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IBM announces a Dynamic Infrastructure for a smarter planet

Work smarter. A Dynamic Infrastructure can deliver superior business and IT services with agility and speed. Now more than ever IBM System z and z/OS are the right choice for your dynamic infrastructure and workload needs. IBM previews z/OS Version 1 Release 11 (PDF). This latest release of the operating system expands on its foundation and is planned to deliver advanced technology and virtualization to help deliver improved performance, availability, security, efficiency, simplified administration, reduced risk, improved service, and enhanced flexibility — all of which can ultimately help you reduce costs and drive profit.

z/OS V1.8 customers — Time to move to z/OS V1.10!

With more orders and installations than any other release of the operating system, z/OS Version 1 Release 10 is popular. End of service for z/OS V1.8 is September 30, 2009. We encourage you to move to z/OS V1.10. Migration help is available.

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z/OS V1.11 preview announcement letter
z/OS V1.10 availability announcement letter
What's new in z/OS V1.10  Summary | Specifics
What's new in z/OS V1.9  Summary | Specifics
z/OS V1.9 availability announcement letter
z/OS.e V1.8 availability announcement letter
z/OS.e V1.8 is the last release of z/OS.e. If you have qualified new workloads, you should consider z/OS with the zNALC pricing option.
zIIP support (available in z/OS V1.6 or higher)
zAAP support (available in z/OS V1.6 or higher)
z/OS overview (data sheets, ref guides, white papers, SODs, and more)
z/OS calendar of events
zFavorites for zSeries
z/OS migration manuals

Hot downloadable z/OS technology

System REXX support for z/OS V1.8 and z/OS.e V1.8
IBM Migration Checker for z/OS
IBM Health Checker for z/OS
OMEGAMON z/OS Management Console
IBM Encryption Facility for z/OS Client V1.2
IBM zIIP Support for z/OS V1R6-V1R7 and z/OS.e V1R6-V1R7
IBM Configuration Assistant for z/OS Communications Server

Find out more about z/OS security

Mainframe security
IBM Encryption Facility for z/OS
OpenSSH for z/OS support
z/OS multilevel security support
PKI Services for z/OS (Public Key Infrastructure Services for z/OS)
Common Criteria Certifications

Find out more about z/OS technology


Parallel Sysplex
OMEGAMON z/OS Management Console
z/OS availability
z/OS Communications Server
Java™ 2 on z/OS
z/OS UNIX System Services
z/OS XML System Services
HiperSockets
Intelligent Resource Director
Workload Manager for z/OS and OS/390
z/OS output management software
XML Toolkit for z/OS
z/OS systems management

Find out about zSeries software pricing

zSeries software pricing
zNALC: New pricing metric for z/OS in support of qualified new workloads

Announcements
Jun 9, 2009 IBM Lifecycle Extension for z/OS V1.8 offers fee-based corrective service to users who have not completed their migration from z/OS V1.8 to either z/OS V1.9 or V1.10
Feb 24, 2009 Preview: z/OS V1.11 — Smart, adaptive, trusted, efficient
Feb 24, 2009 Preview: IBM CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V4.1 will support Event Processing, Web 2.0, and the CICS Explorer
Feb 24, 2009 IBM GDPS V3.6: Enterprise-wide infrastructure availability and disaster recovery
Dec 16, 2008 Software withdrawal: VisualAge Generator Server for MVS, VM, and VSE V1 & VisualAge Smalltalk Server for OS/390 and z/OS V6
Dec 09, 2008 Improved availability: WebSphere Business Services Fabric for z/OS, WebSphere Process Server for z/OS, and WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus for z/OS V6.2
Dec 09, 2008 IBM Lotus ActiveInsight for z/OS V6.1 helps organizations communicate and achieve performance goals and objectives
Dec 02, 2008 IBM WebSphere Portal Enable for z/OS Version 6.1 leverages Web 2.0 to provide exceptional user experiences
Dec 02, 2008 Software withdrawal: Selected IBM System z Products — Some replacements available
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Education, wizards, LookAt, Hot Topics, and publication news

z/OS basic skills information center
provides help for new and current users.

IBM Education Assistant for z/OS
offers online education.

z/OS DOC APAR and PTF ++HOLD data
Get the latest updates to z/OS elements and features manuals.
  LookAt
LookAt improves z/OS message retrieval.

Hot Topics newsletters
Hot Topics newsletters address key z/OS technical topics.

z/OS V1R10.0 elements and features publications
Publications on the April 2009 z/OS V1R10.0 CD Collection Kit are available now in BookManager book (served as HTML) and Adobe® Acrobat® PDF format.

z/OS software products publications
Publications on the April 2009 z/OS Software Products CD Collection Kit are available now in BookManager book (served as HTML) format. Some publications are also available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

IBM softcopy
provides you with the latest information about IBM technical documentation available on CD-ROM, tape, and the Internet.


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Previewing z/OS V1.11
See what's coming in IBM's next z/OS release  

Accelerate your migration to z/OS V1.10 Webcast
Accelerate your migration to z/OS V1.10 Webcast
Replay of the Jan 15 2009 Webcast is now available

Value of z/OS V1.10 Webcast
Replay of this Oct 2 2008 z/OS V1.10 Webcast is available  

Announcing z/OS V1.10
Learn about IBM's newest z/OS release  

z/OS V1.9 migration teleconference - Your questions answered
Replay is available for the June 12 2008 Webcast/open discussion  

z/OS V1.9 migration teleconference
Replay is available for the March 27th Plan your migration to z/OS V1.9 teleconference  

IBM Education Assistant
Save yourself an IBM service call. z/OS hints, tips, tuning, and more.  

Announcing IBM System z10
Learn about IBM's newest mainframe  

System REXX Web deliverable
System REXX support for z/OS V1.8 and z/OS.e V1.8 Web deliverable available now
 

z/OS system integrity
IBM reconfirms its commitment to z/OS system integrity
 

IBM Migration Checker for z/OS
Updated! Use this tool to help you migrate to z/OS V1.8 and z/OS V1.9
 

To protect and serve
Spotlight on security
Mainframe network security with z/OS Communications Server
 

OMEGAMON z/OS Management Console
Find out about this new no-charge availability monitoring product.