I don't intend to broadcast every IBM product announcement -- there are a lot of them -- but this one is notable given some recent discussions in this forum.
http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/6/897/ENUS207-156/ENUS207156.PDF It's Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICS Transaction Gateway on z/OS, Version 4.1. Yes, a long name, sorry about that. It's the first and only product of its kind, on any platform, to manage the availability and performance of CICS TG. No, it's not IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE Cure for Cancer Facility for z/OS, or IBM WebSphere World Peace and Prosperity Extender Advanced Edition for z/OS. Still working on those. But it's an interesting announcement because it's yet another mainframe software portfolio expansion: more products doing more things in more ways. It's also, I think, pretty typical of the way IBM approaches software company acquisitions, to enhance and expand such companies' offerings when they become part of IBM. (IBM in the past few days announced its intention to acquire DataMirror, and that companies' products already have at least some mainframe relevance.) If you do see an IBM software product that isn't yet available on the mainframe -- one of the shrinking number -- and you'd strongly consider buying it for the mainframe, go ahead and ask your IBM rep. That goes for all software vendors, actually. Also, while we're sharing Web videos, here's another fun trio to enjoy: http://www.ibm.com/software/info/firstlove/cupid - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and IBM Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
