IBM software for System z

The mainframe continues to play a critical role in business today. The quest to become an agile business in today's fast-paced world is a daunting challenge that requires not only the most reliable and scalable IT environment but also one that is flexible, affordable and very secure. When a balance of the key criteria can be achieved and maintained, the resulting benefits are high system performance, maximum throughput, minimal bottlenecks, high utilization and low total cost of ownership. These are the mark of an on demand e-business - and what today's System z servers provide.

Exceptional servers require exceptional software. System z Software exploits the inherent qualities of the server, creating the right operating environment for a system that is autonomic, integrated, virtualized and open. IBM continues to invest heavily in software for the System z platform, adding new functionality to the z/OS operating system and core middleware as well as an ever broadening portfolio of System z tools.

Building a successful environment for robust operations begins with a solid and simplified foundation of hardware and software. The mainframe is the cornerstone of 21st century enterprises. IBM System z hardware and software provide powerful, end-to-end solutions for a rock-solid e-business on demand environment.

With System z managing critical resources, you can take full control of your business to deliver:

• Information On Demand, whenever and wherever your employees, customers and partners need it
• Service oriented architecture that integrates and makes full use of core IT assets across the enterprise
• IT service management that breaks down technology silos by integrating and automating IT processes.

Petrol (Video)
Petrol d.d centralizes its IT infrastructure and leverages System z for new workloads and competitive advantage.

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Hoplon Infotainment (Video)
Hoplon Infotainment, a small Brazilian company, uses the power of DB2, Linux and the System z to create a new kind of massive multi-player on-line game.

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Bundesministerium fuer Inneres (BMI) (Video)
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Migrates to DB2 v8 for z/OS to meet the challenges of increased system usage and security requirements. BMI also achieves greater efficiency by replacing several home grown tools with DB2 Administration Tool

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