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Performance was once a narrowly defined discipline within the confines of the data center. Today, it takes a more
globally focused perspective, if your goal is to stay ahead of the competition. Performance is a pulse that flows throughout
a business and enterprise – whether it’s measured by transaction, revenue, CPU or customer satisfaction.
This issue of Mainstream explores some of the ways businesses are looking at performance, and building it into every
step of the application development lifecycle. Denise
A. Hamilton, Editor
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Service Management: Changing How IT Views Performance Management
By John Knutson, System z Product Marketing Manager, Application and Integration Middleware Software As
the demands of modern business change the nature and composition of applications, so must the processes change that are used
to develop them. In this article, John Knutson discusses how careful engineering of application performance has become even
more important in a Service Oriented Archictecture, and which key performance cosiderations are most critical as you develop
your infrastructure.
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Performance anxiety? Free your DBA to spend more time supporting your company’s bottom line
DB2 database administrators can do much to help advance your business’s bottom line – if they aren’t
spending all their time finding and fixing SQL performance problems. By adopting these tips and best practices during application
development and later in production, you can help free up valuable DBA time.
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Big Blue blazing new trails with college IT services curriculum
Decades ago, IBM lobbied universities with the notion of offering a “computer sciences” degree. This novel
concept pulled together math, engineering and physics for the first time to sharpen focus on the needs of business computing.
Today, IBM is propelling a new effort to educate college students about IT services. The results will mean much less training
and related expense for companies.
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Simplifying Big Iron for 2008 and beyond
In fall of 2006, IBM announced a five-year effort to streamline and simplify mainframe computing. Eventually, anyone with
a computer sciences background will get up to speed on the platform within months, versus years of on-the-job experience.
In 2008 and 2009, numerous System z software products will aide that initiative with a push toward simplified interfaces
and tighter integration. Learn more about what we’re up to.
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Communicate, collaborate and be more competitive
Visit IBM TV for the latest ideas on transforming trash into green energy. An innovative, new IBM process turns discarded
silicon wafers into materials for solar panels. It’s all part of IBM Project Big Green. Also, IBM is working with Cisco
to protect big cats and other wildlife. A high-performance server and networking infrastructure donated to the Carnivore
Preservation Trust helps reach more people in more compelling ways about wildlife conservation. Experience now
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