Why System z
Today’s IT landscape for enterprise computing is evolving rapidly with data centres having to meet ever increasing demands with flat budgets. IBM System z delivers a unique hybrid computing model that allows data centres to optimise workload deployment on best fit technologies with a common management infrastructure [for both mainframe and distributed system resources] while driving down overall costs. This model integrates data serving and analytics for actionable insight and enables fast and flexible delivery of new services to drive innovation.
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Jeff Frey, IBM Fellow & CTO, discusses the performance and technical benefits of the zEC12.
zEnterprise offerings
February 13 webcast: IBM leaders discuss new zEnterprise software and solutions.
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Martin Packer,
Mainframe Performance Principal - Worldwide Banking Center Of Excellence
Spotlights
Delivering Business Insights at the speed of business
Deliver information faster, by transforming your business with the latest technologies within zEnterprise.
Consolidate SAP infrastructure (US)
Learn about the advantages of running SAP workloads on System z.
Lower your monthly costs by up to 50%
The Enterprise Linux Server can allow you to grow while also saving money.
Enterprise modernization (US)
Enterprise modernization reduces complexity, removes constraints and improves business agility.
Freedom Through Design - System z mainframe Solutions
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Designed for Data
Designed for enterprise wide real time data modelling to create new business opportunities.
Managed with cloud technologies
Managed, end-to-end for rapid, flexible delivery of high value services.
Tuned to the Task
Optimised across the infrastructure and tuned for every task.
System z mainframe Solutions
zEnterprise Virtual Event Series (link resides outside of ibm.com)
Bloggers Perspective on the zEnterprise 114
The community speaks
"Enterprises of all sizes need to take a close look at how the z114 might help lower their total cost of computing while increasing their qualities of service delivery."
- Mike Kahn, Managing Director, The Clipper Group
"(IBM zEnterprise 114) this 26 to 3,100 MIPS box will be just what the doctor ordered for HP and Oracle-Sun server customers who have been left in the lurch."
- Joe Clabby, President, Clabby Analytics
"(Marriott) backs business expansion with agile, highly reliable computing constructed around rapid and intelligent transaction processing."
- Misha Kravchenko, Vice President, Global Enterprise Mainframe Systems for Marriott International
"Our two mainframes host 100 virtual servers, replacing at least 50 under-utilised x86 machines....this ultimately means that we're making better use of taxpayer money."
- Tim Simpson, IT Support Manager, Dundee City Council
"Suddenly the IBM System z looks far more attractive than the Oracle/Sun alternatives, a point which should also be a boon to the rest of IBM‘s mainframe software, storage, and services portfolio."
- Rob Enderle, Enderle Group
"The new z114...has loads of capacity; it offers the highest quality-of-service level in the industry; and it has the ability to efficiently handle workloads now found on Itanium and SPARC servers...we believe IT executives considering migrating away from Oracle’s SPARC- and Hewlett-Packard (HP) Itanium-based servers should look very closely at IBM’s new z114!"
- Joe Clabby, Clabby Analytics
"Today’s announcement by IBM of the zEnterprise 114 as its entry-level offering reinforces, broadens, and expands upon the announcement of the zEnterprise System last July (with all the razzle-dazzle and fanfare it deserved for its revolutionary aspects of hybrid computing)."
- Steve Bartlett, The Clipper Group
"...we decided to place our development in the cloud. With this implementation, we've reduced provisioning time from 45 days to under 20 minutes, after approvals."
- Jonathan Moore, Senior Vice President, Citigroup
"With the z114, IBM can now deliver a more compelling total cost of acquisition (TCA) case, giving midrange enterprises another option as they consolidate, virtualise, and migrate their sprawling server farms. This will be particularly interesting to shops running HP Itanium or Oracle/Sun servers."
- Alan Radding, Independent Assessment
zEnterprise Buzz
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Willie Favero
Sr Certified IT Specialist, DB2 for z/OS
Willie Favero is currently a Senior Certified Consulting IT Software Specialist working with the Data Warehouse for System z Swat Team at IBM's Silicon Valley Lab. *
Getting the Most out of DB2 for z/OS and System z (link resides outside of ibm.com)
This blog is for the open exchange of ideas relating to deploying workloads on DB2 for z/OS
* Postings on non-IBM sites are independent of IBM and do not necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions.
Martin Packer
Mainframe Performance Principal - Worldwide Banking Center Of Excellence
Martin is a well-known Performance guy, with over 25 years of experience helping customers manage their systems. He has also been involved in the development of performance analysis tools which are widely used inside IBM - for its Performance Consulting practice. Martin also takes a keen interest in modern computing technologies in general, and how they can be used in the z/OS mainframe environment in particular. *
* Postings on non-IBM sites are independent of IBM and do not necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions.
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