Mainframe Server Hardware Reports

EBOOK: This expert e-book explores the changes to mainframes in the past ten years. Discover how your organization can lower TCO and achieve other benefits by moving workloads to the mainframe.

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

EBOOK: Access this e-book to learn the best ways to use mainframes for running new workloads such as those associated with the Linux operating system and assess the TCO evidence that the mainframe can now be a low-cost platform for workloads.

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 | Published: 02 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: Many legacy applications still contain valuable business information. But maintaining the mainframes that they reside on can quickly become cost-prohibitive. This white paper explores various mainframe alternatives, the concept behind rehosting, and a recommended market offering you can implement immediately.

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 | Published: 01 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines how one organization successfully migrated to Linux and consolidated 14 physical servers to a single IBM System z mainframe. Inside, discover how your business can consolidate physical servers and realize other valuable benefits like rapid provisioning and easy management of virtualized Linux environments.

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 | Published: 19 Jun 2012

EBOOK: Discover how your organization can implement the mainframe component of a service-oriented architecture. Inside, you’ll learn how to convert mainframe applications into web services and achieve benefits like increased architectural flexibility, reduced administrative costs and more.

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

CASE STUDY: This case study looks at how making the proper server choices can help increase the utilization of resources, find new ways to achieve higher qualities of service and capitalize on superior economics. Read on to learn how x86 multi-cores differ from Power Systems and mainframes, and why the right server can lead to a greater ROI.

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 | Published: 19 Jan 2011

WEBCAST: View this webcast to learn how to combat the server and application sprawl that is consuming your IT budget while driving efficient innovation. Discover an infrastructure approach that maximizes performance of existing assets while allowing for modernization and mainframe development.

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Premiered: Feb 14, 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains the importance of connectivity— enabled by an enterprise service bus (ESB)— in an effective service oriented architecture (SOA) implementation, and makes a case for System z as an optimal platform for ESB reliability and performance.

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 31 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how to simplify the often cumbersome, critical change management activities needed to simplify SAP solution deployments, increase operational performance, and decrease total cost of ownership (TCO) with a single, cohesive system that includes compute, network, and storage access components.

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 | Published: 30 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to discover a next-generation data center platform that provides the compute, network, and storage access components, deployed as a single cohesive system, to complement the SAP NetWeaver architecture.

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 | Published: 22 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: This resource explains how you can lower costs and improve flexibility by migrating your mainframe to open system servers. Discover the three major factors driving organizations to consider migrating application workloads off mainframe environments to open systems solutions.

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 | Published: 07 Oct 2011

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: This solution brief explains how organizations can meet new demands for higher performance, security, reliability, and service levels. Gain insight into a processor-based architecture that will allow you to achieve this goal.

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 | Published: 29 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this paper you will read about how IBM offers not only a flexible, scalable, cost-effective mainframe platform - the IBM System z™ - but also delivers a portfolio of innovative business intelligence and data warehousing solutions for the mainframe.

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 | Published: 18 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This Technology Spotlight discusses the growth of Linux as a strategic platform for enterprises as well as the evolving uses of Linux and its benefits. The paper also looks at the role of Symantec in this important market.

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 | Published: 27 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: The x86 architecture has proven to be the dominate platform in enterprise computing, moving from its humble beginnings in desktop systems to now, powering the large enterprise applications that run businesses across the globe.

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: IT organizations looking to improve service levels and drive down total costs for their most demanding workloads should take a closer look at the latest Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series. Read this paper to learn more.

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 | Published: 05 May 2010

CASE STUDY: Read this case study to learn how Elektroskandia Achieves 65% Annual Savings by Moving To a Modern, Cost-Effective Windows Environment.

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 | Published: 22 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: Today, data warehousing and business intelligence are mission-critical functions for organizations of all types and sizes. IBM System z supports the entire data warehousing cycle, along with business intelligence software to deliver a total solution infrastruc­ture. Read this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 | Published: 01 Jun 2008

ANALYST REPORT: The value of cloud computing, in the eye of the beholder, is the availability of technological support that is always available, comprehensively useful, and attractively priced. When considering cloud computing, remember to consider the IBM System z mainframe. Read this analyst report to learn more!

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 | Published: 23 Apr 2009

WHITE PAPER: This document describes how users of IBM z/OS Global Mirror can reduce costs and improve performance with a tightly integrated Cisco® MDS 9000 Family solution.

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 | Published: 29 Dec 2009

CASE STUDY: Following a Business Process Outsourcing agreement for the administration of Life and Pension products, HCL Insurance BPO Services, undertook a full analysis of the inherited infrastructure. A risk was identified with the third party mainframe used to host its CAPSIL insurance application.

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 | Published: 27 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: This IDC White Paper is based on research data collected at a dozen customer sites in the United States, Canada, and Europe, all with mixed server platforms, to find the technical and business outcomes from deploying cross-platform Linux solutions on IBM servers. This paper presents the key findings of a return on investment (ROI) analysis.

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2008

WHITE PAPER: Dependence on legacy computing has organizations wanting to extend the life of mainframe systems while benefiting from new technology. Read this paper to learn about mainframe integration and options for implementing service-enabling mainframe systems.

Posted: 15 May 2007 | Published: 01 May 2006

PRODUCT LITERATURE: This is a link to papers published by Infosys on legacy/mainframe modernization on the Microsoft Platforms leveraging the Infosys-Microsoft Alliance.

Posted: 14 May 2007 | Published: 01 May 2007