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GAD eG Builds High-Performance, High-Availability Retail Banking Platform With IBM Mainframe Solutions

GAD's data processing center offers services that include processing and evaluation of banking transactions and related information for financial institutions. As GAD began to develop its next-generation retail banking platform, called bank21, IT executives knew that its success depended on a stable, scalable operating environment. To create a resilient and...

Tags: IBM Mainframe, Mainframe, High-performance, IBM Corp., GAD eG, GAD, Banking, ITIL, Financial Services, It Services

Case studies

TechNet Webcast: HIS Bi-Directional Transaction and Data Inter-Op Between Windows and IBM Mainframe Systems (Level 200)

This webcast demonstrates the peer level inter-operation capabilities provided by Microsoft Host Integration Server HIS 2004, where a program on either system can use the other as a database or transaction server. Programs running on either side can call programs on the other, within the context of a transaction. Either...

Tags: IBM Mainframe, Webcast, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, IBM Corp., Mainframes, Digital Media, Servers, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Webcasts

TechNet Webcast: Security Integration Between Windows and IBM Mainframes (Level 200)

This webcast introduces the mainframe professional to security on the Windows Server System. Join this webcast to learn how to integrate security including end-user single sign-on between Windows and IBM OS/390 and zSeries Operating Systems.

Tags: Security, IBM Mainframe, Webcast, Microsoft TechNet, IBM Corp., Integration, Microsoft Windows, Mainframes, Digital Media, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Webcasts

SAS Data Integration Server Performance on IBM Mainframe Running z/OS

SAS and IBM have begun a series of performance test efforts of SAS products on z/OS. The SAS Data Integration benchmarking scenario results highlighted in this paper. The SAS Data Integration benchmark scenario provides several retail-based tests and data that simulate real-world customer ETL processes. The test executed on z/OS...

Tags: IBM Mainframe, Performance, Mainframe, SAS Institute, IBM z/OS, IBM Corp., Servers, Hardware

White papers 2008-03-05

IBM mainframe

New release of IBM's z/OS tightens the lid on mainframe securityDo you think that the mainframe will ever die out?"Ever" ???Midrange systems and servers are working hard to achieve the same levels of resilience, which you can get from the closely coupled interaction between hardware, software, and culture on this...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, IBM mainframe, paulmah@..., mainframe, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-08-22

Regulatory Compliance and the IBM Mainframe: Key Requirements

Generally, a governmental regulation does not specify what technology is required in order to meet its requirements. In fact, many regulations do not even specify any details of an effective internal control. Therefore, administrators and compliance officers are left to determine what methods they will use to meet the often...

Tags: IBM Mainframe, Computer Associates International Inc., Regulatory Compliance, Requirement, IBM Corp., Regulations, Mainframes, Government, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2007-02-01

Regulatory Compliance and the IBM Mainframe: Key Government Requirements

The mainframe is a critical element in any IT compliance initiative. It often houses some of an organization's most critical IT assets, both data and applications, and therefore must have strong and effective controls over use of these assets. Without a consistent and auditable set of controls across all major...

Tags: IBM Mainframe, Compliance, Computer Associates International Inc., IBM Corp., Mainframes, Regulatory Compliance, Servers, Hardware, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

White papers 2007-02-01

Why the IBM Mainframe Is an Effective Choice for Banks

Retail banks around the world are faced with a growing set of challenges. To achieve organic growth, banks are expected to focus heavily on customer retention and increased wallet share. As a result of these challenges, banks may be considering Core Banking application transformation in order to support organic growth....

Tags: Bank, IBM Mainframe, IBM Corp., Mainframes, Financial Services, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2005-11-01

Extending IBM Mainframe Encryption

Protecting data is important in protecting a company's bottom line. Whether the data moves across the network as bytes in packets or across town on a tape in a truck, it must be protected from unauthorized users and accessible to the intended users. A comprehensive solution combines powerful data encryption...

Tags: IBM Mainframe, Encryption, IBM Corp., Mainframes, Servers, Security, Hardware

White papers 2005-09-01

Extending IBM Mainframe Encryption.

Protecting data is important in protecting a company's bottom line. And it may be mandated by more and increasingly stringent government regulations as well as by contractual obligations with business partners. Whether the data moves across the network as bytes in packets or across town on a tape in a...

Tags: IBM Mainframe, Encryption, IBM Corp., Mainframes, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2005-09-01

IBM mainframes morph into new millenium

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Tags: IBM Corp., mainframe, IBM mainframe, IBM S/360

Technical articles 2004-04-07

CIO Update: Future of the IBM mainframe looks surprisingly good

Analytical source: John PhelpsCIOs are always interested in insights on how centralized and distributed servers will likely evolve over the coming years. Some pundits predict the imminent death of the mainframe, but growing indicators from Gartner research, surveys, and client feedback point to continued investment in, and resiliency of, the...

Tags: Gartner  , Gartner Inc., IBM Corp., IBM mainframe, mainframe, MIPS

Technical articles 2003-04-03

Additional Resources

Is nothing sacred anymore - a GUI on a mainframe?

When you think about working on a mainframe, the last thing you think about is pointing and clicking with a mouse. As a matter of fact, I remember when I first sat in front of a mainframe in college, the professor told us how lucky we were because we got...

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Blog posts 2007-04-03

BT Supports 20 Million Customers With IBM System z9 and IBM System Storage

BT is one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions, serving customers in Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. The company wanted to reduce software licensing costs through server consolidation; free up floorspace and reduce power requirements in data centres; enhance disaster recovery capabilities and to reduce total cost...

Tags: Storage, British Telecommunications, IBM Corp., Mainframes, Servers, Hardware

Case studies

New release of IBM's z/OS tightens the lid on mainframe security

It appears that IBM has just introduced a new release of its renowned z/OS mainframe operating system. Because of the mainframe's place in the heart of a vast portion of the world's financial services - as well as varied other large businesses, the focus this time round...

Tags: Security, IBM z/OS, IBM Corp., Mainframes, Servers, Hardware, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-08-21

Options for Integrating New Applications With Current Applications That Run on a Mainframe

Senior developers, IT architects, and project managers frequently need to integrate existing mainframe applications with new applications that don't run necessarily run on the mainframe. Examples of mainframe applications include CICS and IMS transaction applications; modern applications include J2EE applications and some C++ applications. Modern applications would usually reside on...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2007-06-06

Cross-Platform Change Management With IBM Rational ClearCase and IBM Rational ClearQuest: Maximizing Cross-Platform Application Availability

This paper explores how IBM Rational ClearCase and IBM Rational ClearQuest change management products have been extended to support mainframe development. By automating the software lifecycle and providing a consistent process paradigm across distributed and z/OS environments, IBM Rational change management products help integrate mainframe and distributed development to; Enhance...

Tags: IBM Corp., Change Management, Mainframes, Leadership, Servers, Tools & Techniques, Management, Hardware

White papers 2005-06-01

SAS9 on the IBM System Z Mainframe: The Path to Mainframe Modernization That Preserves Your Application Investment

SAS 9 is the result of a multi-year project to revise and extend SAS architecture to meet the demands of enterprise-class applications and solutions. As a result of this project, SAS offers its customers the SAS Business Intelligence BI Architecture. This paper focuses on the role of the mainframe in...

Tags: Investment, SAS Institute, IBM Corp., SAS 9, Mainframes, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2007-04-02

Managing System z Mainframe SOA Environments - Strong IBM z/OS SOA Software Advances Key

Service Oriented Architecture SOA adoption has spread rapidly since 2003/2004 through large and more recently medium enterprises, and bringing compelling business benefits to its users. In parallel, the strong market resurgence of the IBM System z mainframe, powered by its continuing transformation, and deeply superior, business value-generating attributes, has continued...

Tags: SOA, IBM z/OS, IBM Corp., Service Oriented Architecture Adoption, Mainframes, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Servers, Hardware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2007-01-01

The Role of IBM System z in the Design of a Service Oriented Architecture

This paper explores how an existing mainframe IT infrastructure and assets can work in the new on demand, Service-Oriented Architecture SOA paradigm. IBM clients have many years worth of applications, some performing critical business functions, in their portfolios, and huge investments in mainframe computing. This paper explains how to exploit...

Tags: SOA, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Mainframes, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Servers, Software, Hardware

White papers 2006-07-20