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 Announcement letter
A new
dimension in computing
Businesses are turning to the IBM zEnterprise™
System class of servers to expand upon their traditional mainframe
workloads, by consolidating, managing, and securing the tier of servers
that, in turn, rely on IBM System z®. The zEnterprise System brings a
new dimension to computing by integrating IBM technologies to improve
productivity of today's multi-architecture data centers and enables you
to focus more on your business and workloads and less on complex
infrastructure underpinnings.
z/OS® is at the heart of zEnterprise workloads. Just as the zEnterprise
servers challenge traditional views of technology and management, so
too is z/OS Version 1 Release 13 altering the views of what an
operating system should do.
Smarter systems improve availability
z/OS, already a highly available system,
brings a new dimension to system availability by giving you the ability
to predict and act to prevent potential system issues. z/OS V1.13 has
designs for autonomics and smart operations which can help you
proactively avoid errors and reduce risk from outages. For example, the
real-time predictive capabilities of z/OS Predictive Failure Analysis
(PFA) are not only planned to be enhanced with more monitoring of
system metrics, but in some instances are designed to automatically
invoke z/OS Runtime Diagnostics to help identify the specific workload
at risk and to give your operators the information they need to act
quickly and accurately to isolate your workloads from hidden errors.
Smarter systems improve productivity
z/OS Management Facility (z/OSMF, 5655-S28) is
the new face of z/OS and forms the platform for revolutionizing the
management of z/OS environments. z/OSMF V1.13 is planned to add new
management tasks and enhance those introduced in prior releases to
simplify software deployment through the cloning of z/OS images,
simplify disk storage volume management, simplify z/OS Version 1
Release 13 –Preview* A smarter system TCP/IP network and security
configuration, and improve overall ease of use with the ability for
cross-application linking and launching.
Smarter systems provide value
You can use z/OS to extend the value of your
existing applications. This latest release is planned to deliver the
foundation for batch modernization, enabling you to break down the
traditional wall between batch and online workloads and allowing you to
access and transform business data as never before. New enhancements
are designed to help shorten your batch window, simplify batch
programming, and give you more flexibility in deploying batch
applications. z/OS V1.13 is also planned to deliver improved
performance for Web-based applications with better overall I/O response
times for z/OS UNIX® System Services workloads in a Parallel Sysplex®.
The world we live and work in is more complex
and more demanding than ever. The performance of your business today
hinges on your ability to meet the demands of your customers, partners,
and employees. Let the smarter system innovation in the zEnterprise and
z/OS help you to optimize your workloads, be responsive to business
needs, and deliver performance at lower costs.
Planned Availability
September 2011
For more information
To learn more about z/OS Version 1 Release 13,
please contact your IBM marketing representative or IBM Business
Partner, or visit the following Web site: ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos .
*Note: All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are
subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represents goals
and objectives only.
*NOTE : All statements regarding IBM's plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice.
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