IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 2

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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2012

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DEPARTMENTS
Editor’s Desk ± 6 Simplicity Itself IBM Perspective ± 8 The Changing Data Center Insider ± 10 Solve the DevOps Challenge With Orchestrated IT Q&A ± 13 Guru Rao Explains How a Better World Begins With Smarter Computing Tech Corner ± 31 How You Do What You Do When You’re a z196 CPU Tips and Techniques ± 36 Virtualization Reshapes How Data Is Stored

CASE STUDY
A Comfortable Place ± 16 Furniture Brands rests easier with SecureAgent’s backup and recovery solution. By Jim Utsler

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FEATURE

Another Dimension ± 26 What sets the zEnterprise environment apart? By Jeff Frey and John Eells

Solutions ± 39 CA Mainframe Application Tuner t M4Workbench Eclipse tÁVirtual Machine Backup Resources ± 39 Advertisers’ Index Stop Run ± 40 Through Three Generations, One Family’s Story Shows That While Technology Has Changed, IBM’s Fundamental Mission Hasn’t

COVER STORY
Smarter By Design ± 20 “That’s the way to build capacity and hold costs flat,” says IBM VP Doug Brown. By Sara Aase. Cover photography by Nitin Vadukul Studio

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IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012

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 - Intro
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - Cover2
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 1
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - Table of Contents
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 3
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 4
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 5
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - Editor’s Desk: Simplicity Itself
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 7
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - IBM Perspective: The Changing Data Center
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 9
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - Insider: Solve the DevOps Challenge With Orchestrated IT
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 11
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 12
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - Q&A: Guru Rao Explains How a Better World Begins With Smarter Computing
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 14
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - CT1
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - CT2
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 15
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - Case Study: A Comfortable Place: Furniture Brands rests easier with SecureAgent's backup and recovery solution
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 17
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 18
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 19
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - Cover Story: Smarter By Design: "That's the way to build capacity and hold costs flat," says IBM VP Doug Brown
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 21
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 22
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 23
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 24
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 25
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - Feature: Another Dimension: What sets the zEnterprise environment apart?
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 27
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 28
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 29
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 30
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - Tech Corner: How You Do What You Do When You're a z196 CPU
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 32
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 33
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 34
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 35
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - Tips & Techniques: Virtualization Reshapes How Data Is Stored
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 37
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - 38
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - Resources: Advertisers’ Index
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - Stop Run: Through Three Generations, One Family's Story Shows That While Technology Has Changed, IBM's Fundamental Mission Hasn't
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - Cover3
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - Cover4
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - Reference Point - Global events, Education, Resources of Mainframe
IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition - January/February 2012 - BG1
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