This week: Mainframe storage strategies

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March 10, 2003 >> Receive this email as text  >> About this email   In this Issue >> From the editor: Are you a data center innovator? >> Featured Topic: Mainframe storage strategies >> Expert Technical Advice: Meet featured Web Integration expert Jim Keohane >> Site Highlights: * IBM white paper highlights: Linux, COBEL and more * The 2003 Data Center Future conference * Best practices for more efficient DB2 testing  From the Editor: by Mark Brunelli, Site Editor Are you a data center innovator? Something isn't quite right. You know it. There has to be a better way to manage this mountain of applications. You shouldn't be called upon all day long to solve different integration, system failure and OS migration dilemmas. On top of these headaches, upper management calls. Guess what? Your company A just bought company B. How fast can you cost-effectively merge the two infrastructures? Where to consolidate, where will certain data live? What will the network look like? Sounds like a nightmare - but you and your team buckled down and delineated a plan. Not only have you designed the plan to optimize your own operations, but you have also found a way to scale out and provide for the merged company. Your plan worked. Things are humming. Now, the above scenario might seem familiar. It might not. However, your individual experience in the data center probably has hints of creative innovation sprinkled everywhere. Big or small, your systems may seem routine to you. But we'd like you to take a step back to evaluate your accomplishments, and let us know about them. Click here to nominate yourself, a colleague or an organization for our prestigious Data Center Innovator awards. The deadline for nominations is this Wednesday, April 30, 2003. So go ahead, take a few minutes and fill out our submission form. The awards will be presented in front of hundreds of your peers at the Data Center Futures 2003 conference, June 4-6 in Chicago. Good luck! Mark Brunelli Site Editor Search390.com  Featured Topic: Mainframe storage strategies by Mark Brunelli, Site Editor This week we take a look at several innovative tips and strategies data center managers can use to address the need for increased storage capacity. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert Jim Keohane, Software Developer/Consultant, Multi-Platforms, Inc. Category: Web Integration Jim Keohane is available to answer any questions you have about the S/390 and making legacy systems work with the Web. Be sure to check out some of Jim's answers to previous questions. Ask Jim a question This Week: In the forums >> Join the discussion: Distributed vs. centralized data centers Some of you have been sharing your thoughts with us on the ongoing debate over centralized versus distributed IT. Some say departmental servers are a way to access data quicker and easier than they would from a mainframe. Others say that a centralized environment is still the way to go for various reasons, including cost savings, improved availability and simplified troubleshooting. What are the pros and cons for one or the other type of data center? What type of environment are you working in? Will that change? >> To join the discussion, click here. >> For a related article, click here. Tip of the Week: Sequential terminals CICS expert Robert Harris offers a brief but informative explanation of sequential terminals. >> Click here for the complete tip  Site Highlights IBM white paper highlights: Linux, COBEL and more Visit the Search390.com white paper library and look at our selection of white paper highlights from IBM. Check out these select white papers - then browse the Search390.com library for even more information on a range of categories. 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