Listen to host Paul Kettley from the IBM® Hursley laboratory talk to the
experts, as he discovers how IBM, with the help of a great product range, is
revitalizing the mainframe as the platform of choice for modern services-based
infrastructures, such as Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA).
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New home page for "Did you say Mainframe!?" podcast series
Link here to the new homepage for the 2008 entries in the "Did you say Mainframe!? podcast series.
| 11 Mar 2008
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WebSphere Message Broker for z/OS: What it is and how to use it as an ESB
Mark Verplaetse talks about WebSphere® Message
Broker for z/OS®, its advantages on the z platform and its
role as an enterprise service bus. He also discusses the recently
announced WebSphere Message Broker for z/OS V6.1. Verplaetse is the
product manager for WebSphere Message Broker and is based in
Minneapolis. For more information, check out the WebSphere Message Broker.
| 10 Jan 2008
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(12:51)
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CICS tools and governance
John Knutson and Steve Wood talk about how CICS
Tools, such as CICS Performance Analyzer and CICS Interdependency
Analyzer, support the increasing requirement for good governance of
resources and assets in today’s business systems. Knutson is System
z product marketing manager for the CICS Tools. Wood is product line
manager, and strategy and planning marketing manager for CICS
Transaction Server. Both are based at the IBM Hursley Laboratory in
the United Kingdon. One key opportunity for learning more on this
subject is the IBM Impact 2008 event in Las Vegas in April. Find
more information and register.
| 2 Jan 2008
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(10:43)
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CICS WUI for CICS system management
Dan Donnelly talks about the CICSPlex® System
Manager Web User Interface (WUI) and how it helps users perform
operational tasks and workload management, do real-time analysis
and manage CICS resource definitions. Donnelly is lead developer
working on the CICSPlex System Manager WUI and is based at the IBM
Hursley Laboratory. Check out the IBM Impact 2008 event in Las Vegas in April.
| 10 Dec 2007
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(11:32)
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What's new in WebSphere Process Server for z/OS V6.1 — The SOA platform for business process orchestration
Sherrie Abshire talks about the new WebSphere Process Server for z/OS V6.1 product
and its enhancements. Abshire is program management marketing manager for WebSphere and
Enterprise Platform Software.
| 13 Nov 2007
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(6:44)
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Thread-safety and CICS file control applications
John Tillling takes a look at how mainframes that run high levels of CPU and multiple
processes in parallel benefit from thread-safe applications that run correctly and give
the correct result. He is a senior software engineer and CICS Technical Planning and
Strategy specialist based at the IBM Hursley Laboratory.
| 12 Nov 2007
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(7:34)
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CICS Tools and IT Service Management
John Knutson talks about how the IBM CICS Tools help customers perform IT service
management more effectively. He is System z product marketing manager for CICS Tools
and is based at the IBM Hursley Laboratory.
| 12 Nov 2007
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(10:23)
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Connectivity and Business Process Orchestration on System z
Elena Wood takes a look at a host of important new announcements on SOA, business
connectivity, and business process management that IBM made in early October 2007. Wood
is an AIM Enterprise Software Platform marketing manager and is based at the IBM Hursley Laboratory.
| 11 Nov 2007
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(14:17)
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CICS and Web services
Will Yates looks at using CICS transactional applications as Web services and what
Web services can do for program-to-program interactions between CICS and other
applications. Yates works within the CICS test group and is based at the IBM Hursley Laboratory.
| 11 Nov 2007
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(5:12)
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Extend and enrich the value of your most critical
transactions and data with WebSphere Process Server for z/OS and
CICS Transaction Server
Sherrie Abshire looks at how companies are exploring reuse of selected parts of
existing IT assets to achieve their business goals, rather than constantly expanding or
rewriting complex infrastructures. Abshire is IBM WebSphere System z product marketing
manager.
| 24 Oct 2007
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(8:27)
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Problem Determination Tools V8
Marty Shelton talks about how the IBM Problem Determination Tools V8 provide a
high-function and cost-effective set of tools for application performance analysis, source
code debugging, application-abend analysis, data management, and workload test. Shelton
is IBM product line manager for Problem Determination Tools.
| 22 Oct 2007
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CICS Transaction Server V3.2 –- Continuing to put the 'S' in SOA
Nick Garrod talks about this latest release of CICS Transaction Server for
z/OS. He discusses the superb range of new capabilities of the product that fall
into CICS application connectivity, CICS application reuse, and CICS application
service management. Check out
CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V3.2 for more information.
| 22 Oct 2007
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(8:10)
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New deployment to Eclipse Rich Client Platform and improved development capabilities
with WebSphere Host Access Transformation Services V7.0
Ron Craig takes a look at how this new version of HATS helps
users deploy to the Eclipse Rich Client platform. He also discusses additional
development capabilities provided by HATS V7.0. Listen to the
IBM software for System
z teleconference for more information.
| 02 Aug 2007
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Connecting core applications in a highly available, scalable, and secure way
Dermot Flaherty talks about one of the ways to connect core applications
hosted on IBM System z (CICS applications, for example), to other distributed
applications. He also explores why many organizations are under increasing pressure
to do this, and he discusses one solution: IBM WebSphere MQ for z/OS. For additional
information, listen to the
IBM
software for System z teleconference.
| 02 Aug 2007
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(7:55)
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TXSeries like you have never seen it before — The next generation of distributed CICS
Wen Lu talks about IBM TXSeries®, the version of IBM CICS for
distributed platforms. Wen also discusses why TXSeries is of interest to mainframe
CICS users — in particular, how they can use TXSeries to test newly developed mainframe
applications by running them on a desktop machine.
TXSeries for
Multiplatforms has more information.
| 02 Aug 2007
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Using IBM discovery tools to understand existing and composite applications
Daniel Moul talks about how IBM discovery tools, such as IBM WebSphere Studio
Asset Analyzer and Asset Transformation Workbench, help users discover and understand
mainframe applications and composite applications, (applications with components on both
the mainframe and distributed platforms). Be sure to read the IBM Redpapers titled
"Faster
Application Change and Reuse with WebSphere Studio Asset Analyzer," which looks at
preparing applications for reuse in an SOA.
| 02 Aug 2007
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(8:41)
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WebSphere Extended Deployment for z/OS
Snehal Antani looks at how customers are using IBM WebSphere Extended
Deployment for z/OS V6.1. He also discusses the considerable benefits
the product delivers and the possible areas for future enhancement. For additional information, check out
WebSphere Extended Deployment.
| 02 Aug 2007
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(12:55)
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An introduction to z/TPF
Bill Supon talks about IBM Transaction Processing Facility products —
IBM's unparalleled high-end, high-volume operating systems and transaction processors.
As well as TPF, he looks at z/TPF — the latest version of the TPF system,
enhanced to include many state-of-the-art technologies, including a 64-bit
architecture. Visit
IBM TPF
Education for more information.
| 02 Aug 2007
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(6:28)
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