Mainframes White Papers

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Service-enabling Mainframe Based Systems on Microsoft Platform
sponsored by Infosys Technologies Limited
WHITE PAPER: Dependence on legacy computing has organizations wanting to extend the life of mainframe systems while benefiting from new technology. Read this paper to learn about mainframe integration and options for implementing service-enabling mainframe systems.
Posted: 15 May 2007 | Published: 01 May 2006

Infosys Technologies Limited

How the Mainframe Cloud Provides Data Security
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: In this product overview, you'll explore how leveraging a mainframe private cloud as your data hub can provide a secure platform. Read on for several use case scenarios for mainframe clouds and to learn about the variety of security features.
Posted: 13 May 2013 | Published: 29 Feb 2012

IBM

Cloud Workloads on the Mainframe
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: In this resource, you'll explore several distinct advantages of building a cloud using a mainframe, including improved performance and reliability, security, and significant cost savings. Read on now to discover the benefits of a mainframe cloud, detailed use cases, and more.
Posted: 09 Apr 2015 | Published: 09 Apr 2015

IBM

How to manage consolidated applications
sponsored by HP Inc
WHITE PAPER: This resource explains how you can lower costs and improve flexibility by migrating your mainframe to open system servers. Discover the three major factors driving organizations to consider migrating application workloads off mainframe environments to open systems solutions.
Posted: 07 Oct 2011 | Published: 07 Oct 2011

HP Inc

Cisco Unified Computing System for SAP Landscapes
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to discover a next-generation data center platform that provides the compute, network, and storage access components, deployed as a single cohesive system, to complement the SAP NetWeaver architecture.
Posted: 22 Nov 2011 | Published: 22 Nov 2011

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Rehosting Mainframe Workloads
sponsored by Clerity
WHITE PAPER: Many legacy applications still contain valuable business information. But maintaining the mainframes that they reside on can quickly become cost-prohibitive. This white paper explores various mainframe alternatives, the concept behind rehosting, and a recommended market offering you can implement immediately.
Posted: 19 Jul 2012 | Published: 01 Apr 2011

Clerity

Analyst Report: IBM CICS Tools: Discovery and Optimization for the Next Generation by the Branham Group (February 2013)
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This independent white paper discusses the challenges that IT departments face in cost and manpower hours. It looks at several tools that have been shown to significantly reduce the time needed to meet those challenges with resultant deep cost benefits.
Posted: 21 Feb 2014 | Published: 01 Jan 2013

IBM

IBM Z Mainframes Are Back
sponsored by Beta Systems
WHITE PAPER: Read this interview with Ross Mauri, general manager of IBM's Z and LinuxOne mainframe business, to learn what’s fueling IBM’s mainframe revitalization; and what that means for mainframes moving forward.
Posted: 04 Nov 2021 | Published: 30 Oct 2020

Beta Systems

Endress + Hauser Success Story
sponsored by SUSE
WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines how one organization successfully migrated to Linux and consolidated 14 physical servers to a single IBM System z mainframe. Inside, discover how your business can consolidate physical servers and realize other valuable benefits like rapid provisioning and easy management of virtualized Linux environments.
Posted: 19 Jun 2012 | Published: 19 Jun 2012

SUSE

SAP System Build and Landscape Management Activities
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how to simplify the often cumbersome, critical change management activities needed to simplify SAP solution deployments, increase operational performance, and decrease total cost of ownership (TCO) with a single, cohesive system that includes compute, network, and storage access components.
Posted: 22 Nov 2011 | Published: 30 Jun 2010

Cisco Systems, Inc.