March 9, 2009 9:50 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
mainframe capacity management,
mainframe user group shareMainframe MIPS are like the stock market circa 2006, right? They never go down.
But while one going down leads to a nationwide financial crisis, the other going down might lead to a companywide standing ovation. Cutting mainframe MIPS means money that went toward exorbitant software licensing...
March 9, 2009 9:47 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
mainframe user group shareOftentimes when I talk to CA users -- whether they're running a mainframe, distributed systems or most often, both -- they're not sure of everything they have. That's one of the oft-cited criticisms of CA and other large third-party mainframe software vendors, that they're so bulky and difficult to...
March 8, 2009 2:53 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
mainframe LPAR,
mainframe user group shareWhat if you could run your blade server as if it were an extension of your mainframe? The concept is there, the reality not too far away, according to IBM.
At the Share mainframe user group conference...
March 5, 2009 6:19 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
mainframe user group shareAUSTIN -- Earlier today Share held a conference session on the status of the event here in Austin and of the group overall.
There were only 636 full-week paid attendees at the show this spring, which was below their expectations (crowds did seem light in the...
March 4, 2009 2:51 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Mainframe systems,
mainframe user group shareLast year the award for best session title went to “‘Pimping’ Your FICON Ride: How Advanced Cisco Features Enhance Your SAN.”
This year it goes to a session taking place Thursday morning:"Being...
March 2, 2009 8:01 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
mainframe user group share,
zLinuxMainframe user group Share just announced that Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina has won the group's 2009 Award for Excellence in Technology, mainly for its large-scale...
March 2, 2009 6:08 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
mainframe user group shareHere's a list of sessions I'm going to try to attend while down in Austin for the Share 2009 spring conference. If you have any suggestions or possible ideas for questions on these topics, comment here or email me at mfontecchio@techtarget.com. I'm getting there tomorrow afternoon and will be...
March 2, 2009 5:50 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
mainframe user group shareThat's one of the questions I'll be asking a bunch of people down at the Share mainframe user group conference in Austin this week. The show is going on this week, and I'll be arriving tomorrow afternoon.
Kristine Neely, who heads zNextGen, seems to think that...
January 26, 2009 2:59 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Mainframe programming,
mainframe user group shareThe SHARE user group will be holding its spring conference in Austin, Tex. in March, and zNextGen plans to be in on the action.
zNextGen is a...
