Progress DataDirect Unveils Industry’s First Mainframe SQL Engine for Non-Relational Data to Leverage the zIIP Specialty Processor for Lowering Mainframe TCO

Submitted by mnelson on Wed, 2009-09-23 13:46
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Progress® DataDirect® Shadow® Release 7.2.1 Offers ANSI SQL-92 to Non-Relational Data with zIIP Offload; New Capabilities Lower Costs and Attract New Process-Intense Workloads to the Mainframe

Progress DataDirect Extends the Advantages of Event-Driven Architectures to Mainframe Customers with Complementary Support for IBM CICS TS v4.1

Submitted by mnelson on Wed, 2009-09-23 13:41
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End-to-End Solution Extends CICS Events Capability to Include Mainframe Database Business Events and Complex Event Processing

Retirement: How far are you from retiring? (Poll #2)

Submitted by pcs305 on Wed, 2009-09-16 12:08

With all this talk of Mainframer's retiring and the resulting shortage of mainframe skills it will cause. I think we should take another poll and see where we stand. The previous poll was back in March of 2007 and you can take a look at it here: link. Here are some of the recent articles talking about Mainframer's retiring: Network World IT Toolbox CA Mainframe Survey

More than 10 years away
50% (145 votes)
6 to 10 years away
25% (73 votes)
3 to 5 years away
13% (37 votes)
1 to 2 years away
5% (16 votes)
6 months to a year
2% (7 votes)
Within 6 months.
2% (6 votes)
I am retired.
1% (4 votes)
I'm semi-retired, doing occasional consulting work
1% (4 votes)
Total voters: 292

Fundi Acquires Circle Group

Submitted by pcs305 on Tue, 2009-09-15 21:48
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Fundi Software is pleased to announce today the acquisition of Circle Computer Group LLC of New Jersey, USA www.circle-us.com. The new operation in the United States will be called Circle Software, Inc. Circle, an established IBM Business Partner, specialize in the provision of CICS Education, including the famed Circle CICS Wall Chart, Consulting, developing and selling Software.

There are integration plans in process to incorporate Circle's Software Development with Fundi. However, the core business of Education and Consultancy will remain.

Announcement here: link

Can mainframe use really grow?

Submitted by pcs305 on Tue, 2009-09-15 20:42
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From Network World

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Some industry observers still like to kick dents in the mainframe saying it’s not the corporate platform of the future but the Big Iron seemingly takes the licks and keeps on ticking. Case in point: According to a study out today of 300 end users by researchers at IDC nearly one-half of said they plan to increase annual spending on mainframe hardware and software over the next five years. Only IBM mainframe users were included in the survey population, IDC noted.

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