- Low cost.
- Energy efficient.
- Simple to set up and manage.
- Use only the capacity you need.
- Instantaneous access to all your data.
- Powerful, dependable processing.
These are all the attributes of the data center of the future. Every IT professional seems to want those capabilities right away. The IBM System z mainframe platform – the cornerstone of the IBM vision for the Services Oriented Data Center (SODC) – provides many of those capabilities now. With the synergies it offers between hardware, software, applications, and business process, the IBM System z platform can help you build the data center of the future – today.
To help you get there, IBM and leading IBM Business Partners have formed a special community, IBM Destination z. Designed to be the meeting point of the System z community, Destination z brings together information and people to help speed success with mainframe deployments.
Destination z is an online gathering point for the global mainframe community, including
- Leading members of the IBM System z Business Partner community
- Students and faculty from academic institutions focused on System z curricula
- IBM mainframe experts
- Systems integrators, resellers, and independent software developers (ISVs)
- System z user groups
- Anyone with an interest in the mainframe
With contributions from the entire community, Destination z strives to become the trusted source for all things mainframe to help you build the value of your mainframe deployment. Through Destination z, you can
- Learn about the latest technologies, best practices, and innovations
- Obtain mainframe skills
- Get information to help drive business decisions
- Read the successes of others
- Find partners, solutions, and people to strengthen your deployment and your team.
Join us to share your knowledge and insight into improving performance and resiliency, lowering ownership costs, improving security, enhancing ease-of-use, and driving down energy use and cost. Work with the community to help
optimize the entire IBM System z operating environment and user experience. We invite you to explore Destination z to help you and the worldwide IT community build the data center of the future.
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