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*Executive corner*
Articles	Month
Thinking greener in today’s IT environment	December
IBM WebSphere Portal on z/OS: 2008 executive update	December
Clearing the air on cloud computing	November
Learning to run - with ITIL V3	October
World Tour and weekly Jams share a unique vision of Service Management	September
Missed Pulse 2008? Let me highlight some of the action	July
Tivoli initiatives part 2: Advanced telecommunications tools, compliance and security products	June
Tivoli initiatives part 1: Process automation and the green data center	May
Tivoli initiatives part 1: Process automation and the green data center	May
Visibility, control and automation - System z software at IBM Pulse	April
Powering solutions for IT service delivery, performance and cost control	March
Innovating System z storage management to address enterprise storage growth	February
See Al Zollar's video invitation to IBM Pulse 2008, May 18-22, in Orlando, FL	January

*Features*
Articles	Month
IBM green data center demonstrates heat management, best practices	December
SwissRe and IBM collaborate on modern batch processing for z/OS	December
Best practices: OMEGAMON XE and Tivoli Monitoring maintenance dependencies	December
Dear Rocky: Performance tips for the OMEGAMON Classic interface	December
What's Web 2.0 and how can mainframers use it?	December
Get hands-on lab experience with Tivoli OMEGAMON XE solutions at SHARE 2009	December
WebSphere Portal for z/OS: Put interim fixes on fast track, stay current with the Web	December
Extend the power of WebSphere MQ with WebSphere Message Broker V6.1	December
How to get your IT projects approved in a down economy	November
Dear Rocky: Tivoli OMEGAMON response tips and DASD impact	November
CICS, MQ and WebSphere Application Server: z/OS updates fuel Smart SOA	November
Security update: Centralize encryption key management on System z and reduce manual tasks	November
Create new value from System z assets, reduce costs with Web technology	November
Dear Rocky answers your System z monitoring and performance tuning questions	October
What’s next for IT operations: Managing IT services hosted on ensembles	October
Developers: Rational Software announces new and updated System z development tools	October
IBM updates InfoSphere Classic line for mainframe data connectivity	October
Tech tip: Which TCP/IP ports will my Tivoli monitoring address space use?	October
Mainframe application modernization: Don’t start until you do this first	September
Choosing the best OS on which to run key applications – z/OS or Linux on System z	September
Bottleneck analysis of CICS TG using OMEGAMON XE to improve CICS performance	September
WebSphere Message Broker adds customer-requested connectivity features	September
Give feedback as IBM prepares its own managed file transfer solution	September
Identity management update reduces help desk load	September
Keeping track of services: Tooling that makes a difference	September
Security update: Test your RACF changes offline and avoid the risk	September
It's here: Managing Linux on System z - and this primer will get you ready	August
CICS news: 2008 statement of direction reveals major development	August
CICS innovations: CICS gets into the mashup with Atom feeds	August
ISPF shortcuts: Save time and steps by the dozen	August
DB2 turns 25: Developer reflects on a quarter century of innovation	August
Problem determination: Find the network's impact on application performance	August
CICS developers: How to extend CICS applications to new uses	August
SHARE helps you deliver IT services for business success	August
Here it comes! Why Linux on System z is replacing distributed servers	July
Save time and steps installing and configuring Tivoli solutions for z/OS	July
Monitor DB2 data sharing groups with the classic 3270 Tivoli OMEGAMON interface	July
How to improve IMS Sysplex transaction throughput	July
OMEGAMON XE for Storage on z/OS: What you don't know can help you	July
Attention developers: Bring mainframe applications up to date in 2008 with these tools	July
Connecting applications on System z: ESB selection criteria	July
Everyone's buzzing about security... but is your business sustainable?	June
Service management on System z helps you leverage the mainframe to connect IT silos	June
How the Encentuate acquisition strengthens your enterprise single sign-on technology from IBM Tivoli	June
Realize the full power of Tivoli OMEGAMON XE policy automation	June
Make your 3270 green screen applications accessible from PDAs and cell phones	June
Ready for SOA: Integrating workload automation batch programs	June
New lower pricing to help you start small workloads on the right platform: z/OS	May
How it works: Improve workload throughput with HiperDispatch on System z10 (Part 2)	May
Workload automation: Scheduling backups and more with IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler	May
Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for IMS on z/OS delivers enhanced OTMA monitoring support	May
Industry spotlight: Modernize banking and insurance claims processes on System z	May
Deploy diverse enterprise data transformation on System z and other platforms - without coding	May
IBM WebSphere MQ marks 15 years with turbo-charged release for z/OS	April
Using z/OS solutions to ensure transaction integrity in an SOA environment	April
How it works: Improve workload throughput with HiperDispatch on System z10 (Part 1)	April
Best practices for creating useful IMS and DB2 alerts with OMEGAMON XE situations	April
The future runs on System z: Get the IBM news from SHARE	March
The CCR2 Interview: Mike Kott talks about Tivoli Service Management Center for System z	March
Best practices for creating useful Tivoli OMEGAMON XE situation alerts	March
Resource impact and optimization for Tivoli situation event processing	March
Asset discovery and management for SOA	March
IBM Session Manager V2.1 delivers new approach and highly-available 3270 session management	March

*Features*
Articles	Month
Ensure IMS database recovery with IBM IMS Recovery Expert for z/OS	February
Don't wait for a failure! Use proactive health-based automation	February
The IBM System z storage management plan to deliver integrated solutions	February
The CCR2 Interview: We talk to Bob Teter about the new Tivoli Advanced System z storage products	February
DFSMS on z/OS: The base infrastructure for managing System z storage today and tomorrow	February
Take computing to the next level with z/OS V1.9	February
The SOA Journey at SHARE	February
Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Storage on z/OS: IBM's cornerstone management tool for System z storage	February
CCR2: The Storage Management Issue; z/OS V1.9	February
IBM Pulse 2008: Premiere service management event will gather Tivoli, Maximo and Netcool users to share insights and best practices	January
CCR2 Special Edition: Pulse 2008	January