This year's Winter SHARE conference -- held last week in Orlando -- gave attendees a unique opportunity to take System z10 for a test drive.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft releases its next-generation Windows platform, highlighted by Windows Server 2008.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Data integration vendors cite growing interest among new and existing customers in mainframe data connectivity solutions.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM is aiming its Information-on-Demand pitch to both IT professionals and business decision-makers
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Were System z's third-quarter shortfalls an aberration or a harbinger of a rough year ahead?
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Industry analysts say the IBM/Mainsoft accord is a Very Good Thing for users of mixed .NET and J2EE environments
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Information Server seems tailor-made for Big Blue’s bring-it-all-back-home to System z philosophy -- particularly with respect to data processing workloads. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
    
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Next version of z/VSE looks like an operating system reborn
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    There’s gold in eco-friendly IT, industry watchers argue, and -- more than meets the eye -- the mainframe has a big Green IT story to tell.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Judging from this month’s flurry of new product announcements, BEA’s mainframe software business is alive and well
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Is Microsoft’s come-to-software-as-a-service invitation sincere—or just a token gesture?
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM, Google, and Microsoft ready to rumble for Web 2.0 supremacy
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Are the days of fat client PCs -- Windows, Mac, and Linux -- numbered? 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Last week, Microsoft and Sun announced the unthinkable: Sun agreed to become a Windows Server OEM.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Web 2.0 features give Notes 8 a collaborative edge;  industry watchers applaud its platform underpinnings
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Big Blue’s vision: a System z-centered security hub—along the lines of the mainframe-based Information hubs it’s been touting for a year now.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Princeton Softech gives Big Blue new access and connectivity features for a variety of non-IBM data sources. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In the face of mounting pressure from IBM, CA officials say their revamped tools still provide plenty of value-added bang for the buck.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    TCO and ROI efforts can be misleading -- in part because they tend to over-generalize the needs of particular customers and apply them to the market as a whole.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    SHARE recently announced a list of five disaster recovery and business continuity recommendations that it says all mainframe shops would do well to follow.