Architecture


Linux World Recap

Novell, Red Hat, Sun make waves

Meet the Other Linux Mainframe: Unisys' ES7000

Freshly certified for Linux, Unisys’ ES7000 supports mainframe-like features such as dynamic partitioning

CICS: Lynchpin of the Next-Gen Data Center

IBM releases two new and three updated CICS tools

Disaster Recovery: Balancing Performance and Availability

Financial services giant finds happy medium between performance and availability with Big Blue’s new DR service for zSeries

Q&A: HP – Recasting Windows as a Giant-Killer

The new system is being promoted as an extensible platform capable of hosting for Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition, HP-UX, Linux, and even OpenVMS workloads

Agent-less Appliance Identifies Application Performance Problems

NLayers' Insight creates application behavioral models to help organizations optimize and cut costs

Microsoft Preps Windows Variant for High Performance Computing

There’s a new contender on the high-performance-computing block: Windows



Top Five Errors Enterprise Windows Administrators Make

Keep an eye out for these five common mistakes

Blade Servers: Big Iron in a Small Form Factor

Blade server success founded on key mainframe concepts

Q&A: Look Beyond Natural Disasters in Your Disaster Recovery Planning

Effective business continuity planning must address several different kinds of worst-case scenarios

Pros and Cons: Software As A Service

IT can eliminate costly upgrades and reduce installation problems by running hosted applications instead of licensing them. But there are pitfalls.

SOAs: Defining the Integration and Orchestration of Services

Service-oriented architecture starts with simple application integration and culminates with service choreography and next-gen “composite” applications

Field Report: SAP SAPPHIRE: The Year of NetWeaver

Analysis of the company's flagship event

Q&A: Kicking the Tires of Mainframe Linux

The allure of Linux is strong, but unless ISVs rein in their software prices, Linux's growth on the mainframe could be limited

IBM's Mainframe Feature Set Trickles Down -- And Up

zSeries used to the be the source of features for other products in IBM's line. Now it may be the other way around.

Perspective: Overcoming the Six Challenges of Managing Mainframe Connectivity

Last week we presented six key challenges network managers face. This week we explore how vendors are helping managers overcome these challenges.

Cisco SAN Switches Qualified for IBM Mainframes

Switches connect mainframe systems via IP-based SANs

Mono Project Brings Microsoft’s Insular .NET Technologies to Open Systems

Thanks to Mono 1.0, .NET is for Linux, Unix, and even MacOS

Best Practices: Troubleshooting Web Services Performance on zSeries

Although there are performance problems associated with Web services technologies, companies have plenty of available options