All-in-One Guides:Mainframe Management
Chapter 1: Mainframe modernization
Mainframe systems upgrades
Mainframes are known for their power and reliability. But unless you invest in mainframe hardware upgrades, your mainframe won't be powerful and reliable for very long. In this section, you'll learn about mainframe modernization hardware upgrades to keep your business in top computing shape.
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IBM upgrades z/OS; makes $100M commitment to mainframe
04 Oct 2006
Article - IBM upgrades z/OS, the mainframe operating system, saying it is easier to use and offers more functionality. Meanwhile, it has announced a $100 million investment in the next five years.
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IBM countersued by PSI over plug-compatible mainframe
29 Jan 2007
Article - Platform Solutions Inc., also known as PSI, has answered IBM's lawsuit with a counterclaim arguing that IBM combines its mainframe hardware and z/OS to prevent competition.
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University uses smaller mainframe to ease bogged down enrollment system
15 Nov 2006
Article - Several times a year, the University of Toronto's mainframe would strain under the pressure of 70,000 students enrolling in or dropping out of courses at the same time. So it bought a z9 Business Class, IBM's smaller mainframe, with the ability to ramp...
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IBM mainframe chief guarantees power savings
21 Sep 2006
Article - Jim Stallings, general manager, IBM System z Mainframe, told SearchDataCenter.com that IBM was prepared to guarantee energy savings on its mainframes over distributed systems.
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IBM mainframe zIIP and zAAP adoption still lags IFL processor
27 Aug 2007
Article - At this year's Share mainframe user group conference, attendees discussed plans for adoption of zIIP and zAAP, IBM mainframe specialty processors similar to the IFL.
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Defining the mainframe's role in next-gen application workloads
18 Oct 2006
Article - New processor technologies and application conventions are emerging that are beginning to affect the role of the mainframe. Wayne Kernochan discusses the newest mainframe application workloads and the business support that should be following.
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Mainframe year in review, 2007
The Year in Review - From IBM's released upgrades to new specialty processors, we've culled our best mainframe content and created a roundup of 2007's big iron stories on SearchDataCenter.com.
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Tip - Mainframe computers have come a long way since the early days, but many of the mainframe myths remain. Expert Robert Crawford sheds some light on the modern mainframe.
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PSI consolidates IBM mainframe, Unix, Linux and Windows on single box
26 Sep 2007
Article - Platform Solutions Inc.'s new System64 DS and ES servers run not only IBM z/OS but also Intel Itanium operating systems.
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New IBM DB2 9 for z/OS does XML
07 Mar 2007
Article - IBM on Tuesday released DB2 9 for z/OS mainframes, now with native support for XML.