How can you ensure your mainframe systems can provide the consistent reliability, availability and performance that you and your customers expect — and that if you run into problems, expert help is on the case quickly? How can you calculate the real-life impact of...
Changing Demands on Workload Availability Businesses are being challenged to provide continuous availability for their critical workloads. Businesses need to be online 24x7 to remain competitive and avoid negative headlines. Some industries are fined for any downtime...
Introduction The z/OS Parallel Sysplex® technology provides a highly reliable, redundant, and robust environment by clustering together multiple z/OS systems with one or more coupling facilities to achieve near-continuous availability. However, simply running your...
I was reading the news on CNN recently about a power outage in California, which reminded me of some serious black outs in Costa Rica a while back. A friend was there on business, and it ruined an important business meeting that he had spent months setting up. It also...
On January 14, 2015, IBM announced new mainframe hardware (z13) with a new Operating System version (z/OS V2.2). Together, the new hardware and operating system bring the IBM mainframe firmly to the forefront of supporting mobile smartphone applications and cloud...
