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Volume 2, Number 13 -- April 4, 2006
 
Sponsored By
CALIFORNIA SOFTWARE

INFINITE zSeries

A suite of products that migrates mainframe applications to Windows, Linux, or Unix.

· Graphical Look
· Browser Access
· NO need to redevelop
· Legacy Data Interoperability
· Customized, Real Time Reporting

California Software will soon be releasing the INFINITE zSeries suite of products for mainframe migration. Look for more details soon. In the meantime, check out www.calsw.com




 

Power6 Will Not Have Mainframe Support--Maybe
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

If you like a good riddle and lots of speculation, you probably like talking about politics, or the entertainment industry, or the future processors from chip makers. In all three cases, there is a lot more known than anyone is willing to talk about, a lot of misinterpretation and misinformation, and a lot of excitement over what will be popular and what will become yesterday's news. IBM has been gradually revealing more details about its future Power6 processors. One of them seemed to be that mainframe support will not be in it. READ MORE >


 

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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




 

Top Mainframe Stories and Vendor Announcements

(ComputerWorld) IT departments are playing an ever-larger role in the long-term plans of companies, but don't count on technical skills alone to help you get a job or keep the one you have. The combination of business and management skills mixed in with IT know-how is what companies want from their employees. READ MORE >


 

(SOA Software) If you haven't already heard of Service Oriented Legacy Architecture (SOLA), you likely will before long. SOLA hosts Web services on the mainframe, keeps tabs on them in a repository, and creates a browser-based development environment. The software becomes available this month. READ MORE >


 

(IBM) This IBM Redbook provides an introduction to CS for z/OS TCP/IP; a discussion of the System Resolver showing the implementation of global and local settings for single- and multi-stack environments; and implementation scenarios for TCP/IP base functions, connectivity, and routing. READ MORE >


 

Sponsored By
NOVELL

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
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Chats, Webinars, Seminars, Shows, and Other Happenings

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 >


 

May 23-25 -- Secaucus, New Jersey - The Enterprise Information World conference will feature educational sessions on topics such as building and managing enterprise information management teams, increasing return on investment by cost effectively meeting regulatory compliance requirements, collaboration technologies and efficiencies, and the intersection of records management and security. 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 >


 


 
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.

 

Sponsored Links

Acucorp:  Acucorp's extend7 Features Enhanced COBOL Interoperability with Java, C, and C++
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