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So you got a shiny new InfiniBox® system, and after a few months of loading it with migrated workloads you start to see some increases in response time. How do you figure out the root cause?

‘Soft capping’ is a common technique to control software costs based on the R4HA. IBM offers two ‘flavors’: Defined Capacity (DC) and Group Capacity (GC).

With the recent IBM announcement about Tailored Fit Pricing, it seems an opportune time to discuss the current pricing methods. In this first blog I’ll cover sub-capacity pricing.

A look back at SHARE Pittsburgh with links to all of the presentations and sessions we hosted.

z/OS is now responsible for everything from online transactions, network traffic, replicated data, and so much more. The infrastructure to handle this complexity is no longer limited to ensuring CPU is going to be okay.

As the mainframe assumes its role as the data hub in your network, it is important to make sure that the mainframe is well protected. Enter IBM zERT.

IntelliMagic Vision is a great Network Operations Center (NOC) solution that allows you to monitor the performance and capacity health of your entire SAN infrastructure in a single pane of glass.

After releasing our support for Db2 for z/OS earlier this year, we decided to sponsor the North American IDUG conference and the response was overwhelmingly positive.