Delivering services via extensive public networks is hard work. Service levels must be established and maintained if customers, a fickle group quite willing to "click out" to a competitor's Web site if they encounter difficulties, are to be retained.
Poor blocking of sequential files can have a significant, yet often hidden, negative impact on batch workloads. Oftentimes a file performs dismally even if the JCL has been coded correctly. This article will examine what causes files to be poorly blocked. It will also show how to quickly and easily identify poorly blocked files and offer suggestions on how to fix them.
There’s been an evolving consensus about how to gain a competitive advantage in the 21st century. By combining organizational and technical solutions, companies hope to create a streamlined, Web-enabled organization running on integrated information and powered by super information engines. But will it work?
Until a few years ago, the Information Supply Chain was supported by software. The development and boom of ERP Systems occurred during this time, and as technology advanced, it also became possible to store larger data inventories over a longer period of time to make them available for analysis. To preserve the Information Supply Chain’s information cycle, the gap between the collected information and the enterprise’s employees need for the information had to be closed.
If your data is not available, your applications cannot run, and therefore, your company is losing business. Lost business translates into lower profitability and, perhaps, a lower stock valuation for your company. These are all detrimental to the business, so the DBA must do everything to ensure that databases are kept online and operational.
ERP software packages are as popular as ever, but you might not know it judging by the grumblings of organizations that have implemented the systems. Take heart, there is now a way to purchase and implement ERP systems with minimal frustration.