Thursday, June 14, 2012

System z Edition: New software, highlights from Innovate, much more

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IBM June 2012 System z Edition  
System z Edition: New software, highlights from Innovate, much more
 

Unlock business efficiency with
new software for System z and zEnterprise!

PLUS news from Innovate 2012: Deliver better software fasterBridge the gap between development and operationsAccelerate mobile application developmentSign up for the SmartCloud Applications Services pilotDeliver smarter products with less riskLeverage the growing impact of OSLCThere’s more: See all the announcements

And more news and content based on your interests!



Stories In Detail
Continuous Integration for System z   Speed mainframe application delivery with continuous integration and testing

With the new IBM Continuous Integration Solution for System z™ (CIz), mainframe development teams can get better quality faster – compressing the application delivery cycle from months to weeks or even days, while reducing the cost of soliciting and repairing defects by as much as 90%.

Find out more
Rational Development and Test Environment for System z   Webcast: Learn from our experts about smarter development and testing for System z

An extension of IBM Rational® Developer for System z, Rational Development and Test Environment for System z lets you create a cost-effective, team-focused System z development and test platform – on individual x86 desktops, or on a shared x86 server.

Register and join us on June 19
Free Liberty Profile Quick Start Guide   Free e-book: Get started with WebSphere Application Server V8.5 for z/OS and Liberty Profile

Prepared by the team that developed the product, IBM WebSphere® Application Server for z/OS V8.5 Liberty Profile Quick Start Guide includes step-by-step exercises to help you achieve fast, preliminary success with Liberty Profile, the new lightweight application server runtime model.

Download the e-book (PDF, 2MB)
WebSphere Portal V8 on Linux on System z   Deliver exceptional web experiences to customers, partners and employees – wherever they are

With new IBM WebSphere® Portal V8 on Linux® on System z, you can combine web content and applications into an engaging, integrated, personalized web experience – and deliver to any device, including desktops, smartphones and tablets.

Learn what’s new in WebSphere Portal V8
DB2 10 for z/OS Real-Time Scoring   Webcast: Elevate your operational analytics with new DB2 10 for z/OS Real-Time Scoring

Learn how this new technology in IBM DB2® 10 for z/OS® enables real-time scoring for transactional data, accelerates long-running queries by up to 1000 times, and lets you incorporate the very latest and most relevant data directly into your decision-making processes.

Register and replay on demand
DB2 for z/OS Performance Expert   Evaluate and optimize your DB2 10 for z/OS performance

Part of the OMEGAMON® XE V5.1 family, new OMEGAMON XE for DB2 Performance Expert on z/OS provides insight into the IDAA query accelerator, so you can tune DB2 performance to deliver lightning-fast query results for train-of-thought analysis.

Learn more – replay the on-demand webcast
zSecure Compliance, Auditing and Administration   Simplify security administration, and enhance monitoring, auditing and compliance management

New IBM Security zSecure™ Compliance, Auditing and Administration V1.13 combines three zSecure solutions to help you reduce administration time and costs, detect and combat threats, and streamline auditing required to demonstrate compliance.

Read the announcement letter
Latest software for System z   There’s more: Find out about all the latest software for System z

New IBM software for System z and zEnterprise addresses all your mission-critical workloads – including application development and infrastructure, business analytics and data management, transaction processing, business process management, and cloud and service management.

See all the newest System z software
Collaborative Lifecycle Management   Deliver better software faster with effective, integrated application lifecycle management

The IBM Solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management includes the latest versions of IBM Rational Requirements Composer, Rational Team Concert™, and Rational Quality Manager. And the solution can be extended with design management capabilities by adding Rational Software Architect with Design Manager, currently available in beta.

Learn more
SmartCloud Continuous Delivery   Bridge the gap between development and operations

IBM SmartCloud Continuous Delivery is an agile, scalable and flexible solution for end-to-end lifecycle management and automation – creating an environment that takes collaboration between development and operations teams to a new level.

Learn more
IBM Enterprise Mobile Development   Accelerate mobile application development across multiple platforms

The IBM Enterprise Mobile Development solution helps teams apply an end-to-end lifecycle management process to design, develop, test and deploy mobile applications – while enabling seamless integration with enterprise back-end systems and cloud services.

Find more information
SmartCloud Application Services   Get a jump on your competition with the IBM SmartCloud Application Services pilot

Reinvent application development! IBM SmartCloud Application services – our platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solution – delivers a secure, collaborative, cloud-based, pay-as-you-go environment that supports and coordinates a full lifecycle of accelerated development, deployment and delivery.

Learn more and register for the pilot
Software and System Engineering   Deliver higher-quality, smarter products – on time and with reduced risk

An integrated solutions for systems lifecycle management, the IBM Rational solution for software and systems engineering helps you combat the challenges of complexity, quality, compliance, competition and predictability – so you can quickly take advantage of market opportunities.

Find product details, industry solutions and more
Open Services Lifecucle Collaboration OSLC   Leverage the growing industry impact of OSLC

Open Services Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) enables companies to have heterogeneous application lifecycle management (ALM) environments, with multiple vendors’ products, that all speak the same language. It’s part of a growing IBM Rational ALM ecosystem that helps developers boost productivity and peer collaboration.

Explore OSLC
IBM Rational Software Announcements   There’s much more: Learn about all the new software from IBM Rational

Explore new solutions that help enterprise IT and product development teams accelerate software and systems delivery, while reducing risk – by integrating across the application and product lifecycle, unifying teams, roles and platforms, and better aligning development with business priorities.

See everything that’s new
Big data Tech Talk   Get IBM’s take on big data – and learn about InfoSphere BigInsights

Join us June 25 for this online Tech Talk session to get a pragmatic view of the big data landscape – and to learn how IBM’s Apache Hadoop-based offering, IBM InfoSphere® BigInsights™, can help you address your big data business problems.

Register and mark your calendar
Master data management for WebSphere Commerce   Build a better online product catalog with IBM Master Data Management

Learn now IBM Infosphere Master Data Management (MDM) Collaborative Edition can enhance IBM WebSphere Commerce with sophisticated product catalog management capabilities that meet the single-view-of-product requirements of online commerce.

Webcast June 20 – register
IBM Connections Suite   New IBM Connections Suite: Social business in-a-box

IBM Connections Suite combines best-of-breed communications, content management and social software capabilities – microblogging, ideation, IM, web meetings, softphone, blogs, wikis, forums, communities, document management and more – in one integrated bundle.

Learn more
Smarter Commerce Summit   Hurry: Don’t miss Early-Bird savings on Smarter Commerce Global Summit 2012 registration

At the the Smarter Commerce™ Global Summit 2012 (Sep. 5-7 in Orlando) you’ll find the insight and resources you need to connect with today’s connected, influential, smarter customers! Save US$400 off the standard registration fee when you register by June 15, 2012 (TOMORROW!).

Learn more, register now and SAVE
TRIRIGA integrated workplace management   Create smarter global infrastructure with integrated workplace management solutions

By integrating real estate, capital projects, space management, maintenance, and environmental and energy management within a single platform, IBM TRIRIGA® delivers the visibility, control and automation organizations need to creat and maintain smarter physical infrastructure.

Read the IBM white paper (PDF, 1.4MB)
Native, web or hybrid   Native, web or hybrid mobile app development? Get the facts.

This white paper lists the pros and cons of each mobile app development approach, describes the approaches that best meet typical enterprise requirements, and offers a flexible solution for all three approaches.

Register and download the paper
IBM support electronic entry   Get ready: IBM is moving to electronic entry of service requests

Beginning in 2013, IBM will require Passport Advantage® and Passport Advantage Express customers to enter severity 2, 3, and 4 software tech support requests electronically, using the IBM Service Request (SR) tool. To get maximum value from the SR tool, we recommend that you start using it this month.

Read the detailed announcement
IBM Support Portal enhancements   See the new features at the IBM Support Portal – based on your input

Enhancements include simplified product selection and notification subscription, new social media tagging and search features, and more. See why the IBM Support Portal – the worldwide, one-stop technical support site for all IBM products – is more useful and effective than ever!

Read about it at IBM developerWorks
Self-paced virtual class discount   Drive your own discount on IBM Software self-paced virtual classes

Start with a substantial 25 percent discount on IBM Software self-paced virtual classes. Then share the discount offer with your friends, colleagues and social network to raise your discount to as much as 35 percent!

Expires June 22, 2012 – get the details



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