Mainsoft Updates .NET-Java Tool with 2.0 Release
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Application software development tool maker Mainsoft last week updated its Mainsoft for Java EE product with a 2.0 release. This tool, formerly known as Visual MainWin for J2EE, allows programmers using the Microsoft development stack to deploy their applications, written in C# 2.0 or Visual Basic, on Java Virtual machines running on a variety of platforms. READ MORE >

Top Mainframe Stories from Around the Web

(Mainframe Weekly) If there ever was a doubt that IBM was maximizing its marketing power to the benefit of service oriented architecture and WebSphere, take a look at the announcements that flowed from the IMPACT 2007 conference presented by Big Blue last week in Orlando, Florida, where the estimated audience was 4,000. READ MORE >

(Enterprise Systems) The mainframe market in Brazil is in many ways like the mainframe market in other geographies. Big iron is big in finance and government. What is startling though is that IT spending on mainframe systems as a percent of total IT spending is three times the average found around the world. READ MORE >

(Houston Chronicle) Compuware, the mainframe project and portfolio management software company, announced it is eliminating 245 jobs to save the company $25 million a year. The job cuts represent three percent of the company's labor force. READ MORE >

(IT Jungle) The capability of sending IPDS print jobs to low-cost PCL or PostScript printers has been a welcome relief to organizations that previously had been locked into using IPDS-specific printers. Brooks Internet Software also includes an interface that allows management of IPDS devices and spool files from within a Web browser. READ MORE >

(StyleFeeder) You just never know when or where you're going to find articles and/or commentary on IBM mainframes. I guess that's one of the beauties of the Internet world in which we live. You can seemingly be a million miles from nowhere and suddenly you find something like this. Often laughter is the best medicine for what ails ya, so after reading this, I hope you're feeling better. READ MORE >

(IT Jungle) Certified encryption solutions on zSeries, iSeries, Unix, Linux, Unix, and Windows platforms with the same encryption API set is now available from Patrick Townsend & Associates. The range of data types, including whole DB2 files, individual fields, spool files, save files, and entire tapes. READ MORE >

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August 12-17 -- San Diego, California - IBM technical training tailored for enterprise-class IT professionals will be featured at the SHARE user conference. More than 700 technical sessions and hands-on labs will be presented by industry experts, top developers, and experienced users. Session topics range from implementation of new software releases to in-depth views of the latest technologies. Session topics will include services-oriented architecture, Web services, ITIL, and mobile computing. A preconference workshop on DB2 for z/OS is also on the agenda. If you don't know about SHARE, you should. It has been educating IT professionals since 1955--the longest history of any IT user group. LEARN MORE >

September 17-21 San Antonio, Texas - The IBM System z Conference and Expo presents sessions on topics such as virtualization, security, resiliency, workload management, and integration. Morethan 350 in-depth elective sessions will highlight IBM System z9 and zSeries and Systems Storage. The sessions are divided into the following focus areas: General Interest and Management, z/OS, z/VM, z/VSE and Linux. LEARN MORE >

December 2-7 -- San Diego, California - The 33rd annual Computer Measurement Group conference, CMG2007, brings together data processing professionals interested in system evaluation to maximize performance measured in terms of response time, throughput, and through capacity management. Sessions are geared toward making enhancements to existing systems or the designing new systems with the aim of providing adequate performance at a reasonable cost. The courses are divided into two groups. One group consists platform agnostic sessions and provides attendees with basic knowledge that is independent of any specific hardware or operating system. The second group is platform specific specializing in operating systems such as that z/OS, Windows, Unix and Linux. LEARN MORE >