Mar 17, 2011

By Wendy Sanacore Mainframe is best described as a style of operations, applications and operating system facilities. What used to be described as a mainframe is now updated to be called a server. A mainframe is the central hub in a corporation’s data processing center, linked to users through less powerful devices such as workstations or terminals....

Mar 16, 2011

By Wendy Sanacore 2011 is going to be a big year for WebSphere. The main focus is to utilize it to help companies achieve agility, and users are seeing several trends to help them get there. Hybrid Cloud Integration Hybrid Cloud Integration is one of two key initiatives for 2011. The other is private cloud.  IBM’s foundation for Hybrid Cloud Computing is ...

Mar 15, 2011

By Wendy Sanacore IBM announced that program services for WebSphere® MQ V 6.0, WebSphere® MQ V 6.0.1 and WebSphere® MQ for z/OS V 6.0  will be discontinued as of September 2012. IBM had previously announced an end to support effective September, 2011, but has since extended the date. Click here to see the official press release from IBM. With the...

Mar 11, 2011

By Wendy Sanacore March is flying by. Here’s what’s new in the wonderful world of WebSphere this month. 1. IBM, Wholesale Applications Community partnering with Telecom to make building App stores simple The storefront is built on the WebSphere Commerce customer interation platform and will provide mobile operators with a virtual space they can...

Mar 8, 2011

By Wendy Sanacore Oracle and IBM have been at it regarding who has the better Middleware solution…IBM WebSphere or Oracle Database? Just as recently as last week, IBM released claims that “businesses using IBM WebSphere middleware on Power 7 hardware can get the lowest cost for performance in the industry.” In addition, IBM claims that it ...