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ARCATI MAINFRAME YEARBOOK 2007

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CONTENTS

 

Welcome to the Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007                       

Mainframe management: where ITIL fits in                                  

Problems with worldwide pricing variations                                

What has IBM been doing in 2006?                                          

Transforming the economics of data center operations             

Securing automated file transfers to and from z/OS                   

Harnessing the power of legacy systems                                    

The buffer pool: change control for DB2 access paths         

A new alternative for modernizing security                                 

Firefighting versus fire prevention                                               

VSE users receive an offer they can’t refuse                          

Modernize your systems with XML – quickly and easily!           

 

The 2007 Mainframe User Survey                                                 

An analysis of the profile, plans and priorities of mainframe

users

 

Vendor Directory

Vendors, consultants and service providers in the z/OS

and OS/390 environment

 

A media guide for IBM mainframers                                        

Information resources, publications and user groups for

the z/OS environment

 

Glossary of Terminology

Definitions of mainframe-related terms

 

Technical information

Hardware MIPS tables - z9;

mainframe hardware timeline 1952-2007;

mainframe operating system development