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Scalix Enterprise Edition is a full-function version of the award-winning Scalix software that provides advanced email and calendaring for "power users" in the enterprise.
In addition to its industrial strength email server that provides a high degree of reliability, security, scalability and flexibility, Enterprise Edition also includes full-function, native Outlook support, group calendaring and scheduling, public (shared) folders, advanced wireless email and PIM, support for multiple servers, and much more.
And it runs on the IBM mainframe in a Linux partition.
For more information, visit www.scalix.com
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Power6 to Power the ECLipz?
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Some of the mystery surrounding the future Power6 processors from IBM, due in 2007 in a new generation of pSeries, iSeries, and OpenPower servers, has been dispelled as Big Blue presented a bunch of papers at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco last week. The Power6 chip is in second silicon, and IBM felt comfortable enough about the state of the chip to do a little bragging. It has not and will not talk about whether or not Power6 will run mainframe software, something rumored through a project called ECLipz. READ MORE >
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Lift and Shift . . .
your mainframe and proprietary COBOL applications to Linux . . . and dramatically lower your hardware and software costs, while increasing your agility.
Eliminate the cost and risks of a rewrite by reusing and integrating your existing COBOL applications with Web services, XML and J2EE.
Develop, extend and deploy your applications with Micro Focus Server Express and Enterprise Server.
Learn more at: www.microfocus.com
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Top Mainframe Stories and Vendor Announcements
(Enterprise Systems) Many people say the mainframe has come to a fork in the road. One direction supposedly leads to increased workloads, higher scalability, and advanced functionality. The other direction supposedly takes you back where you came from, which keeps things familiar and constant, but may not ever lead to new opportunities. Pass the roadmap. READ MORE >
(IT Jungle) You can bet a box of donuts on this one. Tell your boss you know a way of encrypting routines into production applications without writing a single line of code. You might increase the payoff to two boxes of donuts by letting the boss know this software runs on multiple platforms and is compatible with encryption algorithms such as 3DES, AES, and others. READ MORE >
(IBM) This vendor-produced report covers the basic design, implementation, and migration concepts that apply to IBM DB2 Content Manager. This includes topics on data modeling, workflow, text indexing and search, application development, query language, and security. READ MORE >
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SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 empowers businesses to leverage Linux and open source by delivering a scalable, high-performance foundation for secure enterprise computing.
· Built for reliability, it offers comprehensive functionality to power today’s networks and meet user demands.
· SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server also supports a broad range of hardware platforms and leading software applications.
Get an evaluation copy today
www.novell.com
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Chats, Webinars, Seminars, Shows, and Other Happenings
February 22-23 -- Las Vegas, Nevada - The Unified Compliance Summit examines the role of technology in business governance and regulatory compliance. General topic areas include streamlining compliance activities, understanding how compliance efforts and options overlap, developing action plans, and offsetting the compliance burden. Educational tracks are available in the areas of leadership and design. LEARN MORE >
March 27-29 -- Orlando, Florida - The Service Oriented Architecture and Web Services Best Practices conference is designed for organizations looking for ways to create an architecture for interoperability across disparate systems. It will focus on the key steps for implementation, the role of Web services, new models for building applications, and return on investment. Discounts on registration costs are in effect until January 27. LEARN MORE >
April 7-11 -- Chattanooga, Tennessee - The WAVV user group annual conference offers more than 100 educational sessions focusing on the use of VSE, VM, and Linux on IBM mainframe computers. The event also includes a vendor exposition. LEARN MORE >
May 7-11 -- Tampa, Florida - The IDUG 2006 North American Conference is an educational forum for database users across all platforms. The educational program consists of 11 technical tracks, each focused on a particular facet of DB2 usage. IDUG, the International DB2 Users Group, manages several DB2 technology conferences each year. The North American conference is the largest. A vendor expo is included in the event. LEARN MORE >
June 12-16 -- Atlanta, Georgia - The Transaction & Messaging Technical Conference features the most current information on the CICS TS V3.1 and WebSphere MQ family of products including tips, techniques, and business integration solutions. The agenda includes hundreds of sessions, a product expo, and certification testing. LEARN MORE >
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Editors: Dan Burger, Timothy Prickett Morgan, and Hesh Wiener
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Delroy
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
Contact the Editors: If you have an inside story relating to mainframes, send Timothy Prickett Morgan or Hesh Wiener a message through
our contacts page.
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