This Week: The physics of the mainframe

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December 06, 2004 Published by  Search390.com This Week NEWS     TOPICS     ITKNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE     TIPS     ASK THE EXPERTS     WEBCASTS     WHITE PAPERS     IN THIS ISSUE:   > From the Editor: The physics of the mainframe   > Featured Topic: CICS Transaction Server exposed   > ITKnowledge Exchange: SNA to TN3270E Conversion   > White Papers: View this week's featured White Papers   > Webcasts: View this week's featured Webcasts   > More from Search390.com: Attend Data Center Decisions 2005 Attend Data Center Decisions 2005 Join us in New York for Data Center Decisions 2005. Learn about the latest technologies for the data center, get top advice from industry experts & win a new Mercedes SLK. Register today FROM THE EDITOR From the Editor [Edward Hurley] [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have to admit I like geeky tidbits of information. For example, did you know George Washington was Robert E. Lee's step grandfather-in-law? Here is another neat bit of trivia: the surface area of a sphere with a volume of one liter is less than the surface areas of two half-liter spheres. In other words, if you were stuck on a desert isle and you had a 500-square-foot sheet of fabric, you would be better off making one large balloon rather than two smaller ones. The reason is you can make a larger single balloon. I admit, that example is kind of wacky, but it does illustrate a point: sometimes bigger is better. Isn't the movement to replace mainframes with scores of Windows servers similar? It makes intuitive sense that managing, powering and even just housing one large server is more efficient. Just a few years ago, consolidating smaller servers onto a mainframe was hyped. Now, moving away from mainframes to smaller servers is making headlines. Microsoft and other vendors have formed the Mainframe Migration Alliance, which provides information and products to companies that want to move away from the mainframe. Which approach do you think will win out? Will data centers of the future feature hundreds of Windows or Linux boxes buzzing away? Or will mainframes and other large servers continue to dominate the data center? Click here to tell me your thoughts. RELATED INFORMATION: > Microsoft migration alliance has merit, but won't sway diehards > Face off: Mainframe vs Windows in the data center FEATURED TOPIC CICS Transaction Server exposed Just last week, IBM released the latest edition of CICS Transaction Server. To learn more about CICS TS, check out this Featured Topic. To check it out, click here. ITKNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE SNA to TN3270E Conversion An ITKnowledge Exchange member asked: We currently have centrally located IBM 390 mainframes connecting to iSeries machines in state field offices, which are using SNA -- SNUF devices. We are eliminating all SNA traffic, in favor of TN3270E connections. Has anyone converted an SNA/SNUF setup to an all-TN3270 setup on the iSeries (if possible)? Any leads would be appreciated. To reply, click here. > VISIT ITKNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE  FEATURED WHITE PAPERS A New Approach to Old Data: Turning Legacy Data into a Virtual Database Published by: Arbutus Software Oct. 20, 2004 > VIEW ALL WHITE PAPERS  FEATURED WEBCASTS Meeting that UCCnet Data Synchronization Mandate: Look Before you Leap! WHEN:   Dec. 9, 2004 at 12:00 EST SPEAKER:   Jim O'Leary VP, Product Management, EXTOL International SPONSOR:   EXTOL International   > VIEW ALL WEBCASTS MORE FROM SEARCH390.COM FEATURED EXPERT: DB2 and database management [Craig Mullins, director of technology planning, BMC Software] Craig Mullins has extensive experience in the field of database management, having worked as an application developer, a DBA, and an instructor with multiple database management systems, including DB2, Oracle and SQL Server. Additionally, Craig worked as a Research Director with the Gartner Group covering the field of database administration. He is the author of the DB2 Developer's Guide and Database Administration: The Complete Guide to Practices and Procedures, and has published over 100 articles on database technology. NEWS: Big Blue announces new CICS TS IBM rolled out its CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V3.1, building in support for Web services in the latest version. NEWS: November's top editorial clicks In November, Search390.com took on the controversial issue of offshore outsourcing, introduced micro-quizzes and interviewed the president of Share. Here is a recap of the month's top stories, advice and tips. ADVICE: How can I allocate a new dataset in my JCL? A Search390.com user asked: I'm looking for a way to allocate a new dataset in my JCL. I'd like to have the current date and time as part of the dataset name. 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