Mainframe computer hardware

MUST READ IBM System z9 Business Class mainframe revisited ARTICLE - Features like the zIIP, zAAP and IFL engines along with Capacity on Demand have helped new adoption on IBM's smaller z9 mainframe, but there's still room for improvement IBM unveils the z9 ARTICLE - IBM's new z9 mainframe has double the capacity of its predecessor. Big Blue hopes the new box will spark zSeries revenues out of a three-quarter slide. Will the data center feel the effects of the z9? ARTICLE - IBM's new mainframe doubles the computing capacity of its predecessor while offering new features. But will it bring new customers to the platform or subsist on the existing base? IBM to bolster mainframes with new processor ARTICLE - The processor is the most significant addition to the z9 since IBM launched the new mainframe nearly a year ago to help combat security leaks.

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	Mainframe use on the rise despite sky-high software licensing costs SearchDataCenter.com | 18 Aug 2008 ARTICLE - A recent BMC Software survey found that the mainframe platform is healthy and growing, although software costs are still a major concern.

	Share's leadership dishes on San Jose conference SearchDataCenter.com | 11 Aug 2008 ARTICLE - Members of the leadership of Share, the mainframe user group, discussed the main themes at this year's conference in San Jose, the impact of virtualization and more.

	IBM z10 mainframe will consolidate z/VM workloads on a single LPAR SearchDataCenter.com | 30 Jul 2008 ARTICLE - IBM's z/VM virtualization platform on the System z10 mainframe can now handle multiple specialty engines in a single LPAR, thus improving memory utilization.

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	Third-party software vendors and the new IBM z10 technology 30 Jun 2008 TIP - Above-the-operating-system infrastructure software products are now making their way onto the IBM z10. TCO/ROI studies indicate they can bring significant benefits to z/OS shops.

	Mainframe virtualization improves total cost of ownership on IBM z10 03 Jun 2008 TIP - Virtualizing applications on the IBM z10 mainframe pays off in a variety of ways. TCO and ROI mainfrane studies can be helpful in context as operational and development platforms.

	Cheap commodity servers can turn into expensive investments 19 Feb 2008 TIP - Installing "cheap" commodity servers turns out to be more expensive than a capacity planning team and a data center equipment procurer plan.

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	Mainframe year in review, 2007 19 Dec 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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	supervisor call 08 Mar 2001 WORD - In computers, especially IBM mainframes, a supervisor call (SVC) is a processor instruction that directs the processor to pass control of the computer to the operating system's supervisor program. Most SVCs are requests for ...

	sysplex and Parallel Sysplex 18 Apr 2001 WORD - A sysplex is IBM's systems complex (the word sysplex comes from the first part of the word system and the last part of the word complex), introduced in 1990 as a platform for the MVS/ESA operating system for IBM mainframe ...

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