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Featured System z analyst reports
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Clabby Analytics: The Mainframe as Cloud Architecture

Last updated: 23 Nov 2011

Report summarizes key improvements to IBM’s NetView 6.1

Clabby Analytics Research Report: Driving Down Network Management and Troubleshooting Costs: IBM’s NetView v6.1

Last updated: 12 July 2011

Report summarizes key improvements to IBM’s NetView 6.1

MacFarland Consulting report: Global Scale AND Granular Business Continuity:The IBM NetView - z/OS -cGPDS Way

Last updated: 12 July 2011

Report addresses how NetView for z/OS and IBM’s Tivoli Network Management provide the capabilities are needed to achieve business continuity across systems at unlimited distance.

Featured System z announcement letters
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IBM Content Manager Collaboration Edition V8.5 delivers an integrated end-to-end collaboration and enterprise content management solution

Last updated: 08 Mar 2011

Read more in IBM United States Software Announcement 211-022

IBM Datacap FastDoc Capture V1.2 delivers automated capture of index files

Last updated: 08 Mar 2011

IBM United States Software Announcement 211-062

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

Featured System z books
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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.

CICS VSAM Recovery V4.3 - Updated Redbook

Last updated: 26 April 2007

This major update of this IBM Redbook introduces you to the major features and looks at the new functions in CICSVR V4.2, such as Log Stream copy utility enhancements and Backup control enhancements. With practical install, set up, and use information it is written for storage administrators or CICS systems programmers.

Featured System z briefs
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Transworld Data Case Study-Tivoli Omegamon

Last updated: 30 Jan 2012

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

IBM Content Analytics software powers Watson to a Jeopardy! win

Last updated: 13 May 2011

Learn how Content Analytics uses the same core natural language processing (NLP) technology used in Watson. Unlock the value embedded in the massive amounts of unstructured information in your organization.

IBM ECM in Government: a formula for change

Last updated: 10 Feb 2011

Learn how IBM ECM solutions help governments streamline and automate their processes; share information across agencies and with constituents; access and manage content regardless of how it was created and where it resides.

Featured System z brochures
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Expanding Business Analytics: Supporting ALL Information Workers

Last updated: 01 May 2011

This paper describes the characteristics of three categories of information workers and the key BA capabilities each will need. Then the deployment options will be described along with the technological considerations will be detailed to create a truly world-class and all-encompassing enterprise BA environment.

Smart data governance solutions

Last updated: 01 Oct 2009

Regardless of where you are in your data governance cycle, IBM can help make it easier to take the next step. Learn how to achieve information protection and compliance with IBM System z.

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.

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)?

Embasa improves data flows with SAP and IBM

Last updated: 12 Jan 2012

Embasa hosted SAP ERP applications for business management on Linux partitions on an IBM System z196, with their databases on IBM DB2 for z/OS. The company deployed IBM System Storage DS8800 for data management. This is the first implementation of Linux on the IBM System z platform in Brazil.

IBM Corporation ... Confirming business continuity of its SAP environment

Last updated: 21 Dec 2011

IBM improves backup frequency and backup completeness of its SAP environment with Tivoli Workload Scheduler for distributed and mainframe platforms.

Featured System z data sheets
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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.

IBM OpenPages Financial Controls Management (FCM)

Last updated: 27 Aug 2011

OpenPages FCM is a financial controls management solution that reduces the costs and complexity of complying with Sarbanes-Oxley and similar financial reporting regulations.

Featured System z demos
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IBM Business Analytics and Data Warehousing on System z

Last updated: 17 Aug 2011

IBM Business Analytics and Data Warehousing on System z has the tools you need to keep your business agile, flexible, and primed for growth. Learn more in this demo.

IBM Business Analytics and Data Warehousing on System z

Last updated: 19 April 2011

IBM Business Analytics and Data Warehousing on System z has the tools you need to keep your business agile, flexible, and primed for growth. Learn more in this demo.

Demo: CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS V3.2 - Overview

Last updated: 24 Feb 2011

Announcement Letter for IBM CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS V3.2: Extends CICS Explorer support to help you develop, tune, and manage your CICS systems.

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 z/OS V8.1 Information Center (on-line)

Last updated: 27 Jan 2012

The on-line version of the CICS Transaction Gateway for z/OS V8.1 Information Center.

Featured System z presentations
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CICS TS V4.2 Connectivity presentation

Last updated: 29 June 2011

This session will cover one of those areas - Connectivity - in detail. First, there will be a summary of the capabilities that exist in CICS TS V4.1. Then there will be a deep dive into the new and enhanced Connectivity capabilities to be delivered in the latest CICS TS V4 release.

CICS TS V4.2 Event processing support

Last updated: 29 June 2011

60 minute presentation on CICS Event support in CICS TS V4.2 covering Application and system events

CICS TS V4.2 Management

Last updated: 29 June 2011

This session will cover one of those areas - Management - in detail. First, there will be a summary of the capabilities that exist in CICS TS V4.1. Then there will be a deep dive into the new and enhanced Management capabilities to be delivered in the latest CICS TS V4 release.

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

Production Imaging Edition

Last updated: 17 Dec 2010

Technical documentation in all languages

Content Collector 2.2

Last updated: 10 Dec 2010

Technical documentation in all languages

Featured System z redbooks
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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.

WebSphere® MQ Queue Sharing Group in a Parallel Sysplex® environment

Last updated: 13 May 2008

This Redpaper provides guidance for application programmers who want to create applications that run in a WebSphere® MQ for z/OS® queue-sharing group (QSG) in a z/OS® Parallel Sysplex® environment. It addresses new terminology and discusses application considerations when using queue managers that are members of a QSG.

Featured System z solution sheets
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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 Development Studio and IBM InfoSphere Optim pureQuery Runtime

Last updated: 19 Jan 2011

Revolutionize the way databases and applications are developed, tested and deployed

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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IMS Database Replication for Enhanced System Resiliency

Last updated: 27 Mar 2012

Join us for this teleconference as Greg Vance, IMS Replication subject matter expert, as he shows how IMS and IBM InfoSphere IMS Replication for z/OS can help improve system resiliency and availability.

Coordinated Disaster Recovery for IMS and DB2

Last updated: 14 Feb 2012

Are you concerned about being able to recover your business data successfully and in an acceptable amount of time for both your IMS and DB2 databases?

Getting started with Highly Scalable Clouds across your Enterprise

Last updated: 26 Jan 2012

Is Business asking how your organization will be implementing Cloud? Are you considering a Private Cloud, but not what you need to be successful? If either of these questions apply to you then this teleconference will be very useful.

Featured System z videos
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System z beats the benchmarks for Univar

Last updated: 25 May 2010

Using empirical data from extensive proof-of-concept work, Univar's comparative testing showed stunning results for DB2 on System z.

System z helps Univar realize bold BI vision

Last updated: 25 May 2010

Faced with an aggressive growth plan and escalating business intelligence needs, this global chemical distributor chose System z for their BI platform - with impressive results.

Univar grows with System z

Last updated: 25 May 2010

Univar has a long tradition of growth by merger and acquisition. When the company acquired a major competitor two years ago, their established strategy of consolidation on System z provided a smooth transition, and easily accommodated the resulting 40% growth in business volumes.

Featured System z webcasts
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Shave time off application and service delivery with enhanced event management

Last updated: 22 Mar 2012

If you’re already on System z or you’re moving to zEnterprise, you’ve taken the most important step. Now it’s time to make sure you’re taking advantage of recent improvements in performance. The best place to start is by quickly discovering all the applications and events on your mainframe.

What's New from the Optimizer in IBM DB2 10 for z/OS?

Last updated: 20 Mar 2012

DB2 10 for z/OS is no exception to the goal of delivering incremental query optimization enhancements to the world’s most respected cost based optimizer.

The critical role of Service Management in moving to cloud on System z

Last updated: 15 Mar 2012

If you’re thinking about moving to cloud on System z, or zEnterprise, good Service Management will be key to your success. In this webcast, we’ll discuss how to tie discovery and monitoring to performance and workload management, while considering capacity planning of your cloud environment on System z.

Featured System z white papers
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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

Project to Program, The proven guide to rolling out BPM from IBM

Last updated: 09 Sep 2011

Project to Program, The proven guide to rolling out BPM from IBM

SAP High Availability with IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms

Last updated: 01 Sep 2011

Paper details why companies need HA solutions for SAP.It describes which components of an SAP system should be protected, and highlights the available IBM solutions for SAP HA