IBM Touts the Power Efficiency of Mainframe Linux
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

When IBM caught the Linux bug back in December 1999, the company was just hoping to keep its four server lines relevant by supporting an up-and-coming and possibly quite popular data center operating system on its gear. As it turns out, Linux has been something of a lifesaver for Big Blue's mainframe line, allowing its largest customers to consolidate some Unix and Windows back onto the mainframe, where CIOs can build their empires while saving the company money. READ MORE >

Top Mainframe Stories from Around the Web

(IT World) How green is Big Blue? IBM's answer, when it comes to its System z, is a numbers game and so it will begin publishing energy consumption data compiled from 1,000 production machines operating in real-world circumstances. Obviously the company is confident that its watts per hour and watts per unit numbers will be impressive. READ MORE >

(SearchDataCenter) Linux servers can run on top of z/VM, the mainframe's virtualization operating system. That's a true statement. But can you justify it from a cost standpoint? No question about it if you have thousands of servers or even hundreds. How low can you go before this no longer pencils out? READ MORE >

(Government Technology) Despite what you may have heard from the vendor with a data center consolidation plan that is guaranteed to save money like nothing you've ever seen before, cost savings alone should not be the justification. According to this opinion, consolidations should only be justified based on improved management opportunities. READ MORE >

(eWeek) IBM and Zend have collaborated on a new PHP-based tool kit that enables nontechnical business users to create sophisticated business applications. PHP applications running on DB2 databases can be extended to provide access to z/OS and i5/OS data servers. Zend is also working with Microsoft and Oracle, so make sure you ask for the IBM Mashup Starter Kit by name. READ MORE >

(BestMainframeJobs.com) Job seekers and employee searchers have a new Web site that posts resumes and job openings for folks with the unique skills to operate and manage big iron. Available positions can be searched and sorted by job title, employer, location, and date posted. Current listings include jobs in Michigan and Wisconsin. READ MORE >

(Guardium) It follows that if you lock up the product development staffs of a database security company and mainframe data management company, the result would be a security solution for tracking all mainframe database activity including access to sensitive data and unauthorized changes by privileged users. READ MORE >

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October 15-18 -- Dallas, Texas - More than 140 educational sessions, plus networking opportunities with IT managers, storage architects, and infrastructure professionals, and a vendor expo are combined at Storage Networking World, an event hosted by ComputerWorld. Guest speakers include Frank Abagnale, fraud and identity theft expert; James Onalfo, CIO of the New York City Police Department; Steve Fastook, Vice President of Technical and Commercial Operations at CNBC; Brian Cobb, Senior Vice President of Enterprise Systems Management at Fannie Mae, Parker Mabry, Senior Vice President and Manager of Network Systems Engineering at Morgan Keegan; and Joe Lacik, Senior Vice President, of Information Services at Aviall Services. LEARN MORE >

October 16 -- Cincinnati, Ohio - Linking business process management and service oriented architecture to obtain long-term flexibility is the focus of this half-day session featuring IBM executives and industry analysts. Case studies describing how companies have achieved productivity gains and cost reductions will be highlighted along with advice on how to maximize return on investment. 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 designing new systems with the aim of providing adequate performance at a reasonable cost. The courses are divided into two groups. One group consists of 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 z/OS, Windows, Unix, and Linux. LEARN MORE >