HP Goes Visual with Application Modernization Tools
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

The product side of Hewlett-Packard launched its umpteeth assault on the IBM mainframe and AS/400 server base a year and a half ago, and last week HP Services, which actually does server migrations on behalf of customers, announced its companion set of service offerings for legacy application migration, collectively known as the Modernization Factory. The neat bits of the Migration Factory offering are the tools that HP has created to analyze legacy applications to help customers figure out where and what to modernize. READ MORE >

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(InternetNews) Look who's in the business of modernizing mainframe applications. It's none other than HP. Like most other companies in the modernization business, HP will help companies examine existing code, steer them toward a plan to port it, and provide tools that make the job easier than you've ever imagined in your wildest dreams. READ MORE >

(IBM) How much does it cost to consolidate workloads on the mainframe versus the equivalent distributed servers? It depends on who you ask. You wouldn't be wrong to think IBM has a vested interest in telling its answer to this question. Totally objective? Hardly, but worth a read nonetheless. After all, the distributed server side of this story is just as biased. READ MORE >

(TechNewsWorld) It's been a few years since students prepared for jobs in the IT industry like ants marching on a picnic. Enrollment in computer science education still isn't anything near what it once was and worries about outsourcing and the potential for a nationwide recession continue to eat away at IT as a career choice. Despite all that, preparing for a job means learning about the trends in job demand. One word of advice: mainframes. READ MORE >

(SafeNet) If the thought of a security breach doesn't cause you to wake up in the middle of the night with the cold sweats, maybe your nightmare scenarios are more often about being slapped with a non-compliance fine for not having the security to satisfy government or industry mandates. Loosen that knot in your stomach and get a good night's rest by utilizing encryption technology to protect communications, intellectual property and digital identities. READ MORE >

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May 18-22 -- Orlando, Florida - Users of IBM's Tivoli Maximo and Netcool software have their own conference dedicated to integrating the silo environments that are prevalent in many data centers and improving service management. Included in the event will be presentations by more than 100 customers and business partners and one-on-one meetings with IBM executives, industry experts and analysts. LEARN MORE >

June 4-6 -- Chicago, Illinois - The IBM Energy Efficiency Initiative takes center stage at the "See Blue, Think Green Technical Conference that brings together technical experts and business leaders. Sessions will concentrate on best practices in energy efficiency, innovative power and cooling technologies, and eco-friendly asset disposal services. There will also be technical sessions and hands on labs featuring IBM's most recent System announcements (including Power Systems, Mainframe Systems, Storage System, and Modular Systems) to present platform-specific topics. LEARN MORE >