CAVMEN Linux on System z Update 111308

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CAVMENLinux on System z Update11/13/08

• Khaylen Kingsley
• System z New Workload Leader kkingsl_at_us.ibm.com

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z10BC Announcement

• Reduced pricing on specialty engines
• On October 21, 2008, IBM announced a 50 price
  reduction on Specialty engines for System z10 BC,
  now 47,500
• Reduced memory pricing for the first 16GB
  associated with each IFL
• On October 21, 2008, IBM announced a 62 price
  reduction on System z10 Memory Prices for new
  workloads when purchased together with Specialty
  engines1, now 2250 per GB1
• 1 Limited to 16 GB per engine

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Novell Announces z10 BC Promo

• Reduced subscription and support costs for SLES
  in z10BC IFLs
• Up to a 40 Discount off of list prices
• Three different flavors of subscription support
  to choose from
• Contact your local Novell rep for more
  information
• http//www.novell.com/huddle/event/index.php?even
  t_id48729c68884bd359ade15d5f16316673

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Wildfire Workshops

• Valuable "no-charge" hands-on Web-enablement
  workshops through Fourth Quarter 2008.
• WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Version 6.1
  - (WBSR6)
• Security Workshop WebSphere Application Server
  for z/OS - (WSW06)
• Deploying WebSphere Centric Products on Linux for
  zSeries - (LINX6)
• z/OS JAVA Exploiters and JAVA Batch Workshop
  - (ZJAV1)
• WebSphere Message Broker for z/OS Version 6.1
  Workshop (WMB06)
• WebSphere Process Server V6.1 for z/OS
  Implementation Workshop (ZWPS6)
• A Practical Introduction to SOA/ESB on Mainframe
  System (ZSOA2)
• Please contact your local IBM System z rep for
  more information including dates and registration

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Half Day Seminar (Chicago Nov 4th) - Improving
your TCO by moving to Linux on System z
Cross-brand solutions that can provide a better
ROI

• Agenda
• Continental breakfast will be available at 830
  a.m. The formal program will commence at 900
  a.m.
• 0900 a.m. - Welcome and why Linux on System z?
• 1000 a.m. - Linux for business-critical
  workloads
• 1115 a.m. - How to provide the best quality of
  service on a Linux for System z infrastructure?
• 1215 a.m. - Lunch
• Chicago - November 4, 2008
• IBM at Hyatt Center
• 71 South Wacker Drive
• Chicago, IL
• Room 6611
• Register now http//www.ibm.com/software/systemz/
  seminars/linux

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Half Day Seminar (Chicago Nov 19th) - Cognos on
System z Cost-competitive solutions for business
intelligence and data warehousing

• Agenda
• 0915 a.m. - Welcome and introduction
• 0930 a.m. - Current trends in mainframe data
  warehousing and business intelligence to support
  mission-critical business processes
• 1045 a.m. - Break
• 1100 a.m. - Highlights and deeper dive into
  IBMs latest mainframe business intelligence
  solutions
• 1230 p.m. - Questions and answers
• Chicago - November 19, 2008
• IBM
• 71 South Wacker Drive
• Chicago, Illinois
• 6th Floor, Room 6612
• Register now http//www.ibm.com/software/systemz/
  biseminars

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zLITE - fast and easy access to low cost, short
term, preconfigured remote system environments at
current software release levels.

• Three environments are available today
• The zLite z/OS environment provides a dedicated
  single z/OS 1.9 LPAR with DB2, CICS, WAS, WPS,
  WSB, Component Broker, WMQ, RMF Tivoli Omegamon
  and WSIM. The capacity provided is 4 shared CPs,
  4 or 8 GB of memory and 400 GB of storage.
• The zLite zLinux environment is a dedicated Linux
  guest hosted on a z/VM partition. The operating
  systems offered are SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
  10 (64 bit SP1) or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (64
  bit). The capacity provided is up to 4 shared
  CPs, 4 GB of memory and 14 GB of storage.
• The zLite Oracle/zLinux environment includes
  Oracle AS 10g on one Linux guest Oracle rac 10g
  on 2 Linux guests (cluster), 4GB and 4CP per
  guest.
• Access to zLite is accelerated for two major
  reasons
• The engagement process is shortened as compared
  to regular benchmarks as the approval decision is
  made at the individual Center level.
• The technical environments are enabled through an
  automated systems provisioning process.
• To request a zLITE session please contact your
  local IBM System z rep who will make the request

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- Brand New - IBM System z Solution Edition
For SAP Applications

• External ibm.com web site
• http//www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/advantages/dataser
  ving/solutions/zsapsol/
• Solution brief and other external collateral
  available for download from web site
• Designed for the New Enterprise Data Center
• delivering a premium environment
• that has the capacity and quality of service
• your business demands for a 24x7 economy.