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CAVMEN Linux on System z. Khaylen Kingsley System z New Workload Leader – IL & WI kkingsl@us.ibm.com. WEBCAST : Consolidate your data center and reduce downtime for SAP Workloads with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z". Hosted by IBM and Novell Date: January 28, 2009
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CAVMENLinux on System z Khaylen Kingsley System z New Workload Leader – IL & WI kkingsl@us.ibm.com
WEBCAST : Consolidate your data center and reduce downtime for SAP Workloads with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z" • Hosted by IBM and Novell • Date: January 28, 2009 • Location: Your Phone and PC • Time: 11 a.m. EST, 10 a.m. CST, 9 a.m MST • Webcast Agenda: * Trends in the Data Center - Moving from Solaris to Linux * History and the strengths of the Mainframe with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z and SAP * Overview of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z and why it is preferred platform for SAP Workloads * Best Practices and customer examples of successful deployments of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z with SAP Register Now: www.novell.com/partners/ibm/events/saponsystemz/?sourceid=signup
Binghamton University – z/VM course • BU’s z/VM course is offered to remote students via Binghamton University’s Enginet (Remote classroom like) facility. The syllabus "Introduction to the mainframe: z/VM Basics" is an IBM Redbook. • CS 580Z - Introduction to Mainframe - 93238, Prof. Merwyn Jones - 3 CR. • The course provides students with the background knowledge and skills necessary to begin using the functions and features of z/VM, a mainframe OS. Topics include: Virtualization, Control Program (CP), Conversations Monitoring System (CMS), REXX, Network and performance systems management. Students are assumed to be familiar with PC computing and have had some computer science or information systems background. Prerequisite: CS 350. • http://bultc.binghamton.edu/zVM_Student_Redbook.pdf
Think Green - Data Center Design and Build • DATES: February 17 and March 17, 2009 • LOCATION: IBM Executive Briefing Center, Boulder, Colorado • AUDIENCE: IT Management • NOMINATION: https://w39001.ibm.com/events/zseriesc/zseriesc.nsf/landing?openform&seminar=q406 • SYNOPSIS: Learn about IBM's newest Data Center Design and Build solutions. Tour IBM's newest Green Data Center. • AGENDA: Dynamic Infrastructure Overview Best Practices in Data Center Design and Build New Data Center Design Paradigm IBM Data Center Services Boulder Green Data Center Tour
Big Blue Goes Green: Update on Project Big Green - Replay • Live Virtual Class on Dec 3, 2008- Replay available http://www.vm.ibm.com/education/lvc/ • On August 1, 2007 IBM announced that its Project Big Green would spur a global shift to Linux on the mainframe. Further, IBM claimed to ? double computing capacity with no increase in consumption or impact by 2010.? And, as if that were not ambitious enough, IBM also announced that it would consolidate 3,900 of its own distributed servers to 33 mainframe computers in 3 years. Listen to how IBM's efforts will save 80% on energy consumption, while realizing significant savings in labor and software costs. Bill will highlight our journey to date as well as the solutions that we have used or developed to realize success thus far, with more to come.
SHARE – March 1-6 Austin, TX • To register go to http://www.share.org/ • Business Case for attending SHARE • http://www.share.org/ThePresidentsCorner/tabid/393/Default.aspx
System z Oracle Special Interest Group (SIG) Conference – April 19-22 Redwood Shores, CA • International zSeries Oracle SIG is a loosely organized group of companies that have a license for Oracle on z/OS and Linux on the zSeries hardware. There are no membership fees or obligations. Communications are done through Oracle mailings, emails and this website. • http://www.zseriesoraclesig.org/
Wildfire Workshops • The seven workshops offered are: • WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Version 7.0 - (WBSR7) • Security Workshop: WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Version 7.0 -(WSW07) • Deploying WebSphere Centric Products on Linux for zSeries - (LINX6) • z/OS JAVA Exploiters and JAVA Batch Workshop - (ZJAV1) • WebSphere Process Server V6 for z/OS Implementation Workshop - (ZWPS6) • WebSphere Message Broker for z/OS Version 6 Workshop - (WMB06) • Customizing Linux and the Mainframe for Oracle DB applications – (LXOR6)