System z White Papers
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IBM Software for System z for Dummies
Sponsored by: IBMThis informative resource provides a helpful guide to the software for System z, giving simple yet thorough instructions for unlocking all that the system has to offer.
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Enterprise Linux Consolidation and Optimization on IBM System z
Sponsored by: IBMTo enable virtualisation and cloud computing, companies must choose the right hardware for their Linux environments. This white paper follows the evolution of Linux and offers recommendations to help you select the right architecture to support virtual and cloud workloads.
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Sparda Success Story
Sponsored by: SUSEThis case study explores the business challenges that drove one company to implement SUSE Linux on system z. Find out how they decided on this architecture and whether it is addressing concerns over flexibility, availability, and performance.
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The Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of migrating to SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for System z
Sponsored by: SUSEIf you're thinking about moving to SUSE Linux, you need to weigh the costs involved against the opportunities for savings. This white paper quantifies the advantages of this architecture and provides key steps to help you decide whether a migration is right for your organization.
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Discover a Linux Server Solution for Business Critical Applications
Sponsored by: SUSEThis white paper presents an affordable virtual Linux server that is perfect for running your critical operations on IBM zEnterprise System. Discover how your organization can achieve benefits like lowered management costs, enhanced connection security and much more.
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Miami-Dade County selects IBM System z platform to expand their IBM Cognos 8 BI enterprise infrastructure
Sponsored by: IBMThis case study examines the challenge Miami-Dade County faced when their business intelligence (BI) grew in strategic importance. Their existing infrastructure didn't have the capacity to support the needed growth to extend their use of Congos BI and its capabilities. They decided to explore using IBM's System z for their current and future needs.
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Endress+Hauser maximises availability and resiliency with Linux on System z
Sponsored by: IBMThis case study explains how one company successfully navigated the disaster recovery planning process. Discover why they decided to implement Linux on System z and how virtualisation allowed them to cost-effectively scale their IT environment.
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The IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS, V2.1
Sponsored by: IBMThe survival of a business is directly related to how quickly they can make strategic decisions. This white paper explores an analytics accelerator that expedites complex queries, allowing you to respond quickly to changing conditions.
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Endress+Hauser maximizes availability and resiliency with Linux on System z
Sponsored by: IBMBecause downtime can have serious implications, it is critical that companies have an effective disaster recovery (DR) strategy in place. This case study compares several DR architectures and discusses how one organisation successfully navigated the selection process.
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Creating and Managing value with IBM Tivoli Service Management center for System z
Sponsored by: IBMRead this paper to learn about a service management solution that's optimized for IBM's System z, but compatible with other distributed systems, that provides the end-to-end visibility, control and automation for optimum business service delivery and IT infrastructure management.
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Considerations for making System z your ESB deployment platform
Sponsored by: IBMThis 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.
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Information Governance: Audit and Protection on the IBM System z Platform
Sponsored by: IBMOver the last few years, organizations have realized that their ability to manage their business, remain compliant and mitigate risk will be compromised without 'rock solid' data. Read this white paper to discover the importance of protecting your enterprise information through proper management measures.
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Business Continuity for SAP on System Z
Sponsored by: IBMRead this e-book to learn how to fully automate the management of all SAP components and related products running on z/OS, AIX®, or Linux®. The automation software monitors all resources and controls the restart and/or takeover of failing components, thereby ensuring near continuous availability of the SAP system.
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FDR/UPSTREAM Linux on System z
Sponsored by: INNOVATION Data ProcessingFor more than 35 years, Innovation Data Processing has been producing high-quality Storage Management Software. During this time, its products have evolved into today’s high-speed, safe, reliable storage management solutions for z/OS and non-z/OS data. Read this white paper to learn more.
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Enterprise Data Center Modernization-- IBM Unveils the Future and a Path to Get There with IBM zEnterprise System
Sponsored by: IBMRead this report to learn how application modernization can help customize server technology to meet varying workload needs, to learn the best approaches to data center modernization, and to find how IBM System zEnterprise can simplify the server selection process.
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Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence for IBM System z
Sponsored by: IBMToday, 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.
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System z as a Cloud for Business Services - Available Today to Meet the Needs to Tomorrow
Sponsored by: IBMThe 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!
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Transzap fuels a competitive edge with increased application uptime from IBM System z
Sponsored by: IBMThe System z solution from IBM has helped Transzap, a software-as-a-service firm establish a dynamic infrastructure that helps reduce costs and greatly improves the level of service Transzap is able to provide to its customers. Read this case study to learn about the features and business benefits of IBM's System z solution.
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Benefits and methods of implementing BPM on System z
Sponsored by: IBMThis white paper is intended to inform the reader of what business process management (BPM) is about, the benefits that can be obtained from its implementation, how to place BPM into operation and why IBM WebSphere® Process Server should be deployed on the IBM System z™ mainframe.
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Creating and Managing Value with IBM Tivoli Service Management Center for System z
Sponsored by: IBMRead this white paper to learn how IBM Tivoli Service Management Center for System z can help you reduce the overall cost of IT by transforming your data centre from a reactive, resource focus to a business-driven, proactive service.
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Fortis Integrates Banking Systems for Realtime Information Sharing with WebSphere Software from IBM
Sponsored by: IBM Software GroupNew banking regulations required Fortis to more efficiently process credit applications. To achieve this, Fortis needed real-time access to external information resources, as well as seamless integration among branch offices.
