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RheinLand Versicherung Keeps Costs Low and Flexibility High, With Linux on IBM eServer zSeries
White Papers As a solution the company implemented an IBM eServer zSeries Model 990 running z/VM and Linux for zSeries, linked to existing z800 running legacy mainframe applications, and to an IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server with 8TB capacity.
[April 24, 2007, 1:00]
Informatika Powers High-Security Access to Customer Data With a Linux Firewall on IBM eServer zSeries
White Papers As a solution the company implemented StoneGate Firewall V2.2.3 from Stonesoft Software, Inc.running on Linux in a z/VM partition on IBM eServer zSeries 900. Located in Maribor, Slovenia, Informatika is a specialist outsourcing company offering IT...
[April 24, 2007, 1:00]
IBM throws $40m at SAP on the zSeries
News IBM is attempting to establish SAP on the zSeries mainframe, a platform that has until now been closed to the pervasive ERP system. IBM says the programme will use the recently released zSeries Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) for data...
[August 17, 2006, 12:25]
SuSE goes 64-bit with IBM zSeries
News 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 sells Enterprise Server 7 in 32-bit form for IBM's S/390 and zSeries, but the 64-bit version will benefit...
[March 15, 2002, 14:31]
Mainframes and GIS: A New ESRI Solution on IBM zSeries Using Linux
White Papers Therefore, IBM undertook a study at the IBM eServer zSeries Benchmark Center in Poughkeepsie, NY to determine how to utilize the zSeries platform in the ESRI GIS solution. IBM and ESRI are leading the development of Geographical Information Systems...
[March 24, 2006, 0:01]
Networking Overview for Linux on zSeries
White Papers As new hardware is introduced and z/VM virtualization technology evolves, an ever increasing number of networking options are available to the Linux on zSeries operating system. Depending on when you implemented Linux on zSeries, the networking...
[September 27, 2005, 3:00]
Best Practices for IP Workload Distribution in an IBM zSeries Server Environment
White Papers This white paper documents the results of an interoperability testing initiative. It should be noted that the implementation of any component illustrated in this paper neither constitutes nor represents the respective component's only possible...
[April 28, 2007, 1:00]
Best Practices for End-to-End zSeries Application Availability and How They Help You Avoid the Risk of Business Interruption
White Papers On demand business requires high availability and disaster recovery, as unplanned downtime can cause lost sales, migration of customers to your competitors, or even drive your company out of business.
[April 16, 2005, 0:00]
A Perspective on the Transformation of zSeries to Support New Workloads
White Papers In days of yore, the mainframe focused on enterprise-wide business transactions and long running batch processing. Because these critical business applications required rapid access to data, the mainframe became the natural home for corporate...
[April 9, 2008, 1:02]
SAP Application Server Measurements on IBM eServer zSeries Using Linux for zSeries and z/VM
White Papers One of the more intriguing options is running the SAP Application Server functions on Linux for zSeries. This option is of particular interest because it exploits both the hardware and virtualization capabilities intrinsic to zSeries.
[February 19, 2007, 0:00]
Software AG Develops Tamino Using Linux on zSeries by Compiling With Systems/C From DIGNUS
White Papers Software AG, headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, is Europe's largest provider of system software, offering leading-edge technology for data management and electronic business. Software AG saw that its software development environment was not...
[May 15, 2007, 1:00]
Performance Driven Automation With OMEGAMON and System Automation for z/OS
White Papers IBM Tivoli System Automation for z/OS (SA z/OS) provides management and automation of zSeries resources such as Applications through monitoring and event driven automation. The OMEGAMON product suite also monitors zSeries resources such as...
[August 30, 2006, 1:00]
Concurrent Driver Upgrade: Method to Eliminate Scheduled System Outages for New Function Releases
White Papers The reliability, availability, and serviceability goal for an IBM zSeries system is to provide 24-hour-per-day, 365-day-per-year service with reduced system downtime. The continuous reliable operation rate has been improved with every new zSeries...
[March 7, 2007, 0:00]
Server Consolidation Security - Firewall and VPN Solutions for IBM eServers
White Papers Whether an organization uses IBM eServer iSeries model 800s or the IBM eServer zSeries z990, consolidation of servers is now possible, yielding substantial return on investment. Whether it's mainframes or midrange, organizations can reduce...
[March 1, 2008, 0:02]
Finance giant shows interest in Linux
News Financial services company ING Group has joined the list of large companies using the Linux operating system as a low-cost way to upgrade IT infrastructure, having bought a Linux-powered IBM zSeries mainframe to replace several older machines.
[July 8, 2003, 13:17]
Mainframes get open-source database
News The MySQL database made its way to IBM's zSeries mainframes via Linux, an operating system that now can be run on the high-end machines. Linux has breathed new life into the zSeries line, a decades-old, venerable family, but not one that's...
[January 15, 2003, 9:27]
IBM expands Linux marketing push
News IBM has been backing a Linux push on all four of its server lines, though the company has been making the most noise on its xSeries Intel server line, where Linux first took root within Big Blue, and its powerful zSeries mainframe line.
[July 25, 2001, 9:58]
IBM hopes its dinosaurs will rule the earth again
News With the changes, Big Blue's zSeries mainframes can now run Java programs faster and divvy up jobs among groups of IBM computers, the company announced on Thursday. The Java boost comes from a specialised module called the zSeries Application...
[October 11, 2004, 9:25]
IBM lets Linux fans use mainframe for free
News IBM will announce late in the week that it has made one of its 10-processor zSeries mainframe computers available via the Internet for access by people interested in working with the Linux operating system.
[May 23, 2001, 9:14]
IBM's mainframe makeover
News Incorporating the Power processor line into the zSeries, for instance, is more complicated than just writing a software layer that would emulate the old processor and allow the use of existing software.
[May 22, 2002, 9:38]
