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	April 29, 2008 Can Specialty Engines Save The Mainframe? Deploying New Workloads On System z by Brad Day with Simon Yates, Rachel Batiancila	Average: 10  (1 rating)

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Executive Summary

System z specialty engines are specifically designed to make IBM's System z more attractive for the optimization of new workloads, while helping to significantly lower the life-cycle cost of running those workloads on a System z server. Specialty engines, as a core foundation for running new workloads, are estimated to account for 60% of IBM's mainframe revenue growth. Most IT organizations are divided over targeting System z as the platform of choice for new workload deployment. To understand reasons for short-listing System z as the target for new applications workloads — Linux, Java, and next generation DBMS processing — you need to understand the technology benefit offered by the unique aspect of each specialty engine and its economic impact in better optimizing System z CPU cycles, and whether the business case for specialty engines secures System z a spot on your strategic systems shortlist.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Specialty Engines Are Changing The Mainframe's Legacy Stripes
• What's Driving Linux Specialty Engine Capture?
• What's Driving zAAP Specialty Engine Capture For Java Applications?
• zIIP Specialty Engine's Benefit For Classic Transactional Workloads

WHAT IT MEANS

• Specialty Engines Technology And Economics Will Determine System z's Fate
• Related Research Documents

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