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LINUX IN THE DATA CENTRE - BENEFITS AND COSTS Tuesday 27 April 2004; Regent Hall London
08.30 Light breakfast and coffee 09.00 Introduction A welcome from Breakfast Network organiser Mark Lillycrop 09.10 Linux on the mainframe - opportunities and directions, Kevan Rees, IT Specialist, IBM Systems Group In this session, Kevan provides a detailed overview of the most recent developments in Linux for zSeries and the tools and applications that are helping customers to move into production, drawing on his experience of working with customers on business-critical Linux applications. 09.55 Maximizing Linux's ROI value: building on legacy investments, Raymond Gorman , Technical Services Director - MicroFocus Raymond presents a case-study of the experiences of banking services provider ABK Systeme, and how the company has achieved substantial cost, integration and efficiency benefits by consolidating its multiple systems onto Linux, zSeries, and COBOL. 10.40 Coffee 10.55 How CA is using and deploying Linux to run its own business, Graham Tapper, Business Technologist, Enterprise Server Accounts, CA In this session, Graham Tapper describes the background to CA's involvement in using Linux on IBM mainframes: the uses to which it is put today; issues that have been uncovered; recommendations as to how to configure the environment for best advantage; impact on the staff involved; development techniques for new applications; actual application examples; future directions; and essential environment management disciplines. 11.40 Managing the Linux penguin colony, Matt Auchincloss, Software Consultant, BMC Matt considers some issues and challenges involved in deploying large-scale Linux on mainframe and distributed platforms, offering practical solutions to performance and management requirements. 12.25 End
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