With its breakthrough performance, and offering a huge increase in energy efficiency over previous servers, the IBM System z10™ Enterprise Class is earning accolades from customers, analysts and the press. But its advantages don’t stop with the hardware. They extend throughout IBM software brands as well, with new enterprise modernization solutions from Rational®, business intelligence capabilities with Cognos, the IT Service Management Center for System z™, and more. Read about these technological advances and how they can help your business in this issue of The Mainstream.

Denise A. Hamilton
Editor

Feature articles

		New IBM System z10 mainframe – changing the cost equation across all platforms How much does it really cost to grow or consolidate workloads on the mainframe versus the equivalent distributed servers?  The overwhelming price-per-performance gains with the new generation System z10 Enterprise Class mainframe may put the question to rest for good. Read more
		A Rational approach to modernizing applications on the mainframe Modernizing your mainframe applications can help open your business to new channels, such as the Web, and improve customer satisfaction. By reusing what you already have, breaking down skills silos among your programmers and using the right tools, you can greatly reduce the time and expense of developing new applications and services. Read more
		Centering your service management strategy on the mainframe Service management approaches typically come in one flavor: Distributed. Now you can roll out a mainframe-centric or mainframe-inclusive strategy that helps you improve service delivery and reduce costs while consolidating the administration of all systems – mainframe and distributed – to a single platform. Read more
		Business intelligence and the mainframe: Getting the best bang for your BI buck Companies riding the resurgent wave of the mainframe believe in its value, like providing a single version of the truth through centralized data. And to get the most out of that data, businesses need to empower not just top managers — but users across the organization — with an easy-to-use business intelligence platform that allows everyone to actively participate in making good business decisions for the company. Read more
		See the new System z on IBM TV Tune in to the latest media on IBM TV and take a look at how the new IBM System z10 Enterprise Class (EC) can help you move beyond what seemed possible to reduce costs, manage risk and become more energy-efficient. A new series of videos on IBM TV shows you the comprehensive IT and business benefits of the new System z10 EC. You can watch the overview video and then choose from a series of videos that gives you insight into the capabilities and advantages of the new System z10 EC. Plus, don’t miss a series of videos hosted by IT consultant, Marlin Maddy, who takes you through some critical topics about the mainframe – from misconceptions about cost, to server utilization and proliferation, and more. Watch now.