Java on System z
Talkback The use of these engines does not increase the license cost for zOS and they are priced lower than a full zOS CP. Interesting that Mr. Greiner states that Java is not a good workload for mainframes. I refer interested readers to the following...
[June 13, 2008, 9:04]
TechNet Webcast: Introduction to Windows Server System for Mainframe Professionals (Level 200)
White Papers The presenter of this webcast will show the capabilities of the Windows Server System as compared to IBM zOS, CICS and DB2. The presenter shows how Windows is equivalent, comparable, and in some cases superior to the mainframe operating systems today.
[December 6, 2008, 0:23]
Mainstreaming Server Virtualization: The Intel Approach
White Papers Virtualization in the form of partitioning a physical server into multiple virtual servers or Virtual Machines (VMs) is a long-established and widely accepted solution for hardware resource sharing on large, scale-up server platforms such as zOS...
[February 24, 2007, 0:00]
Address the cause, not the symptom
Talkback The minimum requrement would be an IBM System z, running zOS - not zVM, not zLinux, not "toy department" commodity servers - industrial strength is mandatory here.zOS and its predecessor, MVS, have never been hacked.
[January 22, 2008, 19:29]
The challenges to IBM of buying Sun
News In terms of hardware, IBM already has four major server lines running a variety of operating systems — AIX, zOS, IBM i, Linux and Windows — on three major processor families. The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that IBM is in talks to buy...
[March 19, 2009, 7:45]
Big Blue's storage tag team
News HSM [hierarchical storage management, which refers to putting data on different classes of storage gear] has been part of the ZOS offering for some time now. It's not the usual procedure at IBM, but when it comes to data-storage software, Laura...
[February 19, 2004, 14:09]
Linux will power IBM supercomputer project
News Historically, IBM promoted different operating systems -- such as zOS for mainframes and AIX for midrange Unix servers -- for the different members of its server and mainframe family. Linux will be the main operating system for IBM's upcoming...
[October 25, 2002, 7:55]
