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How to Choose Your Mainframe Modernization Strategy
sponsored by Ensono Limited
WHITE PAPER: Before losing valuable time and costs moving to the cloud, organizations should consider the benefits of modernizing their existing mainframe investment. Download this white paper to uncover three strategies for mainframe modernization in your organization.
Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 11 Dec 2020

Ensono Limited

Enterprise COBOL 5.1—Where Tradition Meets Innovation
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Despite its age, COBOL remains one of the most popular languages for developing business applications. But when it comes to modernizing your applications and improving performance, what support does COBOL provide? Find out in this article, and get an overview of benefits of the latest version of COBOL running on IBM System z.
Posted: 05 Nov 2013 | Published: 31 May 2013

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.

Choosing Linux as a Strategic Platform
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This Technology Spotlight discusses the growth of Linux as a strategic platform for enterprises as well as the evolving uses of Linux and its benefits. The paper also looks at the role of Symantec in this important market.
Posted: 27 Dec 2010 | Published: 27 Dec 2010

Symantec Corporation

IBM’s Mainframe50: The Future of the Mainframe
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: IDC takes an opportunity to reflect on the significance the mainframe has had on the IT industry, business and society; the degree to which this technology remains a core foundation of today's global infrastructure; and the extent to which companies are using it to find new ways to drive business innovation.
Posted: 16 May 2014 | Published: 16 May 2014

IBM

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

Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence for IBM System z
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: In this paper you will read about how IBM offers not only a flexible, scalable, cost-effective mainframe platform - the IBM System z™ - but also delivers a portfolio of innovative business intelligence and data warehousing solutions for the mainframe.
Posted: 18 Mar 2011 | Published: 18 Mar 2011

IBM

KVM - Kernel Based Virtual Machine
sponsored by Red Hat & IBM
WHITE PAPER: The x86 architecture has proven to be the dominate platform in enterprise computing, moving from its humble beginnings in desktop systems to now, powering the large enterprise applications that run businesses across the globe.
Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

Red Hat & IBM

Adding Business Value With Cross-Platform Solutions: Linux running on IBM Servers
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This IDC White Paper is based on research data collected at a dozen customer sites in the United States, Canada, and Europe, all with mixed server platforms, to find the technical and business outcomes from deploying cross-platform Linux solutions on IBM servers. This paper presents the key findings of a return on investment (ROI) analysis.
Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2008

IBM