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