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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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Featured resource: Analyst white paper
Mainframe as a Green Machine-And More
Mainframe as a Green Machine-And More (2.9 MB)
WinterGreen Research, October 2007
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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
  Destination z
  System z literature
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Business topics
 
  New: System z success stories
  Innovation
  Value
  Simplification
  Security
  Destination z for Business Partners
  Customer success stories
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Technical topics
 
  developerWorks System z home page
  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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Solutions
 
  System z solutions
  Hardware
  Operating systems
  Software
  Energy efficiency
  z Transaction Processing Facility services
  IT Optimization solutions
  Business partner System z solutions
  Find your own solutions
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Services, support, learning
 
  Server product services for System z
  System z lab services
  Support for IBM mainframes
  IBM education assistant for systems and servers
  z/OS training
  Academia: Building future System z skills
  System z Academic Initiative
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Literature
 
  FAQs
  Brochures
  Data sheets
  Solution briefs
  White papers
  Consultant reports
  Other resources
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Videos
 
  System z on IBM TV
  View System z videos
  View System z Customer testimonials
  View the replay of the IBM Web Broadcast, System zTCO
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Community
 
  New: IBM System z on Campus Facebook group
  IBM Mainframe Topics 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 Magazine, Mainframe Edition
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White papers
 
  Unleashing the Business Value of Today's Mainframe (194 KB)
Branham Group, Inc., October 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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Enterprise Modernization
Enterprise Modernization

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

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New to mainframe
Mainframe New Realities PDF

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

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