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Mainframe shops gush over big iron
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| What can be said is that by corralling some mainframe
| engines, slashing their prices, and letting them run Linux
| instances or speed up Java or DB2 workloads, IBM has been
| able to keep the installed base of mainframe processing
| power, as measured in MIPS, growing - even as it has its
| ups and downs each quarter. And the downs have been
| especially sharp since the economic meltdown kicked in a
| year ago.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/17/idc_ca_mainframe_surveys/
Recent:
Can mainframe use really grow?
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| The study says IBMâs strategy of building specialty processors for
| the mainframe, such as the Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL)
| System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) for ERP and CRM
| transactions and z Application Assist Processor (zAAP) processors
| for Java and XML transactions are key to ongoing success of the
| platform.
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http://www.infoworld.com/d/hardware/can-mainframe-use-really-grow-861
The New Windows vs. Linux Debate
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| It's entirely probable that in the near future, the heterogeneous
| data center will have a different meaning, referring to both
| hypervisors and operating systems and no specification of which is
| meant will be needed.
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http://www.serverwatch.com/virtualization/article.php/3839451/The-New-Windows-vs-Linux-Debate.htm
IBM halves mainframe Linux engine prices
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| The IBM mainframe may not have a lot of direct competition when it comes to
| z/OS-based batch and transactional work, but the story is different when it
| comes to Linux. There's plenty of competition among Linux platforms, and Big
| Blue can't ignore the pressure that Moore's Law brings to bear.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/17/ibm_mainframe_linux_cuts/
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