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December 2008   Vol. 6, issue 12
It’s the holiday season, and we at CCR2 are dreaming of … a green data center. In this issue, read IBM Chairman & CEO Sam Palmisano’s remarks about a smarter planet at the Council of Foreign Relations; meet distinguished engineer Jim Fletcher, architect of Tivoli's green data center; and take a remote tour of the latest energy-saving IT technologies.

And, no data center is complete without Tivoli® OMEGAMON®, so we bring you Dear Rocky's tuning tips, news of an all-in-one maintenance dependencies page, and hands-on labs at SHARE.

Finally, don’t miss our Swiss Re customer story and other features highlighting another smart solution, IBM WebSphere®. And so much more.

We’ll be back in January for another year of System z news; see you then!

Michael O’Neill, Managing Editor

Features and product updates

Jean's photo   IBM green data center demonstrates heat management, best practices
Never see your data center electric bill? You can still be a hero. Learn more about the latest best practices and production-worthy, energy-saving IT technologies, from Jean-Michel Rodriguez, IBM Systems and Technology Group’s Green Data Center Leader. Read more
snehal's Picture   SwissRe and IBM collaborate on modern batch processing for z/OS
Learn from Swiss Reinsurance’s experience with IBM WebSphere XD Compute Grid for z/OS® – a modern Java-based batch-processing platform for the enterprise. Swiss Re’s Reto Estermann and IBM’s Snehal Antani (shown) provide details. Read more
Bill's Picture   Best practices: OMEGAMON XE and Tivoli Monitoring maintenance dependencies
Want a better way to gather and implement program temporary fix (PTF) updates? Read on to find out from Level 3 Service Lead Bill Hampel what IBM is doing to help you more efficiently maintain Tivoli OMEGAMON XE and Tivoli Monitoring solutions. Read more
Rocky's Pic   Dear Rocky: Performance tips for the OMEGAMON Classic interface
Rocky McMahan answers your questions about IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON performance and optimization, offering valuable tips to help you get more out of your Tivoli monitoring software. Read more
Michelle's Pic   What's Web 2.0 and how can mainframers use it?
Web 2.0 is overtaking the Internet model we now call Web 1.0. IBM’s Michelle Cordes explains what’s special about Web 2.0, and how IBM Rational® Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) can bring Web 2.0 to your existing mainframe applications. Read more
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  Seeing Green: data center power usage
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  IBM and Business Partners deliver next-generation energy monitoring
Sophisticated energy management minimizes energy consumption without compromising service levels. Read the Tivoli Beat
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  Understanding the tradeoffs between z/OS and Linux on System z for SOA workloads
Lustratus Research analyst Steve Craggs outlines key factors to consider and puts popular misconceptions to rest. Download free Lustratus analyst report
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  IBM Press: Implementing ITIL Change and Release Management
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  Maintain highly-available data with VSAM-to-VSAM replication
Synchronize the content of VSAM files across systems or on the same system with mainframe-based, low-latency mechanism for native, unidirectional replication of VSAM data. Learn about VSAM replication from InfoSphere®

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Executive corner
A smarter planet: The next leadership agenda
Remarks by Sam Palmisano, IBM Chairman and CEO, to the Council on Foreign Relations, New York City, November 8, 2008
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Thinking greener in today’s IT environment
By Jim Fletcher, Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect of the IBM Tivoli Green Data Center
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IBM WebSphere Portal on z/OS: 2008 executive update
By Doug Cox, Vice President, SOA Interaction Services Development, IBM Software Group
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