The Mainframe is No Dodo Bird
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| Twenty-five percent of the total annual MIPS IBM ships are based on
| Linux, while 60 percent of the MIPS shipped are a combination of
| Java and Linux.
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http://www.internetnews.com/reporters_notebook/article.php/3684821
Also related to this:
HP takes on IBM in high-stakes software battle
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| At HP, software last year represented less than 2 percent, or about
| $2 billion, of the company's total revenue of about $90 billion.
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http://www.itworldcanada.com//Pages/Docbase/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=idgml-3f1bd55e-e413-49c2-8777-ff93694fa5a0&RSS=1&UID=56588956-D263-4CB7-BDC6-80516EE8B25A
http://tinyurl.com/2lnoco
Related:
IBM Brings Freebie PHP to the Mainframe
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| IBM has worked with Zend Technologies, the creator of the open
| source PHP programming language, to provide hooks into the System
| i's integrated database management system, commonly called DB2/400
| but actually a program with no name, as well as data queues and
| other system files.
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http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=2EAAEC9B-E72F-428C-9C5E-00DBB3C833CC
http://tinyurl.com/29j5ql
[Grandfather of Linux on the Mainframe]
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| As I mentioned, I ported Linux to the mainframe but later I got
| involved with Linux on the Cell/B.E. processor on PS3. In online
| games and virtual worlds, these two worlds meet. Performance
| meets robustness. Avatars meets financial transactions. Scaling
| to incredible number of concurrent users meets security.
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http://www.gamingnexus.com/Default.aspx?ArticleType=Article&Section=Article&I=1480
Report: Linux, open source greener than Windows
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| A new report from the U.K. Office of Government Commerce about Open
| Source Software Trials in Government, has found that servers running
| Linux could combat the rising problem of e-waste because they last
| up to twice as long as machines running Windows.
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http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1246762,00.html?track=sy184
http://tinyurl.com/38cge3
IBM's Robust Mainframe Security Extended to Medium-Sized Businesses
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| These new advances are in three central areas: lowering the costs
| of network and data protection, extending IBM mainframe security
| for Linux, and enabling customers to meet regulatory compliance
| requirements securely.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/070420/0241650.html
Mainframe Linux vs. Unix
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| In conclusion, rather than Linux on the mainframe being some kind
| of oxymoron, it may actually be the best of all worlds. How can you
| beat the innovate and flexibility of Linux, along with the
| availability and support of an IBM mainframe?
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http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid39_gci1245490,00.html
Butler Group Predicts IBM Mainframe Growth in Vertical and Emerging Markets
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| Butler Group's "The King is Dead -- Long Live the Mainframe"
| article specifically points to WebSphere Application Servers on
| System z as enhancing the ability to utilize SOA and Linux on the
| mainframe in providing virtualization tools for a single
| computing platform.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/070126/0207898.html
IBM and Oracle Agreement Strengthens Mainframe Computing, IDC Says
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| IBM and Oracle announced this initiative to collaborate on the sales
| and marketing of a series of enterprise business solutions with
| Oracle applications and technology for Linux on System z on
| October 24, 2006. It targets the business requirements of large
| and medium size enterprise customers and meets growing marketd
| emand, complementing a series of investments IBM and Oracle have
| made in support of Linux as an enterprise application platform.
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http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=207879
Virtualization Gets A Grip In 2006
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| When it comes to Linux servers, a few months can make a whole
| lot of difference. Earlier this year, Red Hat, Novell, and
| most major Linux vendors were doing their best to fend off
| Windows Virtualized Server by getting their own virtualization
| offerings out the door first.
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http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6344/1/
Mainframe in comeback mode
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| We have over 1,300 independent software vendors who work with the
| Mainframe. We have 300 to 400 in the Linux arena. We have many
| business partners and some integrators too, that we work with.
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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2007/01/01/stories/2007010100110300.htm
IBM Mainframe Offers Unmatched Security and Power Efficiency, Analyst Says
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| On the open source front, the report specifically cited IBM's
| continued efforts to support Linux workloads on the mainframe
| with the Integrated Linux Facility. The report also touted IBM's
| successful developer ecosystem and the rapid growth of Linux on
| the mainframe in large enterprises.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/061229/0198717.html
Linux drives a mainframe revival
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| Linux may not be everyone?s idea of a mainframe operating system,
| but for a growing number of large and medium-sized businesses
| the synergy between Linux and big iron is the solution to as
| ignificant problem.
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http://www.computerweekly.com/Feeds/RSS/Articles/2006/11/16/219927/Linux+drives+a+mainframe+revival.htm
http://tinyurl.com/tdjgr
Linux-on-Mainframe Apps Up 100%: IBM
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| IBM recently reported a 390% jump in mainframe sites running Linux.
| It says more than 60% of its mainframe revenue is now coming from
| new workloads, with approximately 20% of the revenue and 30% of the
| MIPS coming from Linux customers, which is what has the ISVs
| interested.
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http://issj.sys-con.com/read/317754.htm
IBM Mainframe Supports University of Toronto's Expanding Student Body
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| IBM today announced that the University of Toronto has installed a new
| System z9 Business Class (z9 BC) mainframe to achieve the scale, security
| and reliability required to keep pace with the growing demands of the
| academic community.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/061011/0171496.html
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| Linux on System z combines the advantages of the IBM mainframes with
| the flexibility and open standards of the Linux operating systems. Linux
| can play a major role in the simplification of the IT infrastructure--not
| only because it helps simplify business integration through the use of
| open and industry standards, but also because it supports deployment of
| new solutions more quickly and accelerates time to market.
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http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/
IBM touts mainframes to India
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| It wants large and mid-sized companies to consider running Linux
| virtual machines on a mainframe instead of stand-alone servers.
| It argues that not only does it bring operational efficiency -
| there's just one machine to house and manage - but it has
| performance advantages too, as a mainframe copes with demand
| spikes better than a rack-mount server
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/10/ibm_zos_india/
Report: Linux, open source greener than Windows
,----[ Quote ]
| A new report from the U.K. Office of Government Commerce about Open
| Source Software Trials in Government, has found that servers running
| Linux could combat the rising problem of e-waste because they last
| up to twice as long as machines running Windows.
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http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1246762,00.html?track=sy184
http://tinyurl.com/38cge3
IBM Helps Fast-Growing Firms Cut Energy Costs
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| IBM today launched a broad array of services to help
| companies capitalize on the potential economic benefits of moving to the
| System z mainframe.
|
| [...]
|
| Data solutions services, including installation, configuration,
| upgrade, and performance/availability assessment for DB2 and IMS
| databases on the mainframe's z/OS operating system and on Linux.
| In addition, IBM will integrate and tune DB2 with software from
| Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft, Siebel and other vendors. IBM will also
| port databases onto DB2 on z/OS and Linux.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/070308/0224318.html
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