August 25, 2009 12:14 AM
Posted by: Matt Stansberry
DataCenter,
jobs,
mainframeIf you want to earn the big bucks, you'd better get onboard with a mainframe shop, ccording to Enterprise Systems Journal's salary survey.
According to ESJ, CIOs, VPs, IT directors and managers that...
August 18, 2009 5:35 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
IBM System z mainframe hardware,
Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL),
zLinuxIBM has announced seven different hardware and software packages that include the System z mainframe and target specific application workloads such as disaster recovery and data warehousing.
The move is an effort by Big Blue to keep the mainframe relevant and attractive for whose who might...
August 17, 2009 12:56 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
mainframe costs,
mainframe user group shareLast week I spoke with Chris O'Malley, the head of CA's mainframe business unit and a keynote speaker at the upcoming Share conference in Denver, about some of the challenges facing mainframers...
August 11, 2009 4:31 PM
Posted by: Matt Stansberry
DataCenter,
mainframeBMC acquires MQSoftware
This week, BMC software acquired message queuing software firm, MQSoftware. BMC is touting the acquisition as a boon for mainframe shops that need to manage the middleware for applications that span both distributed and mainframe platforms.
For...
August 5, 2009 7:06 PM
Posted by: Matt Stansberry
Business Intelligence,
DataCenter,
mainframeOn July 28, IBM announced it would acquire business intelligence software company, SPSS. The merger may have a big impact on the mainframe's business intelligence abilities in the future.
August 5, 2009 1:47 PM
Posted by: Matt Stansberry
DataCenter,
mainframeCisco XRC Acceleration, a WAN acceleration tool Jointly developed by Cisco and IBM was designed for customers deploying IBM's mainframe disaster recovery offering, z/OS Global Mirror. The Cisco XRC Acceleraton tool...
