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© 2010 IBM Corporation

System z Server Strategy and Direction -Maximize the potential of new mainframe technology

Dan WardmanVice President, IM Mainframe SoftwareSite Exec Silicon Valley Lab

© 2010 IBM Corporation22

Today’s Data Center is Under Pressure.

want to improve the way they use and manage their data.

78%of CIOs

is spent maintaining current IT infrastructures rather than adding new capabilities.

70 centsper dollar

in the Global 1000 will need to modify their data centers to meet increased power and cooling requirements.

7 out of 10companies


Management integration

Multi-platform integration

Stack integration

Announcing the IBM zEnterprise SystemA New Dimension in Computing

A “System of Systems”, integrating IBM’s leading technologies to dramatically improve productivity of today’s multi-architecture data centers and tomorrow’s private clouds.

The world’s fastest and most scalable enterprise system with unrivalled reliability, security, and manageability.

The industry’s most efficient platform for large scale data center simplification and consolidation.

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IBM zEnterprise 196 (z196)

Unifies management of resources, extending IBM System z qualities of service end-to-end across workloadsProvides platform, hardware and workload management

Optimized to host large-scale database, transaction, and mission-critical applicationsThe most efficient platform for large-scale Linux consolidation Capable of massive scale-upNew easy-to-use z/OS V1.12

zEnterprise Unified Resource Manager

IBM zEnterprise 196 (z196)

Selected IBM POWER7 blades and IBM x86 Blades* for tens of thousands of AIX and Linux applicationsHigh-performance optimizers and appliances to accelerate time to insight and reduce cost Dedicated high-performance private network

zEnterprise Unified Resource Manager

IBM zEnterprise System – Best-in-class systems and software technologiesA “System of Systems” that unifies IT for predictable service delivery

* All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represents goals and objectives only.

zEnterprise BladeCenterExtension (zBX)

zEnterprise BladeCenterExtension (zBX)

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IBM zEnterprise 196: The heart of the new machine The industry’s fastest and most scalable enterprise system

Dramatic improvement over IBM System z10™:

60%with

More capacity

60%Up to

Improvement in performance

35%for

Less cost

Up to

40%With no increase in energy consumption

And even better performance with new software

Improvement in performance

For Linux For z/OS

5.2 GHz superscalar processor

Up to 96 Cores, 1 to 80 configurable for client use

Up to 3 TB RAIM memory

Over 100 new instructions

1.5 MB L2 Cache per core, 24 MB L3 Cache per processor chip

Cryptographic enhancements

Optional water cooling

z/OS, z/Linux, z/VM. z/TPF, z/VSE6


Cloud computing: More value with zEnterprise

Identifies potential fraud in Real Time

Centralized workload management aligned to business priorities

Unmatched scalability with the highest transaction processing capacity

Reduce labor, energy, and development costs

Enable thousands of virtual servers within a single integrated system

SecurityIndustry-leading security at the core of an integrated infrastructure

AvailabilityResiliency management and fewer points of failure

ScalabilityAbility to meet massive demands from users and data

EfficiencyEconomies of scale for labor, software and environmental costs

VirtualizationCentralize management of virtual servers across a heterogeneous pool

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System z Software StrategyCapitalize on Traditional System z Strengths

– Batch and Transaction processing, Data Serving, Highest Quality of Service

– Optimize to the evolving System z Hardware design point

Extend Value Proposition to New and Mixed Workloads

– Systematic re-engineering of the software stack

– Integrate with Modern Application Development Environments

– Deliver extensive Data Management services

– Leverage the wave of workload consolidation; zLinux

– Simplify System z – make it easier to install and manage for better TCO

• New faces of z• End-to-end management from a z central point

of controlContinue to grow the System z Ecosystem

– Attract new System z customers and ISV application workloads

– Enable new Hybrid and Cloud environments

– Make System z relevant to the new IT generation


Comprehensive IBM Software leveraging the strengths of zEnterprise

Strong information management platform

built for business workloads

Visibility, control, security, and automation

from System z across your business

Application infrastructure, connectivity and

dynamic business processes

Application Development Tools and Software Delivery

Platform

Productivity andCollaboration

DB2, IMS, FileNet, InfoSphere Warehouse, InfoSphere MDM Server,

Cognos, SPSS, Optim

IBM Service Management on System z, TSAM, System

Automation and NetView® for z/OS,

TWSz, OMEGAMON

WAS, CICS, BPM, WMQ, ESB, DataPower, ILOG,

Lombardi

Compilers (C/C++, PL/I, COBOL), RDz, RTCz

Portal, Connections, Notes Domino, Sametime

NEW! Smart Analytics System 9600NEW! Smart Analytics OptimizerNEW! SPSS Predictive Analytics for System zNEW! IMS 11, IMS Enterprise Suite 1.1BETA! DB2 10BETA! InfoSphere MDM Server 9 for z/OSBETA! Cognos 8 BI for z/OS

NEW! Tivoli Security for zEnterprise

NEW! Tivoli Access Manager Family

NEW! Tivoli zSecureManager for RACF z/VM

NEW! Tivoli Application Management for zEnterprise

NEW! Tivoli Application Resilience for zEnterprise

NEW! Tivoli Asset and Financial Management for zEnterprise

NEW! WebSphereApplication Server Feature Pack for Dynamic Scripting

NEW! CICS Deployment Assistance for z/OS

ENHANCED! Business Monitor for z/OS

NEW! Rational Developer for System z Unit Test

NEW! z/OS XL C/C++

NEW! Enterprise PL/Ifor z/OS

NEW! Eclipse EGL Development Tools project

NEW! Lotus Quickr 8.5 for WebSphere Portal

NEW! Lotus Sametime8.5.1


IBM Software


Information on Demand –Information Management Strategy and Products on System z

Information Management Strategy


The Information Challenge…

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Information-led transformation

Create Value

LowerCosts

Ensure cost effective information availability, security, retention and compliance for all types of workloads

Create a single, trusted view of information across the organization managed over a strategic period

Optimize processes, manage business performance, and anticipate opportunities and threats

Analyze and use information at the point of industry-specific business impact

Apply business analytics to

optimize decisions

Establish a flexible

information platform

Plan an information

agenda


Information-Led Transformation for System zMore new capabilities delivered in the past 3 years than at any point in the mainframe’s history

Information Server for System z

Data Studio pureQuery for System z

Content Manager 8.4

2009InfoSphere MDM Server for System z

2008

Optim Data Governance for System z

Cognos 8 BI for System z

IODLaunch

2006SOA

Information Agenda

pureXML

InfoSphere Warehouse for System z

IMS 11

FileNet Content Manager for System z

2010Content Integrator for z/OS

Data Warehousing

BusinessIntelligence

ETL & Data Quality

App Dev ToolsData ArchivingTest Data Mgmt

Open Access

DW Tools

and much more!

Analytics

Smart Analytics OptimizerDB2 X for z/OS


Investing in Innovation

Generally Available October 30, 2009

IMS 11

Over 50 Billion Transactions Per Day run through IMS

Easier than Ever

Direct distributed access to IMS DataReduces processing costs up to 67%

Easier Application Programming IMS DL/I knowledge not needed Java SQL support

On-line DB Reorganization 25% CPU Time Reduction

New Enterprise SuiteRepackaging of IMS middlewareEasier to order and install


Announcing IMS 12 QPPAnnouncing delivery of IMS 12 to QPP at year end

GA date not yet announced.

Core group of participants from IMS 11 QPP, some turnover. 1 first-time participant (insurance), several returning

Large vendor program – 26 vendors, 102 tools

Design council for IMS 13 and future


Special Offer for IMS Customers: IBM Mashup Center Free

Gain New Business / Market InsightsBuild new quick web applications from combination of IMS & other databases. Create Modern, Intuitive, Web-Based UI for optimized consumption and action based on business-critical insights.Deploy beyond the desktop – to mobile devices, websites & other destinations

IMS Without Mashups IMS With Mashups

IMS IMS

Add the value of lightweight integration and rapid web application assembly to your IMS investment

Details at www.ibm.com/ims


European IMS Center Of ExcellenceNew team to focus on IMS as part of our customers’ overall z architecture plans

Similar to Americas ATS team

Net new investment in IMS.

Team should be in place before year end 2010


IMS Symposium 2010

Maritim Rhein-Main DarmstadtMore information and registration www.harmundi.com


DB2 for z/OS Technical StrategyExtend the lead in availability, scalability and performance.

Parallel Sysplex: the best scale-out solution in the industryTight integration between DB2 and the System z hardware and z/OS operating systemAdvanced solutions for compliance with data security and privacy regulationsWorkload consolidation: System z is the ultimate consolidation platformEliminate all causes of outages

Reduce cost of ownershipDatabase technology that can handle large workloads with fewer peopleStorage and CPU optimization, including specialty enginesAdvanced autonomics to make the system more self-managing and self-tuning

Application enablementApps can easily connect to DB2 from anywhereAdvanced SQL, XML capability, application portability

Improved data warehousing capabilities


Application Enablement

• pureXML enhancements• Temporal queries• Last Committed reads• Timestamp with timezone• SQL improvements that simplify porting

RAS, Performance, Scalability, Security

• Wide range of performance improvements• More online schema changes • Catalog restructure for improved concurrency• Fine grained access control• Hash access to data• New DBA privileges with finer granularity

Simplification, Reduced TCO

• Full 64-bit SQL runtime• Auto stats• Data compression on the fly• Query stability and management enhancements• Reduced need for REORG• Utilities enhancements

Data Warehousing• Moving sum, moving average• Many query optimization improvements• Query parallelism improvements• Advanced query acceleration

DB2 10 for z/OS At a Glance


DB2 10 for z/OS: Out-of-the-Box Savings

Up to 20% CPU reductions for transactions, queries, and batch

Out-of-the-box CPU reductions of 5-10% for traditional workloadsOut-of-the box CPU reductions of up to 20% for new workloadsUp to additional 10% CPU savings using new functions

Scales with less complexity and cost5-10x more concurrent users – up to 20,000 per subsystemSignificant scale-up capabilities in addition to existing scale-out supportConsolidate to fewer LPARs and subsystems

Improved operational efficiencies and lower administration cost

Automatic diagnostics, tuning, and compression

Even better performanceElapsed time improvement for small LOBS and Complex Queries


Running a Large Number of Threads

DB2A(500 thds)

Coupling Technology

Data sharing and sysplex allows for efficient scale-out of DB2 imagesSometimes multiple DB2s / LPAR

Today

LPAR1

DB2D(500 thds)

DB2B(500 thds)

DB2E(500 thds)

LPAR2

DB2C(500 thds)

DB2F(500 thds)

LPAR3

DB2A(2500 thds)

Coupling Technology

More threads per DB2 imagePotential for fewer members / LPARsMore efficient use of large n-waysSSI constraints are relievedEasier growth, lower costs, easier managementData sharing required for continuous availability and XL scale

DB2 10

LPAR1

DB2B(2500 thds)

LPAR2

DB2C(2500 thds)

LPAR3


Business Security & Compliance Needs

Simplify compliance– Simpler, easier security

privileges with finer granularity authority

– Ability to have administrators without data access, better auditing

Security Administrator

TasksSystem Administrator

Tasks

Access Monitor

Fine grained access control

– Allow masking of value

– Restrict user access to individual cells

Use disk encryption


Temporal Data – Need to Query ‘AS OF’Temporal Query & Business Timestamp

Table-level specification to control data management based upon time

Two notions of time:– System time: notes the occurrence of a data base change

• “row xyz was deleted at 10:05 pm”• Query at current or any prior period of time• Useful for auditing and compliance

– Business time: notes the occurrence of a business event• “customer xyz’s service contract was modified on March 23”• Query at current or any prior/future period of time• Useful for tracking of business events over time, application logic greatly

simplified

New syntax in FROM clause to specify a time criteria for selecting historical data


Operate cost effectively with robust DB2 for z/OS ToolsDB2 Utilities Suite

Delivers Industry-leading, day-one support for DB2 10 with additional focus on reducing costs and improving performance

DB2 Administration Tool/Object Comparison Tool

Simplifies migration to DB2 10 for z/OS to gain immediate Day 1 value and productivity

Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for DB2 Performance Expert

Provides industry-leading DB2 10 Day 1 support and end-to-end monitoring, making it the single most comprehensive DB2 application performance assessment tool

New!


OperateWeb UIStored Procedure focusHeterogeneous focus

MonitoringAutomation ManagementReporting

Develop and DeployHeterogeneous

Design and DevelopmentConfigurationObject ManagementChange ManagementAutomation PlanningData Governance

Eclipse UI Web UI

Data Studio and Optim

z/OS Database AdministrationDeep DB2 z/OS functionJCL focusISPF UIApplication ManagementDatabase AdministrationPerformance ManagementBackup and RecoveryData Governance…

DB2 z/OS Tools

Integrated Data Management Directions


Enterprise Data Governance for System z

Data Governance

Manage Data Lifecycle•Data Retention•Data Retirement

Secure•Prevent Access• Restrict Access• Monitor Access

Protect & Privacy•Mask Data•Encrypt Data

Audit•Audit Privileges•Audit Users•Audit Access

DB2/RACF Security

Tivoli zSecure Suite

DB2 / IMS Audit Mgt. Expert

Tivoli Compliance

Insight Manager

Data Encryption for IMS and DB2

Optim Test and Optim

Data Privacy

Optim Data Growth Solution

IBM is the only solution provider with an end to end comprehensive solution

Reduce risk fromSecurity breaches

Protect sensitivecustomer and employeedata

Comply with internaland external auditing requirements

Archive inactive data lower storage cost


DB2 for z/OS

Safeguard DB2 10 Data

Audit Access to DB2 10 Data DB2 Audit Management Expert

G5000Central Policy Manager

& AggregatorDB2 LUW

Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase,

Informix

z collector

G2000S-TAP

Encrypt DB2 10 DataData Encryption Tool for DB2

S-TAP


Active/Active – What is it ?

Two or more sites, separated by unlimited distances, running the same applications and having the same data to provide cross-site workload balancing and Continuous Availability / Disaster RecoveryParadigm shift: failover model => near continuous availability modelReduction in recovery time from hours to minutes as a design point

Load Balancing with SASP (z/OS Comm Server)

InfoSphere Replication Server for z/OS

Workload Distributor

Transactions

replication

ControllerTivoli Enterprise Portal

InfoSphere IMS Replication for z/OSInfoSphere VSAM Replication for z/OS

VSAM IMSDB2

CD1SOURCECD1TABLE

VSAM IMSDB2

CD1SOURCECD1TABLE


Mission Critical Workloads Require Highest QoSMore than 90% of Global 2000 companies plan to incorporate analytics into multiple operational applications that access the data warehouse by 2010, but fewer than 15% of data warehouses have been designed to provide high availability, failover, disaster recovery and the remaining components of mission-critical systems.

By the end of 2009, 90% of Global 2000companies will have implemented some type of mission-critical dependency between the warehouse and at least one revenue supporting or cost-controlling operational application — up from less than 25% in 2007.

Fewer than 15% of data warehouses in 2007 have been designed to provide high availability, failover, disaster recovery and the remaining components of mission-critical systems.

0 20 40 60 80 100

> 90%Plan to incorporate Analytics

90%Mission Critical Dependency w/ BI

<15% of DW are designed for HA & DR

Global 2000 customers

1 Operational Analytics and the Emerging Mission-Critical Data Warehouse, 14 May 2007

Sounds like a good match for System z value proposition– Proven reliability and continuous availability capabilities– Exploiting synergistic effects of proximity to the operational data


InfoSphere Warehouse on System z - Architecture

DB2 for z/OSDB2 for z/OS

Source SystemsDB2 for z/OSDB2 for z/OS IMSIMS VSAMVSAM RDBMSRDBMS

Data Warehouse Server

Linux on System z Partition / IFL

WebSphere Application Server

WebSphere Application Server

Windows / Linux

Design StudioDesign Studio

Admin ConsoleAdmin Console

Application Server

Cognos 8 BI for System zExcel

Client Layer• Design and admin client• BI / Reporting tools and

apps

MQT AdvisorMQT

Advisor

JDBC/DB2 Connect/Hipersockets

IE/Firefox

Eclipse

SQL

Cubing Services EngineCubing Services Engine

SQW RuntimeSQW Runtime

MDX

MQT Cube Metadata Control DB


Solution Editions

Solution Edition for Data Warehousing –Legendary System z quality, priced aggressively to fit within a shrinking budget

Complete Offering:

– Solution – based offering– Customized hardware to meet your business

requirements– Pre-determined software stack tuned for Data

Warehousing workloads– Maintenance for the hardware

For a highly available, energy efficient

Data Warehousing infrastructure designed for growth

Created to simplify your IT decision!


IBM Smart Analytics System Offerings Deliver Analytics Value Across PlatformsFaster Time to Value, Faster Business Results

Meeting clients where their information is…

7600Based Power System

9600Based on System z

5600Based System x

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Consistent value, Right sized to your needs


IBM Smart Analytics System 9600High Value Dynamic Warehousing

InfoSphere Warehouse

Cubing Cubing ServicesServices

Cognos 8 BI

ELTELT

Operational Source SystemsStructured/ Unstructured Data

Data Data WarehouseWarehouse

System z

Implementation Services

DB2 for z/OS VUE(option for MLC)

DB2 Utilities SuiteImage Copy, LOAD, UNLOAD, REORG, etc

PowercubePowercubeServicesServices


Database Size

Amt Usable Disk* AmtUser Data*

244TB 100TB

122TB 50TB

61TB 25TB

27TB 12TB

10TB 4TB

IBM Smart Analytics SystemPre-Set Configurations Sized to Meet Business Requirements Data Capacity Sizing

*Usable = Disk for compressed table data, indexes, work files, MQTs etc.

*User Data = Raw, uncompressed, user data


Cognos Workload

Named Users Max Concurrent Users

5000 - 10,000 100

50

5-2500 25

BI Capacity Sizing

IBM Smart Analytics SystemPre-Set Configurations Sized to Meet Business Requirements


IBM Smart Analytics OptimizerTechnology Preview for System z

How is it differentDeep integration with IBM data management systems

High performance query software, based on advanced data in-memory technologies

Leveraging existing data system investment and values without any changes to applications

For System z, extends gold-standard manageability, security, and availability to high-performance analytic applications

What is it? A high performance extension that easily integrates with IBM data systems, delivering predictable, order-of-magnitude faster, analytic query response times, while lowering operating costs


IBM Smart Analytics OptimizerAdding Industry Leading Performance

z/OS LPARz/OS LPARz/OS LPARz/OS LPAR

z/VM LPARz/VM LPAR

Linux on System z

Information Information ServerServer(ETL, …)

OperationalSystem

OperationalSystem

EnterpriseData

Warehouse

EnterpriseData

WarehouseELTELT

Linux on System z

InfoSphere InfoSphere WarehouseWarehouse

(SQW, Cubing, …)

Linux on System z

Cognos Cognos BI ServerBI Server

(BI, reporting, …)

Linux on zBX

In-memory database‘In-order’ compressionAggressive exploitation of multi-core and vector processingHands-free operationsVery fast performance for OLAP-style queries and schemasTransparent to applications and DBA operations

Linux on zBX

In-memory database‘In-order’ compressionAggressive exploitation of multi-core and vector processingHands-free operationsVery fast performance for OLAP-style queries and schemasTransparent to applications and DBA operations

IBM Smart Analytics IBM Smart Analytics OptimizerOptimizer

Data Sharing Group

DB2 for z/OSDB2 for z/OS DB2 for z/OSDB2 for z/OS


Deep DB2 Integration within zHybrid ArchitectureIBM Smart Analytics Optimizer as a Virtual DB2 Component

DataManager

BufferManager IRLM Log

Manager

IBMSmart

AnalyticsOptimizer

Applications DBA Tools, z/OS Console, ...

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Operation Interfaces(e.g. DB2 Commands)

Application Interfaces(standard SQL dialects)

z/OS on System z10‘s of processors

100‘s GB of memory

Linux on zBX100‘s of processors

1000‘s GB of memory

DB2

Superior availabilityreliability, security,

workload management ...

Abundanceof resources


Enabling Technology – IBM Research Project BLINK

Various Compression Techniques� Enables in-memory database

� Order-preserving

� Frequency partitioning

Register-store: a combination of row- and column-based stores

Multi-core friendly scans� Massive scale-out parallelism

� Scans on compressed data

� Vector processingEvaluation of all predicates in parallel

Selective schema melting


Testing Results

Average speed-up almost 300 times

Query Elapsed Time Query CPU Consumption on System z

DB2 onlyDB2 with Smart

Analytics Optimizer

Speed-up DB2 only DB2 with Smart Analytics Optimizer Saving

Q1 0:02:43.0 0:00:03.4 48 0:06:31.0 0.004495 ~100%

Q2 0:38:31.0 0:00:04.5 511 0:48:02.0 0.004713 ~100%

Q3 0:00:25.0 0:00:02.2 12 0:00:19.0 0.099702 99.48%

Q4 0:26:33.0 0:00:07.8 206 0:34:33.0 0.005174 ~100%

Q5 0:00:35.0 0:00:08.3 4 0:00:38.0 0.520915 98.63%

Q6 1:30:35.0 0:00:03.8 1424 7:23:26.0 0.003979 ~100%

Q7 0:00:02.0 0:00:02.0 1 1.361983 1.361983 0.00%

Total 2:39:24.0 0:00:32.0 298 8:53:31.0 2.000961 99.99%

Query

Uniform elapsed times Significant CPU saving

Note: Your mileage will vary. This particular query mix is suited exceptionally well for IBM Smart Analytics Optimizer


Profile, cleanse, and transform information from heterogeneous data sources to drive greater business insight

IBM Information ServerUnified Deployment

Unified Metadata Management

Understand Cleanse Transform Deliver

InfoSphere Information Server for System zAccelerating the delivery of trusted information

Significant cost savings on System zScalable to any volume and processing requirementsFully integrated, auditable data qualityMetadata-driven integration for increased productivity

Cognos 8 BI

Information Server


InfoSphere MDM Server for System zThe first multi-domain, multi-function MDM product in the market

Packaged to address all types of MDM implementations– From small “registry” projects to

strategic “transaction-hub” deployments

– Allows clients to grow as required by implementing existing functionality

– Significantly lowers client risk and time/cost to implement

Enables a SOA Library– 800 pre-packaged business services

– Significant out of the box functionality

– Reduces total cost of ownership

Provides leading performance & scalability

Operational Applications

Middleware & Business

Processes

Data warehouses & Analytics

Data Stewards & MDM Users

MDM Business Services

Data Quality Management

Intelligence Business Logic

Components

Data Governance & Security

KnowledgeMDM Domains (ie. Party, account, product) D

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InfoSphere™ Master Data Management Server


The IBM Cognos 8 platform

SERVICES

DATA TIER

PRESENTATION TIER

APPLICATION TIER

Broad Range of Capabilities

Open Data Access(Transactional, Warehouses or Modern data sources)

Common Set of Services

– Common Metadata layer


SimplifiedEnergy efficient

VirtualizedSecure

The expanding System z ISV community

• Continued growth of System z platform: • As of 2Q 2009 - Over 6,200 applications,

from over 1,600 ISVs enabled on the System z platform

• Over 2,200 applications on z/OS 1.8 and above

• More than 3,800 for all z/OS releases• Over 3,000 applications on Linux on z

• More than 500 new Linux applications added in 2008

• Represents 18% growth from 2007• Over 250 already added in 2009

• ISV Partner loyalty• Over 1,500 ISVs building applications for

System z• Over 1,800 applications on z/OS 1.8 and

above (over 3,500 for all z/OS releases)• 2,800+ applications for Linux on System z• 86% of our ISVs maintain OS currency

http://www.sap.com/index.epx

http://www.syncsort.com/

http://www.softwareag.com/


Academic Initiative System z Milestones608 schools, over 50,000 students in 61 countries worldwide

13 Student Contests in 13 countries with 14,672 students from 1,956 schools

IBM Student Opportunity System (Student resume database)

Entry Level Mastery Test (Validate student skills)

Community involvement (Roundtables, partnerships, hiring)

Access to Mainframes worldwide for teaching (6 University hubs)

30 Courses available (foundational to advanced), Ongoing faculty education

More educators and students are embracing IBM Enterprise Systems

Students are getting jobs

“ ‘Master the Mainframe Contest’ helped me get a job at Bank of Montreal.” Elizabeth Bell, Georgian College


Typical Utilization for ServersWindows: 5-10% Unix: 10-20% System z: 85-100%

System z can help reduce your floor space up to 75%-85% in the data center

System z can lower your total cost of ownership, requiring as little as 30%of the power of a distributed server farm running equivalent workloads

The cost of storage is typically three times more in distributed environments

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