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A wealth of information — from inside and outside IBM — about System z computers and z/OS to help speed your success with the IBM mainframe platform

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Highlights

IBM System z on Campus Facebook group: Joining is easy. Find out what students and schools are doing with System z. (Registration required)

Destination z discussion forum: Contribute your thoughts and questions

Green Mainframe community space

Blog: Green z—Energy efficiency and the mainframe

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Introductory and general

About IBM Systems

About IBM mainframe

Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/OS Basics

IBM System z Home page

System z brochures, data sheets, briefs

IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition

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Business topics

New: System z success stories

Destination z for Business Partners

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Technical topics

developerWorks System z area

System z Redbooks

z/OS Internet Library

zFavorites for System z

Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/OS Basics (6.2 MB)

IBM Systems technical library

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New: IBM System z on Campus Facebook group

New: Green Mainframe community space

New: Blog: Green z—Energy efficiency and the mainframe

Destination z discussion forum

IBM Mainframe community page

System z Academic Initiative (IBM academic community)

PartnerWorld System z home page (IBM partner community)

developerWorks System z home page (IBM developer community)

CICS Transaction Server for z/OS discussion forum

Blog: Mainframe performance

Blog: System z tooling

Blog: Mainframe (non-IBM site)

Newsletter: The Mainstream

SHARE (non-IBM site)

System z software events

IBM Systems journal

Newsletter: Linux on System z Spotlight

zJournal Mainframe Community (Discussion forums)

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System z solutions

Operating system

Energy efficiency

z Transaction Processing Facility services

IT Optimization solutions

Business partner System z solutions

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Services, support, learning

Server product services for System z

Support for IBM mainframes

IBM education assistant for systems and servers

Academia: Building future System z skills

System z Academic Initiative

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View System z videos

View System z Customer testimonials

View the replay of the IBM Web Broadcast, System z TCO

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Unleashing the Business Value of Today's Mainframe (194 KB)
Branham Group, Inc., October 2007

New: IBM White paper: Unleash the power of mainframe assets into SOA (2 MB)
September 2007

Myths About Mainframe Business Intelligence (237 KB)
Intelligent Solutions, August 2007

IBM System z TCO: Man Bites Dog? (298 KB)
Illuminata, Inc., November 2006

Mainframe server consolidation should be on your hit list
searchDataCenter.com, September 2006

Does System z Offer Better TCO? (362 KB)
Clabby Analytics, January 2007

Mainframe TCO getting more bang for the buck
searchDataCenter.com, December 2006

IBM: Mainframe Back to the Mainstream (255 KB)
Ptak, Noel & Associates, 2006

The Mainframe: It's Baaack! (180 KB)
Robert Frances Group, July 2006

Mainframe Mythology Lives On (249 KB)
The Clipper Group, May 2006

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Webcast: Novell—The Power of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z

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Enterprise Modernization

IBM Enterprise Modernization solutions can help you move existing System z applications to newer architectures, such as SOA.

New to mainframe

Mainframe New Realities
First in a series for those new to System z and the mainframe

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Customer testimonials

Watch a video about Hoplon Infotainment

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New white paper

Using mainframe virtualization and Linux for consolidation

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Case studies

Read about z Business Partner, Comparex

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System z on IBM TV

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