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>> From the editor:
  • Is your data center up to par?
  • >> Featured Topic:
  • The IT career expert
  • >> Expert Technical Advice:
  • This week's Featured Expert: Craig Mullins, Director of Technology Planning for BMC Software
  • News: Telecoms call on IBM blades for ailing infrastructures
  • News: Epilepsy research aided by grid computing
  • Tip of the Week: Planning your upgrade to DB2 v7.1
  • >> Site Highlights:
  • Expert Webcast
  • Console White Paper
  • Read this ROI Study

  •  From the Editor:

    by Jim Connolly, Executive Editor

    Do you ever wonder how your data center stacks up against those of your peers? You know the feeling: You look at tech developments big and small, and you wonder whether you are ahead of the curve, keeping up, or trailing behind the pack. We want to share with you a snapshot of where you and your peers stand on key trends and issues, and how your data center may change in the year ahead.

  • Are Windows and Linux ready to play with the big kids in the data center? (Maybe they already are the big kids.)
  • Is on-demand computing the way to go?
  • How do you keep the systems running when budgets get whacked?
  • What challenges keep you awake at night?

    These are just some of the questions that we are asking IT managers in a survey being conducted in conjunction with TechTarget's Data Center Decisions conference. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts on today's hot data center issues.

    Jim

    Take the survey (no vendors please)
    For information about Data Center Decisions

  •  Featured Topic:

    The IT career expert
    by Mark Brunelli, Site Editor

    Stay current on the skills you'll need to remain competitive. Find out about the latest trends and challenges facing IT professionals. Read our IT career expert tips today.

    Read more about this topic

     This week's Featured Expert is:

    Craig Mullins, Director of Technology Planning for BMC Software

    Looking for DB2 answers? Craig has over 100 published articles on database technology and is awaiting your questions.

    Ask Craig a question

    This Week's 390 News:
    >> Telecoms call on IBM blades for ailing infrastructures
    IBM has targeted the telecommunications industry as the next hot market for blade servers.
    >> Epilepsy research aided by grid computing
    The University of Oregon uses the ultimate number crunching tool to aid in neurological disorder research.

    Tip of the Week:
    Considering a DB2 upgrade? Ask yourself these questions:

  • Are you running DB2 V4 or lower? Do you know IBM no longer supports these releases?
  • Are you running DB2 V5? Do you know it's unsupported as of the end of this year?
  • Do you know DB2 V6 can no longer be ordered from IBM?
  • Do you know that DB2 V6 or V7 provides coexistence/fallback support only back to DB2 V5, and if you're running a version lower than V5, you must upgrade to DB2 V5 before upgrading to a higher version?
  • Do you know if you upgrade from DB2 V5 to V7 now, V7 is available at a reduced price for a full year?
  • >> Read the rest of this tip

     Site Highlights

    Expert Webcast
    Register now
    Join Jim Keohane on Thursday, March 25 at 2:00 p.m. for "Webify your mainframe" as he examines the planning process for implementing Web services on the mainframe. Learn how XML is a good fit for legacy databases.

    Console White Paper
    Read it now
    This paper covers two areas of interest in mainframe operations: remote console access to mainframe console sessions and extension of legacy applications to the distributed environment.
    Read this ROI Study
    Download now
    Read "BMC's CONTROL-M, the Return on Business Integrated Scheduling" for the results of a third-party ROI study on the impact of BMC's integrated batch scheduler on the operational effectiveness and cost structure of six enterprise users. Results show that each organization was able to achieve improvements in efficiency and productivity while avoiding lost revenue.


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