IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - (Page Intro)

Congratulations to the CHAMPIONS! These individuals are passionate evangelists for their respective platforms and operating systems We want to congratulate Rob McNelly, Susan Gantner, Jon Paris and Troy Coleman for being selected to the prestigious IBM Champions list. All four of these deserving individuals author weekly blogs on our IBM Systems Magazine website and Coleman, Gantner and Paris are IBM Systems Magazine technical editors. All four of these IBM Champions also write regularly for IBM Systems Magazine. According to IBM, an IBM Champion is an advocate for IBM solutions and software who has made exceptional contributions to the technical community over the course of a year. Contributions take a variety of forms, such as blogging, speaking at conferences and events, moderating forums, leading user groups, and authoring books and magazines. (IBM Champions are members of the IBM developerWorks community, but they are not IBMers.) McNelly, Paris and Gantner are IBM Champions under the Power Systems category. Coleman is an IBM Champion in the Information Management category. There’s no question that these four individuals are passionate evangelists for their respective platforms and operating systems. More importantly they’re a valuable resource to the IBM Systems technical community. Their committed practice of generously sharing their expertise has benefited thousands of IBM Systems customers and the organizations they work for. Thank you and congratulations to these and all of the other IBM Champions. For a complete list of 2011 IBM Champions and their profiles visit: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/champion/ Regards, Doug Rock, Publisher, IBM Systems Magazine From Left: Rob McNelly, Susan Gantner, Jon Paris, Troy Coleman http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/champion/ http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/champion/

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012

IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012
Table of Contents
Editor’s Desk: Simplicity Itself
IBM Perspective: The Changing Data Center
Insider: Solve the DevOps Challenge With Orchestrated IT
Q&A: Guru Rao Explains How a Better World Begins With Smarter Computing
Case Study: A Comfortable Place: Furniture Brands rests easier with SecureAgent's backup and recovery solution
Cover Story: Smarter By Design: "That's the way to build capacity and hold costs flat," says IBM VP Doug Brown
Feature: Another Dimension: What sets the zEnterprise environment apart?
Tech Corner: How You Do What You Do When You're a z196 CPU
Tips & Techniques: Virtualization Reshapes How Data Is Stored
Solutions: CA Mainframe Application Turner - M4Workbench Eclipse - Virtual Machine Backup
Resources: Advertisers’ Index
Stop Run: Through Three Generations, One Family's Story Shows That While Technology Has Changed, IBM's Fundamental Mission Hasn't
Reference Point - Global events, Education, Resources of Mainframe

IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012