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  • Revitalize mainframe storage performance with VSAM

    The traditional VSAM storage tactic sees renewed use as mainframe virtualization grows. Tip   |   SearchDataCenter.com

  • Making mainframe technology hip again

    The mainframe is a beautiful piece of technology, able to securely manage and meet the performance goals of disparate workloads for thousands of users in a relatively small, energy-efficient package. It maintains levels of compatibility and... Opinion   |   SearchDataCenter.com

  • Exploring the changes in IBM's IMS 13 database management tool

    IBM announced the next version of Information Management System (IMS), its workhorse transaction processing and database management tool, in October 2012. This version, like the others before it, promises to maintain the stature of IMS as a... Tip   |   SearchDataCenter.com

  • VSAM basics

    Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) still holds mountains of the world's data sets. This column explains how VSAM works. Article   |   SearchDataCenter.com

  • IBM's CICS Transaction Server 5.1 gears for cloud deployment

    For years, CICS grew horizontally to meet availability and throughput goals. CICS Transaction server 5.1 has undergone some changes that may enable installations to consolidate workloads into fewer regions.

    On Oct. 3, IBM announced the Tip   |   SearchDataCenter.com

  • An in-depth look at IBM's transactional memory support facility

    In its recent announcement, IBM touted the zEC12 as the first commercially available machine to support transactional memory through the implementation of Transaction Execution Facility.

    Transactional memory glass half... Tip   |   SearchDataCenter.com

  • Mainframe monitoring tools get a new sibling with zEC12's zAware

    IBM's zEC12 includes plenty of goodies for the "big iron" faithful. One particularly interesting feature is a new mainframe monitoring tool called zAware.

    According to IBM, zAware, which stands for z Advanced Workload Analysis Reporter,... Tip   |   SearchDataCenter.com

  • A deeper look inside the zEnterprise EC12's mainframe architecture

    The latest edition of IBM's mainframe architecture, the zEnterprise EC12, was recently unveiled.  As with each successive model, it is bigger, faster and cheaper, so let's open it up and see what's changed.

    The... Tip   |   SearchDataCenter.com

  • Look deeper into mainframe debugging techniques with the SLIP command

    The first part of this tip outlined some basic information about the mainframe’s Serviceability Level Indication... Tip   |   SearchDataCenter.com

  • Setting traps with SLIP, king of the mainframe debugging tools

    One of the mainframe's distinguishing characteristics is its extensive debugging toolkit. One of the very best – and to my knowledge unique – mainframe debugging tools is SLIP.

     When distributed platform administrators hit a nasty... Tip   |   SearchDataCenter.com

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