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- MVS
- Multiple Virtual Storage Introduced in 1974, the primary operating system used with IBM mainframes (the others are VM and DOS/VSE). MVS is a batch processing-oriented operating system that...
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- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframeumm, good pointI'll change it to electro-mechanical.Thanks!possible error?[i]It was the first successful system designed “from the ground up” to advance automated data processing by replacing the physical cards and associated electro-mechanical gear with purely digital processing and magnetic tape or disk storage,...
- Tags: Content management, Enterprise software, Mainframes, data-processing, IBM mainframe, mainframe, content management system, IBM Corp., IBM O/S, zVSE, memory, MVS
- Discussion threads 2008-06-13
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- Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open Source
- Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open SourcePerhaps if you read what you wroteYou say regarding Wintel:"you’ll find 2o FTEs an extremely conservative minimum just to keep the lights on."and then regarding Solaris:"you’re going to be paying about ten people, four of whom you don’t actually need every day"Your statement about doubling...
- Tags: Servers, Operating systems, UNIX, environment, Microsoft Corp., development environment, server, Sun Solaris, Solaris Servers, Wintel, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Virtualizing onto mainframes: How to make it fit
- Virtualizing onto mainframes: How to make it fitOne day...I'm hoping virtualisation will be better by really virtualising an existing machine using the same hardware drivers etc. That way, if you're using the vitualisation for testing, you can just ghost the real machine with the virtual one once its working.Apparently,...
- Tags: Mainframes, Servers, mainframe
- Discussion threads 2008-06-04
- Windows Server 2008's ode to open source
- Windows Server 2008 was released last Wednesday, the next generation in a product notable for its performance, stability and security.  It's predecessor, Windows Server 2003, experienced strong sales growth, accounting for over half of the operating systems pre-installed on all servers shipped. Many of its features, such as the ability to create UI-free...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Open Source, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- BatchSync FTP (zip)
- BatchSync FTP is a high-speed tool for automating remote server backups, file synchronization, mirroring, and replication over FTP. It is designed to be run unattended via scheduler, and extensive logging options and email notifications help remote monitoring. The scheduled sync tasks will run even when nobody is logged to the...
- Tags: Task, BatchSync FTP, E-mail, Productivity, Servers, Operating Systems, Online Communications, Hardware, Software
- Software downloads 2007-12-28
- InstantSync FTP (zip)
- InstantSync FTP is a desktop tool for high speed file synchronization, mirroring, replication, and remote backups over FTP. The underlying smart SyncDB file tracking technology guarantees that only new and changed files are transferred, making it perfect solution for Web site updates and remote server backups. The Sync Preview feature...
- Tags: Option, IBM Corp., InstantSync FTP, Sync Preview Feature, InstantSync, Backups, Servers, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software
- Software downloads 2007-12-28
- BatchSync Secure FTPS/SFTP (zip)
- BatchSync is a secure tool for automating file synchronization, replication, mirroring, and backups. It utilizes standard FTP/SSL and FTPS over SSH protocols to ensure data safety and encrypts all data with strong encryption ciphers. It's designed to be run unattended via scheduler, with email notifications to help remote monitoring. The...
- Tags: Tool, IBM Corp., BatchSync, E-mail, Productivity, Servers, Operating Systems, Security, Online Communications, Hardware, Software
- Software downloads 2007-12-28
- InstantSync Secure FTPS/SFTP (zip)
- InstantSync Secure FTPS/SFTP is a secure desktop tool for high speed file synchronization, mirroring, replication, and remote server backups. It utilizes industry standard FTP/SSL and FTPS over SSH protocols to ensure data safety and encrypts all data with strong encryption ciphers. The sync preview feature allows you to see the...
- Tags: IBM Corp., InstantSync Secure FTPS/SFTP, Ssl/Tls, Servers, Operating Systems, Security, Hardware, Software
- Software downloads 2007-12-28
- RapidQuery (exe)
- RapidQuery supports the following Databases: DB2, Firebird, Informix, Interbase, MySQL ,ODBC, OLEDB, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLBase, SQLServer, Sybase. To be specific DB2 is DB2 for mainframe (ZOS,MVS), Windows, Linux, Aix and Unix. The price of RapidQuery is $USD 125 which Radem-Soft believes is a reasonable price for the quality and the...
- Tags: IBM DB2, Radem-Soft, RapidQuery, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2007-12-07
- SMF Recording With MVS Logger
- Many z/OS customers have begun to suffer from an overload of data provided by the System Management Facility SMF. As the systems have grown ever faster and larger, doing more and more work generates more and more data from SMF used to measure, manage, and audit their z/OS environment. With...
- Tags: Data, IBM z/OS, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2007-11-08
- Starting the DMGR on a Different MVS Image
- The purpose of this paper is to explain how to start the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS V6 Deployment Manager on an MVS image different from the one on which it was originally built. The Deployment Manager is designed to support this, but it still requires some planning and effort...
- Tags: Mobile, IBM Corp., Deployment Manager, Application Servers, Advertising & Promotion, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Hardware
- White papers 2007-11-01
- Staffing for Linux, not distribution X
- Back in the mid to late 1970s the battle for control of corporate IT was in full swing. One side, the corporate data processing group in Finance, maintained an almost absolute ideological purity with deep commitments to one vendor and the One Right Way while, on the other, line...
- Tags: Standards, Linux, Enterprise Policy
- Blog posts 2007-07-10
- India's Kerala state goes open source
- India's Kerala state goes open sourceGreat to see people embracing freedom and free software, they go hand inhand. And, the more using free software, the more that will be collaborating to improve free software applications.It is easy to see why MS has gone the patent racket route. They are slowly...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, UNIX, Operating systems, Apple Inc., open source, software, Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-06-29
- Hiring Qualms
- Hiring Qualmsthirty year old COBOL/CICS/DB2 stuffTricky business, considering DB2 wasn't launched until 1978 and didn't acquire the name DB2 until 1982.As for LAMP, different SQL-DBMS, different host language, otherwise same sh*t different fan.I see a bunch of jobsthat are "contract to hire". They take you on as a contractor for...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, Databases, selection process, supervisor, IBM DB2, job, hiring
- Discussion threads 2007-06-15
- Which is the better investment, IBM or Microsoft?
- Which is the better investment, IBM or Microsoft?Dana Nostradamus[i]"The day of reckoning is at hand."[/i]Really? What do think is going to happen?Did you compare Microsoft and IBM...... with stock splits discounted? If Microsoft doubles the number of shares and the price each falls from $60 to $35, the company...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., open source
- Discussion threads 2007-05-16
- Microsoft PowerShell to make it into Longhorn Server, after all
- Microsoft PowerShell to make it into Longhorn Server, after allWhat took them so long? :)Any serious system since the 70's has some form of a [control] command language. UNIX had Bourne shell sh and subsequenly the Korn shell ksh since its inception, so did IBM VM, even MVS/TSO and VAX-VMS....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Powershell, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Microsoft Longhorn, server
- Discussion threads 2007-03-28
- z/OS UNIX Security Fundamentals
- This paper introduces the z/OS UNIX security model and implementation to IBM MVS knowledgeable and security-minded users. It does not address in detail all the wealth of specific security features available in z/OS UNIX, but rather the base principles of operation and the mechanisms implementation with setup recommendations. The paper...
- Tags: IBM z/OS, Unix, IBM Corp., Operating Systems, Utility Computing, Servers, Security, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2007-02-01
- Is Windows Vista the open source frontier?
- Is Windows Vista the open source frontier?Erm...I think if you re-read the article he's essentially asking, "Is Vista a platform you want to write OSS for?" He's not saying anything at all about Vista itself being Open Source.I run lots of Open Source apps on WindowsWhy would that make a...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Network Application, open source, Linux, Microsoft Windows, AXE IS, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-01-31
- Performance Benefits of DB2 UDB for z/OS Version 8 With Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Applications
- IBM DB2 Universal Database for z/OS Version 8 is the twelfth release of DB2 for Multiple Virtual Storage MVS. It brings synergy with the System z hardware and exploits the z/OS 64-bit virtual addressing capabilities. DB2 Version 8 offers data support, application development, and query functionality enhancements for e-business, while...
- Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., Performance, IBM z/OS, IBM DB2 Universal Database, IBM DB2, Enterprise Application, Enterprise Software, Databases, Servers, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- White papers 2006-11-15
- Intel shows off sweet 16 server
- Intel shows off sweet 16 serverIntel's got back its mojoThis is about as close to shock and awe as it gets. With 45nm delivered in 12months, it will be unstoppable. Note 45nm is not your average litho shrink. This brings on dramatically better new technologies such as low K...
- Tags: Mainframes, Servers, processor, performance, bus contention, mainframe, server, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-10-20
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