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Colruyt Group IT kiest voor interactieve mainframe analyse met de expert knowledge van IntelliMagic

On this webpage you can read the Dutch version of the Colruyt testimony.

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Mainframe encryption causes higher demand in TCP/IP address space

Many shops are using IBM’s pervasive encryption to protect their mainframe's integrity, but how do we get in front of the mainframe impacts or know which encryption methods might meet security requirements at lower cost?

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Getting to Know Your WebSphere for z/OS Workload

There are many areas of WebSphere that can leave even a seasoned z/OS performance specialist scratching their head. The SMF 120-9 records give us a great way to measure and understand our WebSphere workloads like never before.

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Monitoring TCP/IP Performance for z/OS with SMF 119 Metrics

Gain visibility into the mainframe TCP/IP communications infrastructure performance with SMF 119 metrics. Numerous activity and utilization metrics are reported.

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Mainframe Security’s Latest Tool for Ensuring Encryption Standards are Met

zERT data can enable the mainframe security team to both evaluate ongoing adherence to security policies and programmatically provide data for required reporting to auditors and compliance officers.

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Intelligent Analysis of TCP/IP z/OS Encryption Readiness Technology Summary Data

TCP/IP’s z/OS Encryption Readiness Technology (zERT) feature provides a single source of data to determine which traffic to and from your site is cryptographically protected by protocols like TLS, SSH, and IPSec, and which is not protected.

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Gain Insight Into z/OS Network Security Usage and WebSphere Transactions

SMF data provides all the information performance analysts need to derive key performance insights. Join this webinar to learn how to derive more intelligence from zERT and WebSphere SMF data.

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Controlling MLC with Capping

‘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).

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CPU – Just the Tip of the z/OS Iceberg

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.

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How to Bridge the z/OS Mainframe Performance & Capacity Skills Gap

The z/OS mainframe skills gap represents a great risk to performance & capacity teams, and demands a new, more effective approach to bridging the gap.

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Does your Disaster Recovery Plan Meet its Objectives? Analyzing TS7700 Tape Replication (Part 1 of 2)

This blog is the first in a series of two blogs on the topic of Mainframe Virtual Tape Replication.

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