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Report:A Quick Guide To Help You Prepare For An IBM Software Negotiation

Three Areas You Must Understand If You Want To Save Money For Your Organization

IBM has been a major player in the software industry for decades. However, instead of simplifying its pricing and licensing over the years, IBM has become more complex as its product portfolio has...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:How To Reduce IBM System z Mainframe Software Costs

Two Strategies And Six Tips To Save Money In 2012

If your organization is running an IBM System z mainframe, there are several ways you may be able to do more with less. As a sophisticated sourcing and vendor management (SVM) professional, you've...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Mainframe Migration — Panacea Or Pandora's Box?

A Framework For Mainframe COBOL Migration And Rehosting Decisions

Business executives want to reduce the recurring costs of their application portfolios any way they can and use the savings to fund new business opportunities and counteract competitive threats....

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Server Sprawl And Cost Reduction Bring New Customers To Mainframe/Linux Platform

Trade press articles and industry pundits have been talking about the death of the mainframe for decades. Vendors use the phrase "mainframe modernization" as a euphemism for migrating applications...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:zEnterprise Should Change The Role Of The Mainframe In Application Strategy Decisions

On July 22, 2010, IBM released a series of product announcements under the banner of zEnterprise that will force firms with both mainframe and distributed systems to rethink their application...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Q&A: Does IBM's zLinux Solutions Edition Go Far Enough?

Trojan Horse Moves: Steroids Linux, Lean Math Is IBM's New Rolling Thunder

When IBM announced its Solution Edition of packaged software solutions for the System z mainframe in July 2009, it had to meet two key customer objectives. On the one hand, the Solution Editions...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Q&A: New Workload Adoption On System z Mainframe

Why Linux, Why Mainframe, What "Best Fit" Workloads?

Over the past six quarters, IBM has been very busy turning out a raft of customer case studies on new workload adoption on its System z mainframe, letting customers tell their...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Q&A: The New Math For New Mainframe Workloads

Can IBM's Solution Edition Series Get You To A Beer Budget?

Justifying the transitioning of a wide variety of application types to a mainframe environment requires substantial upfront investigation. Migrating to a mainframe has become increasingly...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Decoding Mainframe Pricing Mechanics And Metrics

Unraveling the complex pricing metrics and mechanics of IBM System z hardware and software requires tapping your most investigative infrastructure, operations, and procurement specialists. The first...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Q&A: Consolidating Linux Workloads On System Z

Best Fits For Making The Technology And Business Case

Transitioning Linux workloads to run on a System Z footprint will first require your chief information officer's (CIO) sponsorship — as any step away from convention would entail. Take the...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Q&A: Choosing IBM's System z10 BC Mainframe

What Selection Criteria Should Make Your Shortlist?

IBM System z10 Business Class (BC) introduced significant functionality improvements over its predecessor generation, the zSeries 890/990 or System z9 BC. Most importantly, IBM preserved all of the...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Can Specialty Engines Save The Mainframe?

Deploying New Workloads On System z

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...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Academic Programs Are Beginning To Offset Anticipated Mainframe Talent Shortages

CIOs who question whether a lack of younger workers with mainframe skills will influence their hardware platform choices are asking the wrong question. At issue isn't the viability of the zSeries...

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