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CA set to put fresh face on mainframe management

CA Technologies plans to take its Mainframe Chorus management tools for IBM zSeries machines out of beta at the end of November. The management software... Read more

8 October, 2010 by Tom Espiner
Trite but right: Dull IT that made it big

Trite but right: Dull IT that made it big

...even making an effort to sex them up with product names like 'zSeries'. Big organisations just seem to feel safer with some kind of massive... Read more

11 December, 2010 by Matthew Broersma
ZIP Reader 12.5

ZIP Reader 12.5

...can access files encrypted and compressed on Windows, UNIX, Linux, iSeries, and zSeries systems. Simple to use with a slick auto launch feature--just double... Read more

4 August, 2010
RPM Remote Print Manager Select 5.0.70.3

RPM Remote Print Manager Select 5.0.70.3

The RPM Print Server receives files from a Host System (AS400, iSeries/zSeries, UNIX, Windows, or any host) via TCPIP protocol. Once received, RPM performs... Read more

9 February, 2012
PDF2AFP Transform Server 1.02

PDF2AFP Transform Server 1.02

...PDF form template to AFP and load it to AS400, iSeries, or zSeries mainframe Adaptive PDF to AFP transform such as to handle many smaller... Read more

11 August, 2011
PDF to AFP Converter 3.0

PDF to AFP Converter 3.0

...PDF form template to AFP and load it to AS400, iSeries, or zSeries mainframe. Adaptive PDF to AFP transform such as to handle many smaller... Read more

9 August, 2011
An Explanation of the Workload Management Policy With Respect to WebSphere on z/OS

An Explanation of the Workload Management Policy With Respect to WebSphere on z/OS

...z/OS experience. WLM is a big part of the quality that zSeries users expect. the author will cover those aspects of WLM that directly... Read more

22 September, 2010

IBM throws $40m at SAP on the zSeries

IBM is attempting to establish SAP on the zSeries mainframe, a platform that has until now been closed to the pervasive... Read more

17 August, 2006 by Colin Barker

'Affordable' mainframe on offer for £56,000

...alternative. However, IBM's claims in its press release for the new zSeries system that it is "designed with small and medium-sized businesses in... Read more

28 April, 2006 by Colin Barker

Is the iSeries make-over enough?

...Bramley are positive, others are sceptical, even of such a major announcement. "[ZSeries and iSeries] remain valuable platforms in slow, long-term decline," said Tom... Read more

20 January, 2003 by Peter Judge

Why not consolidate Intel servers onto the mainframe?

...for IBM, the dominant mainframe supplier, to exploit the capability of its zSeries machines to run Linux as a native operating system, as well as... Read more

13 January, 2003 by Martin Banks

SuSE goes 64-bit with IBM zSeries

...SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 will be available for IBM's eServer zSeries by the beginning of May, the company said on Thursday. SuSE already... Read more

15 March, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Gartner: Hardware market to defy economic slump

...which, according to Gartner, is seeing a resurgence of interest in the zSeries mainframe. Companies that used to use large-scale, x86-based multi-processor... Read more

1 July, 2008 by Colin Barker

High-end systems boost server market

...IBM, the major player in high-end performance systems, thanks to its zSeries mainframes and supercomputer expertise. IBM's System z servers running z/OS... Read more

24 May, 2007 by Colin Barker

Finance giant shows interest in Linux

...cost way to upgrade IT infrastructure, having bought a Linux-powered IBM zSeries mainframe to replace several older machines. The deal, announced last week, is... Read more

8 July, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

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