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Featured System z analyst reports
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Clabby Analytics: Maximizing Information Systems Efficiency: How to Build a Workload Optimized, Highly-Automated, Heterogeneous Hybrid Cloud

Last updated: 29 Nov 2012

Report covering IBM's focused on building a set of common cloud management tools and utilities that can help IT buyers build hyper-efficient information systems environments using a hybrid cloud management approach.

9sight Consulting: Integrating Analytics into the Operational Fabric of Your Business

Last updated: 01 April 2012

This paper describes what operational analytics is and what it offers to the business.

Forrester Study: The Total Economic Impact of IBM System z

Last updated: 01 April 2012

Analyst study which provides readers the framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of deploying IBM System z within their organization.

Featured System z announcement letters
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IBM InfoSphere Optim Query Tuner for DB2 for z/OS , V3.1 and IBM InfoSphere Optim Query Workload Tuner for DB2 for z/OS , V3.1

Last updated: 18 Oct 2011

IBM InfoSphere Optim Query Workload Tuner for DB2 for z/OS V3.1 offers tools and advisors that provide expert recommendations to database administrators (DBAs) to help improve performance for a workload (group of queries).

IBM Datacap Taskmaster Capture V8.0.1 automates the full range of capture processing

Last updated: 08 Mar 2011

Read more in Announcement Letter 211-017

Content Analytics V2.2 and OmniFind Enterprise Edition V9.1 add Linux on System z part numbers

Last updated: 25 Jan 2011

Read more in IBM United States Software Announcement 211-040

Featured System z books
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DB2 10 for z/OS: Cost Savings . . . Right Out of the Box

Last updated: 09 Mar 2012

The objective of this book is to give you not only an update on the latest functions, features, and benefits of DB2 10 but also to provide you with valuable information from key members of the IBM DB2 for z/OS community whom you can contact.

DB2 10 for z/OS: The Smarter Faster Way to Upgrade: By John Campbell, Cristian Molaro, and Surekha Parekh

Last updated: 28 Nov 2011

The objective of this book is to help customers plan their migration strategy effectively and efficiently by providing the right information, facts, and guidance.

DB2 10 for z/OS: The Smarter Faster Way to Upgrade: By John Campbell, Cristian Molaro, and Surekha Parekh

Last updated: 08 Nov 2011

The objective of this book is to help customers plan their migration strategy effectively and efficiently by providing the right information, facts, and guidance.

Featured System z briefs
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Why System z might be exactly what your business needs

Last updated: 01 July 2012

Brief highlighting top level capabilities of System z

Transworld Data Case Study-Tivoli Omegamon

Last updated: 30 Jan 2012

Analyst paper highlighting capabilities and benefits of Tivoli OMEGAMON on System z,

Reducing the cost and complexity of delivering business analytics: Business Analytics and Data Warehousing on System z

Last updated: 19 Sep 2011

Dramatically lower TCO over 5 years while reducing the costs and complexity of technology updates, scalability and high availability with IBM Business Analytics and Data Warehousing on System z.

Featured System z brochures
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IBM Smart Analytics Optimizer for System z

Last updated: 10 May 2009

IBM Smart Analytics Optimizer gives your organization the speed to create the insights it needs to work smarter in this challenging environment by putting the right answers in the hands of your decision makers while putting your business in the best position to quickly adapt & grow to answer the questions of tomorrow.

CICS and Tools SOA Brochure

Last updated: 12 Sep 2006

The promise of technology innovation has always been to deliver improvements that make businesses competitive. And with service oriented architectures (SOAs) maturing, IT departments now have the potential to deliver information infrastructures that can keep pace with management innovation.

Entry Points to SOA

Last updated: 12 Sep 2006

Today's businesses understand SOA. But they don't always understand how to get started. IBM breaks down barriers to getting started by bringing our clients focused, approachable entry points into SOA.

Featured System z case studies
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If lowering IT costs is one of your company‟s goals in this down economy, perhaps you should consider following the path of Fort Smith, Arkansas-based Baldor Electric.

Last updated: 01 Mar 2009

What percentage of your company‟s overall sales does it cost to run your information technology (IT) organization? Is it fifteen percent? Is it ten percent? Is it three percent? Well, how would you like to get that number down to one percent (or less)?

ARBURG Client Reference Video

Last updated: 10 May 2013

Arburg wanted to drive down operational costs for its core IT Services. It selected the IBM zEnterprise System for scalability, reliability and availability which provided cost savings, energy savings and improvements across manufacturing processes.

Banca Carige unlocks the growth potential of big data ... Creating a secure and scalable platform for business analytics

Last updated: 07 May 2013

Banca Carige implemented IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator for its existing System z platform - enabling rapid query response times for over 1,000 users. The solution enables insights that inform the development of new products, services and strategies - helping to grow the business.

Featured System z data sheets
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IBM solidDB v7.0 - Optimized for extreme speed

Last updated: 14 Feb 2012

The IBM® solidDB® relational in-memory database platform delivers the extreme speed, availability and adaptability that organizations need for mission-critical environments while helping to control operating costs.

IBM OpenPages Operational Risk Management (ORM)

Last updated: 29 Sep 2011

IBM OpenPages Operational Risk Management (ORM) automates the process of identifying, measuring, monitoring, analyzing, and managing operational risk and enables businesses to integrate all risk data, risk and control assessments, loss events, KRIs, and issue/action plan management within a single environment.

IBM OpenPages Operational Risk Management (ORM)

Last updated: 30 Aug 2011

IBM OpenPages Operational Risk Management (ORM) automates the process of identifying, measuring, monitoring, analyzing, and managing operational risk and enables businesses to integrate all risk data, risk and control assessments, loss events, KRIs, and issue/action plan management within a single environment.

Featured System z demos
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WebSphere Rules Authoring for zOS

Last updated: 01 Mar 2012

COBOL tooling demo - short version

CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS V3.2 - Statistics

Last updated: 30 May 2012

YouTube demo - Statistics - Part 2 in a series of demos of IBM CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS V3.2

Demo: CICS Deployment Assistant V1.1 - Discovery

Last updated: 30 May 2012

See on Youtube how CICS Deployment Assistant can discover, model, visualize, and deploy new and existing CICS regions, using automation and policy-driven advice built on your own and IBM’s knowledge and experience, giving you access to the latest IBM CICS technology faster and easier than ever before.

Featured System z information centers
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Content Manager OnDemand for Multiplatforms V8.5

Last updated: 07 Sep 2010

Find resources for OnDemand for Multiplatforms, OnDemand for z/OS, and OnDemand for i

Content Integrator

Last updated: 17 Nov 2008

V8.5 resources

CICS Transaction Gateway for Multiplatforms V9.0 Information Center (on-line)

Last updated: 14 Dec 2012

The on-line version of the CICS Transaction Gateway for Multiplatforms V9.0 Information Center.

Featured System z magazines
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IT Manager's Journal: Why Your Enterprise Can’t Do Without a Proven Information Governance and Optimization Solution

Last updated: 09 Aug 2012

Article which shows why IBM’s System z platform is an ideal hub for information governance solutions.

Peering Into the IBM CICS Transaction Gateway Black Box

Last updated: 21 Feb 2012

You need to put more work through your IBM CICS Transaction Gateway (CICS TG) for z/OS systems but you also need to monitor and audit them to ensure they continue to deliver the Quality of Service (QoS) your growing business requires. How can you do this?

Featured System z presentations
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Exploiting and extending Cloud for Enterprise Software Development and Testing

Last updated: 09 Sep 2011

Presentation describing how customers can successfully develop and test complex applications across multiple platforms, including z and cloud

Presentation: CICS Explorer Overview

Last updated: 17 May 2012

Short initial overview presentation, followed by 150+ screenshots showing CICS Explorer in action with CICS TS, CICS Tools, CICS TG, PD Tools, RDz, WebSphere MQ, and OMEGAMON XE for CICS.

CICS Configuration Manager plug-in V2.1.1 update

Last updated: 30 April 2012

This short presentation shows the new features delivered in the updated V2.1.1 plug-in for CICS Configuration Manager V2.1

Featured System z product documentation
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Content Manager OnDemand for z/OS Version 8.5

Last updated: 10 Feb 2011

Technical documentation and release notes

IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition 8.5

Last updated: 26 Feb 2008

Technical documentation in all supported languages.

CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS V5.1 Program Directory

Last updated: 14 Dec 2012

This is the Program Directory.

Featured System z redbooks
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Scaling BPM Adoption from Project to Program with IBM Business Process Manager

Last updated: 15 Feb 2012

Scaling BPM Adoption from Project to Program with IBM Business Process Manager

Federated Content Management: accessing content from disparate repositories with Content Federation Services and Content Integrator

Last updated: 21 April 2010

This Redbooks publication introduces the concept of federated content management and describes the installation, configuration, and implementation of Content Federation Services and Content Integrator offerings.

Architecting Access to CICS within an SOA

Last updated: 21 Feb 2012

With the emergence of service-oriented architecture (SOA), the options for accessing existing CICS assets have become more varied than ever. This IBM Redbooks publication is intended for IT architects who select, plan, and design SOA solutions that make use of CICS assets.

Featured System z solution sheets
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IBM System z Solution Edition for Cloud Computing

Last updated: 01 Feb 2012

Brief describing features and capabilities of IBM's System z Solution Edition for Cloud Computing

Managing cloud deployments on IBM System z

Last updated: 01 Sep 2011

Paper highlighting how IBM Integrated Service Management provides greater flexibility and agility than is possible with traditional IT service management solutions with the core values of visibility, control,and automation

InfoSphere Optim Query Workload Tuner

Last updated: 01 Sep 2010

Optimize application performance to help reduce costs and increase client satisfaction

Featured System z teleconferences
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What every enterprise architect needs to know about the evolution of IMS

Last updated: 28 May 2013

What every enterprise architect needs to know about the evolution of IMS

Enhanced System z Storage Management with improved visibility and reporting

Last updated: 16 May 2013

Enhanced System z Storage Management with improved visibility and reporting

Lessons learned and top tips: Reduce your software costs with IBM System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP)

Last updated: 14 May 2013

Lessons learned and top tips: Reduce your software costs with IBM System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP)

Featured System z tutorials
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Accessing CICS from Microsoft .NET applications using CICS Transaction Gateway

Last updated: 21 Feb 2012

This article demonstrates the new Microsoft .NET API for CICS Transaction Gateway V8, and uses an example to show you how to write a C# application that interacts with CICS programs.

CICS Transaction Gateway and AIX workload partitions

Last updated: 21 Feb 2012

This article shows you how to use CICS Transaction Gateway in an AIX environment that supports workload partitions (WPARs). It includes scenarios that show you how to use WPARs to consolidate existing hardware or to extend a CICS Transaction Gateway instance.

Connecting from Groovy to CICS using the CICS Transaction Gateway

Last updated: 21 Feb 2012

This article shows you how to use modern agile scripting languages to increase your productivity when writing applications to access CICS data.

Featured System z videos
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Stepping through a program and setting a break point with IBM DebugTool

Last updated: 16 Mar 2012

Demo providing examples of use of Debug Tool to step through a program and set break points in various environments.

Featured System z webcasts
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Don’t let your infrastructure strategy stifle your business innovation with analytics.

Last updated: 21 May 2013

IT Architects, Enterprise Architects, IT Management, Data Base Administrators, Data Base Management

Mainframe and Mobile - Are your back-end apps ready?

Last updated: 25 April 2013

Mobile is about anytime, anywhere access to information. It improves productivity and is driving business innovation in the enterprise.

DB2 10 for z/OS Migration & Query Performance Considerations

Last updated: 16 April 2013

DB2 10 for z/OS Migration & Query Performance Considerations

Featured System z white papers
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Intelligent Business Strategies White Paper:Information Governance, Audit and Protection on the IBM System z Platform

Last updated: 03 Oct 2012

Whitepaper detailing requirements on capabilities re:information audit an protection on System z

Consolidated security management for mainframe clouds

Last updated: 23 Feb 2012

Paper highlighting the benefits of using the mainframe as a security hub for cloud-computing environments.

Creating and managing value with IBM Tivoli Service Management Center for System z

Last updated: 12 Jan 2012

Server sprawl can divert valuable time and resources away from pursuing your core business goals. This white paper will show how Tivoli Service Management Center for System z can give you the visibility, control and automation your business needs to become more successful