ICT Industry Forum

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ICT Industry Forum

• 15th November 2007
• Chris Hosking
• DCIS Data Centre Services

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Major initiatives in 2008

• Linux on the mainframe - Z-Linux
• ePASS2 - Service Hub
• Enterprise Service Bus - ESB
• Miscellaneous update

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Z-Linux - Why invest in the mainframe?
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Z-Linux - The IBM Mainframe Today

• Mainframes still serve the Worlds Top
  Enterprises
• 95 of the Fortune 1000 enterprises use IMS
• 25 of the worlds top 25 Banks, 23 of the top 25
  US Retailers, and 9 out of 10 of the worlds
  largest insurance companies run DB2 on System z
• 490 of IBMs top 500 customers run CICS
• IBMs CICS handles more than 30 billion
  transactions a day
• IBM has 50,000 CICS customer licenses, and 16,000
  customers
• There are more than 950,000 CICS application
  programmers
• 380 ISVs sell over 1060 Linux applications on
  System z

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Z-Linux
Western Civilization runs on system Z
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Z-Linux - Specialty engine MIPS growth

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Why run Linux on the Z-series?
System z9

Linux

• Reliable, stable, security-rich
• Large selection of applications middleware and
  tooling from IBM, ISVs and Open Source
• Available from multiple distributors
• Evolves rapidly to meet business challenges
• Plentiful availability of skillsadministrators
  and developers

• Legendary dependability
• Designed for multiple diverse workloadsexecuting
  concurrently
• Highly scalable up or out
• Extremely security-rich
• Advanced virtualization capabilities withthe
  z/VM operating system
• The ability to add processing power quickly, when
  its needed
• Benefit from established processes and
  disciplines
• Proximity to data running on other operating
  systems on the same System z

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Data Centre in a box..
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Z-Linux - where to from here?

• New Z-9 Business Class processor acquired
• 2 x Linux IFLs installed in new hardware,
• Successful POC completed in 2006/07 - Oracle,
  UDB, websphere portal, FTP, FP,Lotus Domino,
  Lotus Notes email
• DCIS Intranet for portal production pilot
• Z-Linux is now available as a hosting option
• Need to adopt a new mainframe paradigm

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ePASS2

• Background.
• SUN Microsystems contracted to deliver ePASS2 -
  SIM SAM products replace ePASS 1.5 Domino app
• Development delays - now scheduled for production
  roll-out March 2008.
• Development complete by Xmas
• UAT in Jan, training in Feb.
• Easter 2008 (22 March) target go live date

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ePASS2

• Roll-out Easter 2008
• Sun product will deliver like-for-like
  functionality
• Communication and training plans in place
• NTG will be engaging with service providers in
  the new year

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ePASS2

• Future direction
• Integration of other service catalogues
  (messaging comms).
• Expanding business system authentication and
  setting policy standards.
• Role-based access to resources and services
• Move personalised portals and sign on once in
  the morning

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Enterprise Service Bus - ESB

• ESB - What is it..??
• Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) is part of the
  Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) story.
• There is no widely agreed upon definition of SOA
  other than its literal translation. It is an
  architecture that relies on service-orientation
  as its fundamental design principle. In an SOA
  environment independent services can be accessed
  without knowledge of their underlying platform
  implementation.
• Wikipedia

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Enterprise Service Bus - ESB

• IBM describe ESB as a comprehensive, flexible
  and consistent approach to integration while also
  reducing the complexity of the applications being
  integrated.
• We just refer to it as the 'enabler'.
• Most large government and commercial business are
  looking at or currently implementing an ESB as
  part of transforming their data from diverse
  sources into high value information.
• DCS working with the Department of Justice to
  implement an ESB.

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ESB - single interface, many sources
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Enterprise Service Bus - ESB

• Progress so far
• Proof of technology completed with IBM, DCS,
  Fujitsu and DoJ
• Procurement process has commenced.
• DCS working with the DoJ to implement an ESB.
  This will enable linking diverse systems
  together, while improving the quality of
  information presented to clients
• Opportunities exist for other agencies to get on
  board.

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ESB - get on the bus...
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Miscellaneous

• Disaster recovery
• Future of Chan Building
• Expansion of VMWare infrastructure
• Utility computing approach

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More information.

• Chris Hosking 8999 6601
• Scott Thomson 8999 7356
• Garey Neenan 8999 6561