2010 European WebSphere Technical Conference

Submitted by pcs305 on Mon, 2010-07-12 11:29
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The IBM Institute for Business Value recently surveyed more than 275 senior executives from around the world and conducted in-depth interviews with a number of them.

IBM found that outperforming companies use smarter working practices far more extensively than their lower-performing competitors, fueling growth, not just efficiency.

So, what sets these companies apart? They are implementing dynamic, collaborative and connected working practices enabled by WebSphere BPM, SOA and Collaboration technologies built on a solid WebSphere infrastructure.

Seeking early adopters for our CICS Application monitor product

Submitted by MOFSADMIN on Wed, 2010-07-07 04:45
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Matter of Fact Software have developed PlexSpy Application Status Monitor which will speed up recovery time for operational incidents involving CICS applications. We are now seeking early adopters for the software to help us refine and improve the product over time. To improve your responsiveness to operational incidents and to influence the further development of PlexSpy, contact: Stephen Mitchell Managing Director Matter of Fact Software

www.plexspy.com

Alternative supercomputer powers

Submitted by pcs305 on Fri, 2010-06-04 08:57
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One of the other big pools of unseen computer power is made up of mainframes, usually IBM mainframes.

 These machines were the original supercomputers and until the arrival of the mini-computer and then the PC were the mainstays of the computer world. "They are still being widely used in particular segments such as finance, retail, health and government," said Jim Porell, an IBM evangelist for the machines.

When we get cash out of an ATM, said Mr Porell, it will be a mainframe that will handle the back-end data processing of that transaction. Book an airline ticket and choose your seat on the plane and chances are that you are unknowingly using a mainframe.

The machines are being used because they are used to running constantly at nearly 100% capacity. And, said Mr Porell, they have other advantages over Intel-based racks of servers.

One IBM System z10 Enterprise Class mainframe, the biggest, is equal to 1,500 Intel servers and occupies 85% less space.

"We measure meantime between failure in decades," he said.
 
IBM does not say exactly how much cash is generated by selling and servicing mainframes, but the division of the company that makes them, amongst other things, was worth more than $5.2bn (£3.6bn) in the final quarter of 2009 suggesting that there are a lot of them about.
 
Read complete article att BBC here
 

CICS Explorer

Submitted by pcs305 on Sat, 2010-05-29 10:01

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Is the clock ticking on mainframe expertise?

Submitted by pcs305 on Mon, 2010-05-10 12:22
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Earlier this month, in a report entitled Ensuring You Have Mainframe Skills Through 2020, analyst Gartner warned of an impending mainframe skills gap. A generation of experienced IT staff are approaching retirement just as the mainframe is experiencing a renaissance.

The world’s top 25 banks run on mainframes and there are more Cobol transactions in a day than Google hits, according to some estimates. IBM, a mainframe market leader, profits handsomely from its computing behemoths: last year’s revenue from System z was up 19 per cent on 2008.

Mainframes are highly efficient. For example, a System Z can replace 1,500 x86 servers but consumes 15 per cent of the power. Bank of New Zealand, for example, is replacing 200 Sun servers with a five-CPU System z.

However, not everyone agrees that the industry faces a mainframe skills issue. After all, some so-called skills crises are often over-egged by head-hunters and trainers, and mainframe staff have been laid off owing to recession and offshoring.

Read rest of article at computing.co.uk here.

 

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