I agree with Tim's point about transforming the look and feel of the
mainframe's 3270 screens into Web interfaces. The old 3270 interface
continues to make the mainframe appear old. Regardless of the incredible
advances in hardware technology, cost per MIP, and continued record-breaking
availability and reliability, the way that people "see" and interact with
the mainframe is 30 years old. This makes it appear antiquated, when only
the interface actually is. Since the Web has become the de facto standard
for access to information, mainframers should be moving head long into
trying to make that happen quickly and easily.
And while Tim suggests Websphere and HATS, there are other products
including our z/Web-Host which has provided immediate and simple
transformation for nearly 5 years, with everything running native on the
zSeries platform, and without the need for Websphere or any other supporting
software.
But whatever you use---by all means use something! Transforming the way
people see the mainframe is an important element of viability.
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Eric Vaughan
illustro Systems International, LLC
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Timothy Sipples
> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 1:42 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Dilemma of a young Mainframe Systems Programmer
(Snip)
> Somehow businesses got rid of those punched cards and teletypes a few
> years ago and replaced them with those newfangled 3270 terminals. IBM
> mainframes have had Web servers and Web interfaces since 1991. The first
> Web server outside Europe was installed on a mainframe, at Stanford. So
> how about if Tyler stops worrying about the few fossils acting like
> fossils -- which exist in any organization. Tyler should have plenty of
> work to do getting Web interfaces deployed. There's this newfangled
> software called HATS, and it runs under WebSphere....
>
> - - - - -
> Timothy F. Sipples
> Consulting Software Architect, Enterprise Transformation
> IBM Americas zSeries Software
> NEW Phone: +1 312 529 1612 (effective 1 September 2005)
> E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PGP key available.)
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