migration and Modernization Solutions From HP and Clerity
Aug 2009
With today's emphasis on improving Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and Return On Investment (ROI), organizations must find new ways to decrease costs while maintaining functionality, meeting service...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Weyerhaeuser Rehosts Natural Adabas Application on HP Integrity Servers
Jul 2009
One of the world's largest forest products companies, Weyerhaeuser Company operates in 10 countries and employs approximately 19,000 people, primarily in the United States and Canada. It needed to...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Managing 21st Century Business and Technology Innovation: Reduce Operational Risk, Enable Compliance, Protect Privacy With IBM System z
Mar 2008
Banking executives are faced with a growing set of risk management and compliance challenges. This paper explores these challenges and highlights how IBM and, more specifically, System z, improves...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Reduce the Overall Costs of Managing Mainframe Storage Using BMC MAINVIEW SRM
Jul 2009
Businesses rely on storage and require quick access to the data, whether it is located on disk or tape. Storage is growing in an explosive manner fueled by compliance regulations, application...
Provided by BMC Software
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White Papers
Service Optimization: How Mainframe Systems Management Can Deliver More Business Value at Less Cost
Oct 2008
In their quest to deliver higher margins and more shareholder value, senior management teams are scrutinizing all areas of operating expense, including the operations portion of the IT department....
Provided by BMC Software
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Whitepapers
Lower Total Cost of Ownership for Mission Critical Applications
Apr 2009
Oracle Tuxedo is the industry's #1 distributed transaction processing platform. It provides mainframe-class reliability, performance, and scalability, all on open, distributed systems for...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
When Should You Hire a Mainframe Systems Consultant?
Sep 2009
As mainframe technical skills become increasingly hard to find, many organisations are struggling with their mainframe related problems and projects. In particular, high calibre senior systems...
Provided by Longpela Expertise
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White Papers
ONE Oracle News for Midsize Organizations - Issue 04
Sep 2009
Midsize companies have their size and agility on their side. To make the most of your agility advantage against larger competitors, streamlining your processes is one of the best steps you can...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers - Video
Demo: Implementing Softek zDMF technology
Jul 2011
IBM Data Mobility Services Softek z/OS® Dataset Mobility Facility (zDMF) technology is host-based data migration software that offers more flexibility and fewer operational restrictions than...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Insider Guide: IBM x3400 M3 Server
May 2011
The IBM® System x3400 M3 offers a powerful solution for small, midsized and distributed businesses that need a flexible, stand-alone tower server. Read this insider guide for a product review and...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM's Watson: Redefining systems design
Apr 2011
IBM's Watson—the computing system that competed with human contestants on Jeopardy!—represents an impressive leap forward in systems design and analytics. Read this datasheet to see how IBM can...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
ITAnalysis - Mainframe Management Gets Its Swagger
Aug 2009
Back in the old days kids followed in the footsteps of their parents and their parent's parents. A proud tradition of craftsmanship, skills and knowledge continuing across the generations -...
Provided by Quocirca
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White Papers
COVERT: Configurable Virtual Redundancy With Transparent Availability on Commodity Software
Jan 2008
Scaling integrated circuit technology into the deep submicron regime is expected to increase both soft and hard error rates significantly. Therefore, providing high availability in the presence of...
Provided by University of Wisconsin
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White Papers
Why Virtualization Fragmentation Sucks
Dec 2010
Virtualization has moved into the mainstream of computing. Most businesses are no longer asking if they should deploy a virtualization solution; they are instead asking which vendors support the...
Provided by rPath
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White Papers
Virtualization Licensing and Support Lethargy: Curing the Disease That Stalls Virtualization Adoption
Jan 2008
Mainframe-class virtualization has existed for decades and includes a user and vendor community that is very comfortable with managing software and licensing on mainframe systems. Similar comfort...
Provided by Burton Group
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Webcasts
Reduce Cost and Increase Productivity With Red Hat Enterprise Linux Management Solutions
Sep 2009
Red Hat Enterprise Linux has become one of the fastest-growing and most reliable technology platforms available for mission-critical enterprise applications. Whether deployed on bare-metal or as...
Provided by Red Hat
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White Papers
Virtualize, Manage, Backup, Consolidate: Simplifying Key Datacenter Initiatives with Oracle's Sun ZFS Storage Appliance
Nov 2010
Oracle's Sun ZFS Storage Appliance product line radically simplifies the way that organizations manage their storage. It combines industry-leading performance, density, and efficiency with a rich...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Increase Application Scalability and Improve System Utilization with Oracle VM Server for SPARC
May 2010
This Oracle white paper describes the application of Oracle VM Server for SPARC to implement high-capacity enterprise systems. Oracle Solaris CoolThreads technology combined with Oracle VM Server...
Provided by Oracle
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Webcasts
Mainframe-Hosted Workload Automation Web Services: The Next Step in Integration
Sep 2010
What's the hottest technology job out there today? Working on the mainframe at CA Technologies! Follow a cohort of just-out-of-college mainframers as they begin their journeys to becoming part of...
Provided by CA
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Webcasts
Mainframe Tape: A Technology for the New Millennium (Part 1)
Oct 2010
Tape technology, has been proclaimed a "Legacy technology" over the past decade. However, tape continues to thrive and to deliver value to organizations that use it. This is due to enhancements...
Provided by CA
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Case Studies
IT Services Provider Migrates From Mainframe, Boosts Agility and Innovation With Existing Code
Aug 2010
Skandinavisk Data Center (SDC) helps small and medium-sized banks compete with larger ones by providing competitive IT services at an affordable price. To maintain its long-term viability, SDC is...
Provided by Microsoft
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Whitepapers
DAI - Forrester Study: Total Economic Impact of WebSphere Application Server
Oct 2010
This commissioned study conducted by Forrester on behalf of IBM describes how one company was able to realize a 42% 3-year return on investment by migrating from an open source application server...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Virtualize with Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series Servers
Apr 2010
Huge business benefits that can be achieved by consolidating and virtualizing environments with Oracle's Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series servers. The document describes some of the challenges...
Provided by Oracle
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Webcasts
Bring Fast, Relevant Search To Your Organization
Apr 2010
Google Search Appliance makes searching your company's information as easy as searching Google.com itself. Indexing more than 220 different file types (HTML, PDF, DOC, XLS, etc.), GSA provides...
Provided by Google
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Webcasts
TiVo Reduces Call Center Costs
Sep 2010
Implementing the Google Search Appliance not only reduced the amount of time TiVo's Customer Support Agents spent searching for content, it also reduced time spent on the phone with customers,...
Provided by Google
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White Papers
How To Boost Your Bottom Line in Today's Business Climate
Oct 2009
In conjunction with Google Enterprise Search, the Google Search Appliance (GSA) can dramatically reduce your organization's total cost of ownership (TCO). By providing search solutions that are...
Provided by Google
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White Papers
Northern Trust Turns To Google For More Accurate and Relevant Search
Oct 2009
In order to ensure regulatory compliance, Northern Trust's IT department needed a better tool to help employees quickly find the latest forms and information. Using the Google Search Appliance,...
Provided by Google
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Whitepapers
WebSphere Application Server and the z/OS Workload Manager
Sep 2010
Suppose one has installed WebSphere Application Server for z/OS into one of the LPARs. One followed the install instructions for classifying the WebSphere started tasks into an appropriate WLM...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Rational ClearCase High Availability Options on Linux for System z
Aug 2010
This paper will present two highly available IBM Rational ClearCase architectures which can be setup on Linux for System z. This paper documents a Proof Of Concept (POC), providing detailed...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Using SAP NetWeaver Adaptive Computing Controller for IBM Power Systems and IBM System z
Mar 2010
Virtualization is becoming more and more powerful and is reaching out to all server platforms. While most IT departments use virtualization technology for the purpose of flexibility, workload...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Tallahassee Community College Dramatically Cuts It Costs While Revamping Its It Environment With Hardware and Software Solutions From IBM
Nov 2008
Founded in 1966, Tallahassee Community College (TCC) is a comprehensive open-admission community college. It aims to deliver excellence in teaching and learning through educational programs that...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Italian Olive Oil Manufacturer Enhances Performance With Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 on IBM Mainframe zSeries
Jan 2010
Fratelli Carli was established in 1911 when Giovanni Carli, the youngest son of the oldest family in Oneglia, Italy, began selling the oil produced in his olive grove to the public. Fratelli Carli...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Citigroup: Red Hat Innovation Award Winner
Jan 2010
As one of the largest and most prestigious financial services firms in the world, Citi has approximately 200 million customer accounts in more than 140 countries. They wanted to reconcile two...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Banco Pastor Reduces Costs and Improves Scalability With Red Hat, SAP, and IBM Solutions
Oct 2009
Founded in 1776, Banco Pastor has become the seventh largest banking group in Spain with 4,500 employees and 650 branch offices, and has presence in the US, Europe, and Latin America. Banco Pastor...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Toyota: Fujitsu Drives Outsourcing for Toyota
Jan 2010
Toyota Motor Corporation is the third largest automaker in the world and produces a full range of model offerings - from mini-vehicles to large trucks. As a medium size organisation, Toyota...
Provided by Fujitsu
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Case Studies
A Super Way to Cost-Effectively Balance the Books
Feb 2009
Originally founded in 1861 as a Friendly Society, Royal London became a mutual life insurance company in 1908. The company wanted to in source its corporate IT operations and consolidated two data...
Provided by Fujitsu
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Case Studies
Emergency Services - The Power of True Partnership
Jul 2009
National Police Improvement Agency (NPIA)'s critical disaster recovery site was devastated by the blast at the Buncefield Oil Storage Terminal on December 11th 2005. The shock waves from the...
Provided by Fujitsu
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Webcasts
How to Avoid Costly Outages When Applying Changes to Batch Jobs
Jun 2010
BMC Control-M/Forecast is a component of the BMC Control-M Workload Automation solution that models and simulates the flow of future batch processes, allowing in-depth analysis that enables one to...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
Exploiting Indexes and Influencing DB2 on z/OS Usage
Jun 2010
For high performance DB2 applications, it is important not only to understand how DB2 is optimizing its access to the data but also how well the presenter is using indexes. Because the presenter...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
Automating the Business of Higher Education With BMC Control-M Workload Automation
Jul 2010
The presenter of this Webinar discusses the enhanced capabilities of BMC Control-M Workload Automation for Higher Education Environments. According to Gartner, 70% of the business processes today...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
A Customer Finds Real Value With CA Mainframe Software Manager
Aug 2010
After viewing this video the attendee will learn how a customer describes his successful CA MSM implementation and how he is using this revolutionary mainframe innovation to easily and quickly...
Provided by CA
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White Papers
Service-Enabling Mainframe-Based Systems on Microsoft Platform
Sep 2009
Most enterprises have applications and databases deployed on mainframes. These systems have proved to be very reliable and scalable platforms for handling large amounts of data and transactions....
Provided by Infosys Technologies
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White Papers
The Z10 Is Not Your Father's Mainframe
Sep 2009
The mainframe was born some 50 plus years ago when the government needed a machine to support advanced research. Since that time it has taken its rightful place in the world's financial...
Provided by Integration Systems
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White Papers
Mainframe-Based Legacy Integration: An Industry Project
Mar 2008
As a computing environment evolves, heterogeneous and distributed computing environments are often unavoidable. Companies are willing to retain their legacy systems and also acquire new types of...
Provided by University of Arkansas
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White Papers
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for System Z
Feb 2008
Consider the benefits of combining the number one Linux distribution with the number one RAS hardware platform. Customer adoption of Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM System z is growing, and the...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
Reliability in Vehicle Testing
Feb 2010
VOSA is the Government Agency that monitors vehicle roadworthiness in Great Britain. They was looking for A User-friendly centralized data management also they wanted a Powerful system and the...
Provided by Fujitsu
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Whitepapers
CA Application Quality Management & Testing Tools
Mar 2008
The focus of development today is on business outcomes. The ability to assure the achievement of these (often, while satisfying regulators or corporate legislation) comes from providing...
Provided by Bloor Research
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Case Studies
Garanti Teknoloji Aids IT Productivity With Simplified Mainframe Operations
Jul 2010
Garanti Bank provides integrated financial services to eight million customers. Garanti is Turkey's second largest bank by asset size with nearly 800 branches and more than 3,000 ATMs. Critical...
Provided by CA
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Whitepapers
On Demand Teleconference: Managing Large Objects with DB2 for z/OS
Aug 2009
This teleconference explains how the IBM® DB2® Administration Tool and IBM DB2 Utilities Suite for z/OS® can help you manage LOBs efficiently and effectively. We'll cover the types of activities...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Five Ways That Service Optimization Improves Mainframe Staff Productivity
May 2009
An online shopping network saved more than 200 labor hours a day, seven days a week, of mostly developer and senior-level system administrator time - saving $1.8 million in the first year alone on...
Provided by BMC Software
-
White Papers
CA Resource Management Suites Address the Challenges of Optimizing the Online Mainframe
Sep 2008
Billions of eBusiness and supply-chain dollars depend on highly available, high performance mainframe applications and subsystems. Millions of people access and analyze petabytes of structured...
Provided by Ptak, Noel & Associates
-
White Papers
Employing Best Practices for Mainframe Tape Encryption
Jun 2008
Encryption for mainframe tapes has rapidly ascended to the top of the list of data center requirements due to increasing disclosures by high-profile organizations regarding the loss or theft of...
Provided by CA
-
White Papers
Got Value? Getting the Most Out of Mainframe Software
Jan 2009
This white paper provides an examination of how Dr. Covey's ideas in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People can help make IT managers become highly effective business people by understanding the...
Provided by CA
-
Training
IOD Portfolio Overview Demo
Aug 2009
Watch this video to see how IBM can help you unlock the business value of information for competitive advantage. Whether you are planning an initiative that requires master data management (MDM),...
Provided by IBM
-
Case Studies
Customer Video: SAP IT Chooses DB2
Aug 2009
SAP's main driver for choosing IBM on DB2 was about the simple question: "What do we get for the money?". Find out why SAP Corporate Business Systems chose IBM DB2.
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
IBM Mainframe Migration to HP Integrity Server and HP-UX 11i Environment Helps Optimize Business Processes
Jul 2009
One of the world's largest forest products companies, Weyerhaeuser Company operates in 10 countries and employs approximately 19,000 people, primarily in the United States and Canada. Weyerhaeuser...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
-
Case Studies
Bernalillo County Consolidates Servers and Storage, Improves Reliability, and Migrates From an IBM Mainframe With an End-to-End HP Solution
Mar 2008
For Bernalillo County the challenge was to reduce costs and improve efficiency by consolidating servers, migrating from a mainframe to industry-standard hardware, upgrading storage, and launching...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
-
Case Studies
Brazilian Navy Moves From Mainframe to HP Platform: Modernizing IT, Cutting Costs
Jan 2008
The Brazilian Navy wanted to lower cost - to reduce the BRL 6 million (US$3 million) spent annually to keep the mainframe operational, including software licenses, maintenance, and database. The...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
-
White Papers
Managing SQL Performance With BMC Software
Oct 2008
DB2 for z/OS is the premier IBM database management system for mainframe processing. DB2 performance is always a hot topic at conferences and user groups. Many software products have been written...
Provided by BMC Software
-
White Papers
SPARC Enterprise ARCHITECTURE M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers: Architecture Flexible, Mainframe-Class Computer Power
Feb 2009
To support the endless demand for scalability, reliability, and manageability in the datacenter, infrastructures need to provide ever-increasing performance and capacity while becoming simpler to...
Provided by Fujitsu
-
Whitepapers
Gaining Insight Into Critical Enterprise Applications With IBM CICS and Business Events
Jul 2009
The ability to detect events in IBM CICS application processing, and to emit those events for consumption in a variety of ways without making changes to the existing applications, opens up a...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Workloads for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z
Feb 2009
Many customers are migrating their mission-critical workloads to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on System z servers to reduce data center costs. An important aspect of this server consolidation...
Provided by Novell
-
Whitepapers
HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array and Mainframe White Paper: Data Recovery and Restart in an IBM Sysplex And/or GDPS Environment
Jun 2009
At every level, large enterprises recognize the advantage of automated processes. The mainframe was created to run applications in a shared workload environment, providing dramatically fewer boxes...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
-
Whitepapers
HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array and Mainframe White Paper: Direct Attached Vs. Switched Vs. Cascaded FICON
Jun 2009
With the speed of FICON channels, and the availability of FICON ports on both the Mainframe and XP, one may think that simply direct attaching the XP to the Mainframe CHPIDs is the best thing to...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
-
Whitepapers
HP StorageWorks XP Disk Arrays and Mainframe White Paper: DB2 and IMS Database Backup and Recovery
Dec 2008
A general solution for database backup and recovery depends on many aspects and is different for every mainframe shop. HP can provide an independent analysis of specific situation and forecast a...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
-
Whitepapers
Data Warehousing With the DB2 Family for System z Customers: Leveraging Platform Strengths
Dec 2008
This white paper will discuss the unique support for data warehousing and business intelligence offered by the IBM portfolio of platform solutions. In particular, it will show how an investment in...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Business Intelligence on the Mainframe: Mission-Critical Applications Require Mission-Critical Platform
Jul 2008
In the 2007 Harvey Nash Strategic Leadership Survey, 76 percent of CIOs claimed that their roles are becoming more strategic as their companies look to use information to create competitive...
Provided by Information Builders
-
White Papers
System z - Delivering on the Full Promise of Business Intelligence
Jan 2009
As Business Intelligence (BI) continues to evolve from a specialised back-office function and expand into front-line business operations, a 'Modern' class of mainframe has emerged as a viable and...
Provided by Ovum
-
Whitepapers
Rehosting Mainframe Workloads: Legacy Migration and Modernization Solutions From HP and Clerity
Aug 2009
With today's emphasis on improving Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and Return On Investment (ROI), organizations must find new ways to decrease costs while maintaining functionality, meeting service...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
-
Case Studies
Weyerhaeuser Rehosts Natural Adabas Application on HP Integrity Servers
Jul 2009
One of the world's largest forest products companies, Weyerhaeuser Company operates in 10 countries and employs approximately 19,000 people, primarily in the United States and Canada. It needed to...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
-
Whitepapers
Managing 21st Century Business and Technology Innovation: Reduce Operational Risk, Enable Compliance, Protect Privacy With IBM System z
Mar 2008
Banking executives are faced with a growing set of risk management and compliance challenges. This paper explores these challenges and highlights how IBM and, more specifically, System z, improves...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Reduce the Overall Costs of Managing Mainframe Storage Using BMC MAINVIEW SRM
Jul 2009
Businesses rely on storage and require quick access to the data, whether it is located on disk or tape. Storage is growing in an explosive manner fueled by compliance regulations, application...
Provided by BMC Software
-
White Papers
Service Optimization: How Mainframe Systems Management Can Deliver More Business Value at Less Cost
Oct 2008
In their quest to deliver higher margins and more shareholder value, senior management teams are scrutinizing all areas of operating expense, including the operations portion of the IT department....
Provided by BMC Software
-
Whitepapers
Lower Total Cost of Ownership for Mission Critical Applications
Apr 2009
Oracle Tuxedo is the industry's #1 distributed transaction processing platform. It provides mainframe-class reliability, performance, and scalability, all on open, distributed systems for...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
When Should You Hire a Mainframe Systems Consultant?
Sep 2009
As mainframe technical skills become increasingly hard to find, many organisations are struggling with their mainframe related problems and projects. In particular, high calibre senior systems...
Provided by Longpela Expertise
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Webcasts
Transparently Encrypting Data in Mainframe z/OS and Open Systems to Achieve End-to-End Data Protection
Jan 2009
In a world of ever increasing large scale data breaches the mainframe z/OS environment is not immune. But securing credit card, social security and other types of sensitive numbers or data has...
Provided by Voltage Security
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White Papers
ONE Oracle News for Midsize Organizations - Issue 04
Sep 2009
Midsize companies have their size and agility on their side. To make the most of your agility advantage against larger competitors, streamlining your processes is one of the best steps you can...
Provided by Oracle
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Webcasts
Triumph over the economy with a Smart SOATM Application Foundation.
Mar 2009
So what if things are tough out there, you can still deliver your business objectives while saving costs with the right application foundation. In this Web seminar we'll compare IBM® WebSphere®...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Tales From the Frontlines: SecureZIP and IBM System z Integrated Cryptographic Services Facility
Aug 2009
PKWARE's SecureZIP leverages the System z hardware and software facilities, regardless of the hardware features enabled in a specific installation. Secured archives (ZIP files) can be used not...
Provided by Pkware
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White Papers
Secure Data Synchronization Using the Relay Server and MobiLink Server Farms
Oct 2008
With data being pushed to the forefront of company lines, demand for always-available data is at an all time high. Coupled with wireless and occasionally-connected environments, the need for...
Provided by iAnywhere Solutions
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Whitepapers
Enterprise and Web 2.0 application support in a modern mainframe environment
Dec 2008
"Enterprise Web 2.0 application support from IBM IBM® WebSphere® Portal for IBM System z® software provides an efficient way for mainframe users to extend the value of their System z platform to...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
System z software working in harmony for today and tomorrows SOA enterprise : How WebSphere, DB2, CICS, IMS and WMQ interoperate
Mar 2008
Learn why three IBM clients have chosen the reliability, availability, scalability and security that a CICS Transactional Server can provide when combined with IBM middleware products. This white...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Bank of Russia Saves US$400 Million Per Year by Consolidating to IBM System z9
Oct 2008
With a variety of local payment processing systems running on more than 200 distributed servers in 74 data centers across 11 time zones, Bank of Russia faced significant challenges in terms of...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
UniCredit Modernizes Mainframe Development and Testing With IBM Rational Developer for System z Software
Oct 2008
With more than 170,000 employees, 40 million customers and 9,000 branches, UniCredit Group is one of the largest financial services organizations in Europe. Looking to modernize its development...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
World Data Center Digitizes and Stores Invaluable Climate Data With IBM Solutions
Oct 2009
The Russian Hydrometeorological Research Institute - World Data Center is the world's largest publicly available archive for hydrometeorology monitoring data. The organization receives more than...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Transzap Fuels a Competitive Edge With Increased Application Uptime From IBM System z
Sep 2009
Transzap offers its customers a comprehensive suite of financial software tools. As a small business with tens of billions of dollars in client transactions flowing through their systems each...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
gkd-el Achieves 30 Percent TCO Reduction by Migrating Its SAP Systems to IBM System z10
Jun 2009
As business volumes grew, it was becoming more difficult for gkd-el to maintain good response times on its hosted SAP systems. The company wanted to ensure that it could continue to meet its...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
HP StorageWorks XP Array and Mainframe: Data Migration With z/OS
Jun 2009
Businesses depend on the ability to easily store and quickly access important data. The stability of the data storage systems is very important. However, because storage technology continues to...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
