IBM PR: 2008 "Master the Mainframe" Student Contest Begins October 1

2008-09-17 Thread Timothy Sipples
s. So if you or your colleagues know any students, or you are one, then please spread the word and sign up for the 2008 Master the Mainframe Contest today. Good luck! - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving

IBM PR: IMS Version 11 Announced

2008-09-17 Thread Timothy Sipples
he-art Web technologies. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

IBM PR: z/OS 1.10 Webcast on October 2, 2008

2008-09-17 Thread Timothy Sipples
also be available, so if the time is inconvenient you still may want to register.) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

IBM PR: Announcing WebSphere Application Server Version 7

2008-09-09 Thread Timothy Sipples
the WAS V7 z/OS announcement: http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/8/897/ENUS208-208/ENUS208-208.PDF Here's the WAS V7 general announcement (including Linux on System z): http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/6/897/ENUS208-266/ENUS208-266.PDF - - - - - Timothy Sipples

Re: WebSphere 6.1 in z/OS 1.8 compatibility (TSRM 7.1)

2008-09-09 Thread Timothy Sipples
s for example. Also, there is support in TSRM for various z/OS-related functionalities. As one example, the Agent Controller installs on and supports collection from z/OS. Hope that helps. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pa

Re: Y2K Leftovers

2008-09-07 Thread Timothy Sipples
There's a Year 2038 problem coming (or already here for 30 year mortgages, to pick an example). UNIX-like operating systems have wraparound problems on January 19, 2038. You can read about the issue here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consu

Re: Number of Sysprogs & sysadmins per 100 MIPS

2008-09-07 Thread Timothy Sipples
increases -- maybe even more than fully. Anyway, that's my summary. Your situation may be different. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [

Re: CHROME and WEB apps on Mainframe?

2008-09-04 Thread Timothy Sipples
st certainly aren't going to be unique to HTTP(S) server stacks on mainframes. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

Re: CHROME and WEB apps on Mainframe?

2008-09-03 Thread Timothy Sipples
on of the defunct NeXT operating system. Am I missing the gist of your question? - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: Dynamically add CP to running LPAR

2008-08-22 Thread Timothy Sipples
You may wish to define reserved engines on this occasion. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Any other Tools can replace APPC suites from IBM (withdraw support using SNA protocol)

2008-08-20 Thread Timothy Sipples
MQ-based file transfer. (MQ can operate over TCP/IP and SNA protocols, among others.) Examples include IBM's recently announced WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition and Metastorm's PM4Data. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Bas

Re: IBM Re-instates requirement for PA product Sub-Capacity licensing

2008-08-16 Thread Timothy Sipples
ave to run something analogous to SCRT on those distributed operating systems (and Linux) if you want subcapacity licensing. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL

Re: System z10 Processor Article in IEEE Micro

2008-08-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
It looks like there's an interesting article on increasing tape storage densities, for example, which probably coincides with the TS1130 (1 TB per cartridge uncompressed) tape drive announcement. There's a searchable archive of both journals at that Web site, so it's pretty eas

Re: Response time info for TPX

2008-08-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
0/02 13:38:58) Application: 5th Longest = 0.06 (11/20/02 13:38:50) - - - - - 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] --

Extended Support Available for z/OS 1.7 / Order z/OS 1.9 Now

2008-08-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
eneral rule, at least in countries with ShopzSeries and electronic delivery, if you are already licensed for z/OS V1 you can order z/OS 1.9 at no additional charge. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z

System z10 Processor Article in IEEE Micro

2008-08-11 Thread Timothy Sipples
y.org/10.1109/MM.2008.26 This article is probably also available from any moderately good engineering-oriented public or university library -- any library that subscribes to IEEE Micro. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Relat

Re: Do you protect your power switch with a lock

2008-08-06 Thread Timothy Sipples
enough concern to your customer. Then they'd have to inadvertantly hit two big red switches, meters or even kilometers apart. It'd take someone with exceptionally long arm reach to do that. :-) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Softw

Re: Do you protect your power switch with a lock

2008-08-05 Thread Timothy Sipples
ar country. (I know electrical safety regulations are quite stringent in many parts of the world.) Similar laws and regulations in many jurisdictions understandably prohibit locking fire escape doors, for example. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Sof

IBM Also Mentions New CICS Explorer

2008-08-05 Thread Timothy Sipples
a Webcast on November 5, 2008, when IBM plans to show CICS Explorer to the world. Subject to change, yadda, yadda. More details here: http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/8/897/ENUS208-248/ENUS208-248.PDF - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing i

IBM Also Announces SAFR: Solution Architecture for Financial Reporting

2008-08-05 Thread Timothy Sipples
operational data. SAFR also has close synergy with most business intelligence products, including IBM Cognos. I alluded previously to the fact that 2008 would be a big year for business intelligence on System z, and SAFR is another excellent example. Do check it out. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM

Re: Can I tell whether a site is Linux on z

2008-08-04 Thread Timothy Sipples
Netcraft.com says the site is Linux, and they tend to be rather accurate so I'd believe it. There are many reasons why query.exe might appear embedded in the URL of a Linux-hosted Web site. Some of those reasons have already been mentioned. Another possible explanation is Mono. - - - - - Ti

Re: Firewall

2008-08-04 Thread Timothy Sipples
logging and warehouse-type functions, etc. Most or all of that is available somewhere, but these companies may add substantial value by packaging it all together in one kit, testing it, and supporting it as a whole. So "it depends." - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Ar

Re: Firewall

2008-08-03 Thread Timothy Sipples
d Hat. - - - - - 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

Re: Hazards of Not IPL'ing Regularly

2008-08-03 Thread Timothy Sipples
ons takes certain databases offline that really shouldn't be, try to move those particular databases into data sharing. 4. Extend the above into Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS) if you can, so that loss of an entire site reduces or eliminates service interruptions and data loss. - -

Re: Firewall

2008-07-31 Thread Timothy Sipples
tack's security features, so that's a very good place to learn about much of this stuff. - - - - - 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

Re: COBOL subroutine(s) for batch outgoing SOAP

2008-07-31 Thread Timothy Sipples
n with SOAP over HTTP -- the coding is simpler because the transport takes care of more. Any version numbers I'm listing above related to technical minimums for outbound SOAP functionality. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Arch

Re: Question about: Host on Demand

2008-07-29 Thread Timothy Sipples
up of at least the original Zip file before you do this. My explanation might make it sound more complicated than it is. It's not -- it's rather easy. Hope all that helps. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related t

Re: SCLM in btch

2008-07-29 Thread Timothy Sipples
ot; link to get access to the samples. Hope that helps. - - - - - 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

Re: Convert from CA-1 to DFSMSrmm

2008-07-29 Thread Timothy Sipples
DFSMSrmm z/OS 1.8 technical update: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247435.html Hope that helps. - - - - - 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-Ma

PCI Security Compliance Workshop in Dallas

2008-07-27 Thread Timothy Sipples
seating is limited to 24, so first come, first served. - - - - - 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] -

Re: Enterprise Scheduler

2008-07-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
ed FTP (or similar) as an application integration strategy, but I've editorialized about that in the recent past. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and IBM Asia-Pa

Re: z/VM Evaluation Edition Now Available

2008-07-22 Thread Timothy Sipples
Yes, that's my understanding also, it's an HMC + z10 technical feature issue related to loading (and reloading) speed. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan an

z/VM Evaluation Edition Now Available

2008-07-22 Thread Timothy Sipples
y, for those of you who'd like to give z/VM a try -- for running Linux or any other mainframe operating system -- you're good to go. The files are available for download now. Enjoy. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architecture

Re: IBM's 2Q2008 Earnings

2008-07-18 Thread Timothy Sipples
t; is about the most *unremarkable* conclusion that could be drawn from such a stellar System z performance. Anyway, could we all just applaud and then talk about something else, like what USS stands for? :-) I mean, it's +32%, and thank you! And a very special thank you to our new System z c

Re: IBM's 2Q2008 Earnings

2008-07-18 Thread Timothy Sipples
cted in the statement. Yes, IFLs are one of the specialty engine types doing very well. The others are zAAPs and zIIPs. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and IBM Asia-Pacif

Re: IBM's 2Q2008 Earnings

2008-07-17 Thread Timothy Sipples
e real capacity. OK, back to regularly scheduled programming..... - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and IBM Asia-Pac

Re: IBM's 2Q2008 Earnings

2008-07-17 Thread Timothy Sipples
ted well. And since IBM (and others) have a really good estimate of total server revenue in the global market, yes, the CFO can (and did) make that kind of "global statement." But I don't speak for IBM. The CFO and a few others do. You can read what he said. Thank you again, all, for

Re: IBM's 2Q2008 Earnings

2008-07-17 Thread Timothy Sipples
no, but the mathematics (uncorrected) might say yes. And there are other ways to measure market penetration besides number of companies. For example, you might measure it in percentage of banking transactions (in the banking industry) or some other measurement of business activity. When you get those

IBM's 2Q2008 Earnings

2008-07-17 Thread Timothy Sipples
here just aren't enough superlatives, really, and I know we IBMers very much appreciate it. Now, anybody here speak Vietnamese? :-) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures

Re: Going unsupported - time to fold?

2008-07-15 Thread Timothy Sipples
vidently applications which keep revenues flowing into the city. As I said, those wouldn't be the *first* application functions where I'd want to go without support. Accounts receivable (AR) ranks right up there in the pantheon of important business functions. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM C

Re: European BCP Regulations?

2008-07-15 Thread Timothy Sipples
n, widows, and widowers on staff. :-) It's also very, very difficult to rehearse staffing outcomes. So things need to be automatic and automated. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Relat

Re: European BCP Regulations?

2008-07-14 Thread Timothy Sipples
. And there are probably better and worse ways to do it, depending on the circumstances. - - - - - 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 PROT

Re: WebSphere Question

2008-07-11 Thread Timothy Sipples
to check: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp6880.html http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246880.html http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247461.html http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp6001.html http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp6002.html Hope that helps get you starte

Re: Going unsupported - time to fold?

2008-07-11 Thread Timothy Sipples
some form of reality). By the way, has anyone bothered to run any real numbers on this exercise? Sometimes city auditors do pretty good work, actually. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Rel

Re: Going unsupported - time to fold?

2008-07-08 Thread Timothy Sipples
arget date X is not made then backup plan Y goes into immediate effect -- that kind of thing. - - - - - 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] -

Re: Utilization of Mainframe Software Licenses

2008-07-07 Thread Timothy Sipples
t fabulous redbook, OK? :-) :-) - - - - - Timothy Sipples Consulting Enterprise Software Architect IBM Japan, Ltd. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Utilization of Mainframe Software Licenses

2008-07-06 Thread Timothy Sipples
quired for Sysplex aggregation, but a timer (9037 or STP) *is*. Again, apologies for the confusion. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Consulting Enterprise Software Architect IBM Japan, Ltd. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN s

Re: IBM buys PSI

2008-07-05 Thread Timothy Sipples
ink they use System z10 EC technology, so you're going to have access to the latest processor features. It's likely that continues over time. The central point is correct, though, that there are lots of used 64-bit machines now. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Softwar

Re: Utilization of Mainframe Software Licenses

2008-07-01 Thread Timothy Sipples
e is particularly tough to calculate.) And hopefully the CEO is asking across all platforms. Doesn't somebody have that (relatively simple) list of software products and whether each product is actually used? That's just basic asset management, right? If you don't, myriad vendors are

Re: Antwort: Thoughts/Experience with migration from Serana Changeman to SCLM

2008-06-29 Thread Timothy Sipples
u do, and has enough incentive to fix the bug himself or hire somebody else to fix it, then you benefit assuming the fix drifts back into the mainline software version. That's not what I mean by "support" in this context, although that's perhaps what you're implying. -

Re: zAAP engine Benefit Question

2008-06-29 Thread Timothy Sipples
all. - - - - - 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-M

Re: We're losing the battle

2008-06-29 Thread Timothy Sipples
nt after the first user. In theory a rational administrator could charge a much lower rate to certain users *and* collect more total money to fund shared HA services. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in S

Re: Antwort: Thoughts/Experience with migration from Serana Changeman to SCLM

2008-06-26 Thread Timothy Sipples
that's a big topic for another day. - - - - - 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] ---

Re: We're losing the battle

2008-06-26 Thread Timothy Sipples
ted set of services using a dual-platform strategy. Of course you can do that with a System z mainframe, too -- most people here are probably doing this already, whether you've thought about it quite this way or not -- and I think there are some strong arguments why z is a better idea.

Re: We're losing the battle

2008-06-24 Thread Timothy Sipples
prove your statistical predicted availability. Said another way, a pair of "five nines" clusters lashed in sequence together does not quite result in "five nines" end-to-end. (Get out your calculator and give it a try.)] It shouldn't be surprising. In any business, if a mi

Re: We're losing the battle

2008-06-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
its platform technology disruptions. (HP just announced another one this month and is trying to move understandably reluctant customers to Itanium to cut its R&D costs.) Still yet another is the adoption of Parallel Sysplex and GDPS, mooting a front-end queue.? - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM

Re: We're losing the battle

2008-06-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
one really wonders whether anybody offering this "service" actually spoke with a "global executive." As a reminder, I speak only for myself. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures

Re: Looking for VSE specialist (CICS and DB2)

2008-06-19 Thread Timothy Sipples
people. If you are looking for help in certain areas, particularly some types of application development and maintenance, you may wish to specify whether or not you require someone with Chinese language skills (and which language). Hope that helps. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Ente

Re: replacing SAS for SMF reports?

2008-06-19 Thread Timothy Sipples
enerate SMF records. You can find it here: http://search.cpan.org/dist/OS390-Stdio/Stdio.pm There's a perl z/OS mailing list here: http://lists.cpan.org/showlist.cgi?name=perl-mvs - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Rel

Re: Looking for consult help getting to 31-bit CICS Cobol

2008-06-19 Thread Timothy Sipples
eet which you can modify for your own use. This is a very well-worn migration path, and there's a lot of help and experience from which to draw. Please also be sure to browse the CICS-L mailing list archives if you haven't already and ask for more information there, too, if you need it.

Re: replacing SAS for SMF reports?

2008-06-19 Thread Timothy Sipples
For what it's worth, I stumbled into this free download ("SMF Type 42 Parser for z/OS"): http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/exchange/dw_entryView.jspa?externalID=531&categoryID=33 I can safely say it's not SAS, but it could be fun. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consul

Re: Network Time Protocol (NTP) client support question

2008-06-19 Thread Timothy Sipples
Edward Jaffe asks (rhetorically?): >A Linux_for_z LPAR has the ability to "steer" the hardware TOD clock? Not to my knowledge, no. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serv

Re: sFTP from/to z/OS

2008-06-19 Thread Timothy Sipples
appropriate. FTP (in any flavor) can have a lot of architectural disadvantages, particularly for interactions between on-line applications. But I've said more on that previously, so I'll stop here. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing i

Re: Network Time Protocol (NTP) client support question

2008-06-18 Thread Timothy Sipples
erarchical time server implementation, you can often configure the most remote time children to use your mainframe "time boss" as the backup time source, with say a branch server or nearby intelligent router as primary.) But lots of permutations are possible. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IB

Re: replacing SAS for SMF reports?

2008-06-18 Thread Timothy Sipples
IEEE_754r IEEE 754r was finally approved last week (on June 12, 2008). - - - - - 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

Re: Network Time Protocol (NTP) client support question

2008-06-17 Thread Timothy Sipples
connecting to a dedicated GPS box that delivers its time signal via a closed NTP link). Then use the mainframe's SNTPD -- included with z/OS -- to keep every other server and client in sync. That'd be the preferred approach. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software

Re: replacing SAS for SMF reports?

2008-06-17 Thread Timothy Sipples
pacity. Also, do you think the value of the SMF reports SAS delivers matches up with the cost? (How "real" is the problem, basically?) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related t

Re: 3270 Software for Mac

2008-06-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
(as one fine choice among others), so no extra servers required. - - - - - 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

Re: RDz

2008-06-09 Thread Timothy Sipples
RDz is a perfect superset of Rational Application Developer (RAD). Anything you can do in RAD you can do in RDz. So please be sure to include the RAD publications and collateral as you survey the documentation landscape. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect

Re: Chargeback reporting

2008-06-05 Thread Timothy Sipples
ut the data consumers almost always need education. - - - - - 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] ---

Re: PL/1 performance degradation when moving to LE

2008-06-05 Thread Timothy Sipples
ntation in the System z10. So you could well see some interesting, favorable performance improvements in mathematics with that compiler, particularly on the z10. YMMV. I'm working on a short paper on this subject which may or may not get published, so it's on the brain. - - - - - Timothy Si

Re: Rational Developer for System z

2008-06-04 Thread Timothy Sipples
rk.) Check with CA if that's your situation. Personally I'm not fond of product keys, and IBM generally isn't either, but some of the Rational products are the exceptions that prove the rule. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Softw

Re: Webcast next week: Migrating to z/OS V1.9

2008-06-04 Thread Timothy Sipples
ishly I learn a lot and enjoy it, but also my impulse is to try to be helpful. There also aren't that many people here from Asia. If somebody thinks I have failed in meeting these standards, or if someone has suggestions for better standards, please let me know. I'm quite open to that. - - -

Re: Chargeback reporting

2008-06-04 Thread Timothy Sipples
t of those costs (staff/services, hardware, software, and facilities/network), but that's the general rule by the time you add it all up. Your mileage may vary, but if that's not what you're experiencing it's worth investigating. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise

Availability of Cognos 8 BI for Linux on z: June, 2008

2008-06-04 Thread Timothy Sipples
s. This early Cognos availability is one more example. Cognos was IBM's priciest acquisition to date, and IBM really wants to get this product onto System z urgently. I hope this good news is helpful., - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software

Re: How to schedule transactions in CICS ?

2008-06-04 Thread Timothy Sipples
some opinions there. Hope that helps. - - - - - 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

Re: Rational Developer for System z

2008-06-04 Thread Timothy Sipples
part number you want, which is probably D61EULL. They might offer something below $5760. There are also discounts if you're moving to RDz from older or subset products, like VisualAge Generator or Rational Application Developer. Hope that helps. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting

IBM PR: PCI Security Compliance Workshop in Maryland

2008-06-02 Thread Timothy Sipples
Asia), and you are interested in such a workshop in your part of the world, please let Gwen know of your interest. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and I

XML Toolkit for z/OS Now zAAP Enabled

2008-05-24 Thread Timothy Sipples
z890, z990, and all System z9 and z10 models. - - - - - 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

Re: Remote tape drive

2008-05-14 Thread Timothy Sipples
You might take a look at the following channel extenders: Brocade Edge M3000 Ciena CN 2000 - - - - - 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

Re: CICS/BMS greenies to GUI's

2008-05-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
et us know how you do with CWS. You might also want to join the CICS-L mailing list. If you'd like to repost my reply to the original forum, please feel free. Enjoy. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Relate

IBM PR: Pervasive Business Intelligence with System z

2008-05-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
, timeliness and currency of answers to critical business questions, high infrastructure costs, and other issues. I think there's increasing recognition that business intelligence solutions must be more...intelligent. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Arch

Re: Differences between z10 and POWER6 CPUs

2008-05-08 Thread Timothy Sipples
...Or you can just take a quick look at the "aerial" photographs of the processors. (Hint: They don't even look the same.) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IB

Re: Long running Batch programs keep IMS databases offline

2008-05-07 Thread Timothy Sipples
nd because "it just works." And then the business users get unhappy. One group doesn't talk to the other, and strange conflicts ensue. So if you're a member of one group or the other, remember to ask. If you want round-the-clock service, you can get it. - - - - - Timothy Sipples

Re: (Mainframe has competition was fwd) Re: COBOL Compiler for Windows

2008-05-05 Thread Timothy Sipples
ht: there's choice and competition in where to run workloads. As a reminder, my opinions are my own and do not necessarily represent those of my employer or anyone else. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related

Re: Shop zSeries Ordering Issues

2008-05-02 Thread Timothy Sipples
Barry Schwarz writes: >If I wanted a Unix system, I would have bought one. You did. :-) z/OS includes UNIX(TM). - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and IBM A

Re: Slowly biting the dust.... IBM scalable... but only so far

2008-05-01 Thread Timothy Sipples
erences: (1) he was a salesperson; (2) he knew a lot about meat scales. - - - - - 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]

Re: Slowly biting the dust.... IBM scalable... but only so far

2008-04-30 Thread Timothy Sipples
on is "good" business for somebody's services team, but I wouldn't recommend that pattern if you can avoid it. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo

Re: Supported Documentation

2008-04-30 Thread Timothy Sipples
y that can show you how if you haven't figured it out. :-) - - - - - 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-Ma

Re: Secure TN3270

2008-04-30 Thread Timothy Sipples
reiterate that it's critical to work very closely with the users, understand their needs, and clearly articulate why this move is good for them. I find that we IT people too often forget to do that. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Archi

Re: Chargeback for zIIP & zAAP Usage

2008-04-30 Thread Timothy Sipples
tunately. For example, a lot of companies still put most or all of the data center facilities costs into mainframe chargebacks. That's just nuts and totally indefensible in 2008: the mainframe is the smallest and least demanding piece of equipment in many data centers. - - - - - Timothy Sipp

Re: Chargeback for zIIP & zAAP Usage

2008-04-29 Thread Timothy Sipples
different service classes ought to have different charges. The costs should be declining over time as well. zIIPs and zAAPs get faster with a model upgrade, for example. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System

Re: zIIPs & zAAP exploitation

2008-04-29 Thread Timothy Sipples
they can exploit zAAPs. With DB2 9 you can actually drive both types of engines with Java stored procedures remotely accessed (cross-LPAR or over the network) via DRDA (JDBC, ODBC). - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Relat

Re: Websphere MQ Monitoring Tool

2008-04-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
;s also BMC MAINVIEW for MQ, and I think CA's is called Unicenter SYSVIEW for MQ (approximately). That's 5 choices, and there might be more. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo,

Explaining the New IBM "Getting Started" WebSphere Pricing Announcement

2008-04-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
if the mere mortals use something inferior. Or the CFO, getting the corporate accounts completed in time for the quarterly report to Wall Street. You might have a few users who need premium SLAs, and you can move them immediately to z/OS for a much lower cost. You might then discover everybody sh

IBM 1Q2008 Earnings Highlights

2008-04-17 Thread Timothy Sipples
s are solely my own. I do not speak for IBM. You should visit the Web site above if you want the official IBM view. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and IBM Asia-Pa

Re: IBM - MLC question

2008-04-16 Thread Timothy Sipples
based on input from your tax advisors in accordance with the law. Your actions could have tax implications. - - - - - 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-Ma

Re: C++ Workable Mainframe Debuggers (and a Public z/OS HTTP Server)

2008-04-15 Thread Timothy Sipples
ind back to IBM. If the problems you describe are still going on, it sounds like IBM has a lot of gap to close to meet your needs. Make sure you challenge my colleages and give them a shot to do better. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in So

Re: Has z/Journal gone to the dark side

2008-04-15 Thread Timothy Sipples
There is such a site with information on moving to z/OS, Linux on System z, and other mainframe operating systems: Destination z. You can start here: http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/destinationz - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software

Re: IBM - MLC question

2008-04-15 Thread Timothy Sipples
g all these options, and there are also some independent consultants who provide excellent advice in this area, at least one of which frequents IBM-MAIN. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving

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