Bank of America touts mainframe work as a safe career

Works with IBM to help college students gain skills to run, maintain the high-end systems. BM has worked hard in recent years to keep its mainframe franchise attractive to IT managers. The company has made the high-end machines Linux and Java friendly and it has developed application-specific specialty processors. It’s also created a worldwide training program to increase the pool of students with mainframe skills. Continue reading at computerworld.

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Como será a forma de trabalho no futuro ?

Jim Coughlin escreveu um artigo no seu blog como a IBM preve 9 tendências para trabalho inteligente para 2009. Veja o artigo em português do Brasil e em inglês também.

IBM Prediz 9 Tendências de Trabalho Inteligentes para 2009

IBM Predicts 9 Smart Work Trends for 2009

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SOA for Dummies 2nd IBM Limited Edition Mini eBook

Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies, 2nd IBM Limited Edition. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is the most important technology initiative facing businesses today. SOA is game changing, and early SOA successes make it clear that SOA is here to stay. This book introduces you to the basics of SOA in context with the real life experiences of seven companies. Seen through the varied business environments depicted in each of the case studies, we hope you will recognize that SOA is more than a bunch of new software products strung together to allow technology companies to have something else to sell. SOA represents a dramatic change in the relationship between business and IT. SOA makes technology a true business enabler and empowers business and technology leaders alike.

Bookmark it now.

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IBM WebSphere System z Software Podcasts

I’m developer with focus on Java platform, however I’m studying in my Master Business Administration course, high available enterprise server architecture. I already studied mainframe architecture then I realized that there are a lot of technologies in our UNIX servers nowadays that already had in mainframe environment a long time ago. I was googling about System Z and I found out IBM WebSphere System z Software Podcasts.
Take a look on this podcast series, I listened some episodes and I really enjoy it.

Kleber Rodrigo de Carvalho

Smart Work for a Smarter Planet

I was reading SmartSOA blog about Top 5 Announcements from IBM Impact 2009, then I found out the SmartSOA channel on youtube, and specially I like this video about Smart Work for a Smarter Planet. I’m an IBMer. Check it out .

Kleber Rodrigo de Carvalho

Utilizing Web 2.0 in business

While Web 2.0 has been a huge hit with consumers, some businesses have been much slower to embrace it. Many companies, however, are now realizing the great potential of Web 2.0 and how Web 2.0 services such as YouTube, Twitter, and SlideShare can provide value to their organizations. See how businesses can exploit the power of Web 2.0 services while simultaneously improving workplace relationships. Empower your employees to share information that helps generate sales leads, aids in recruitment, and assists in strengthening your company’s brand, image, and corporate identity. Explore business-oriented Web 2.0 tools such as LinkedIn and CrunchBase and the Web services and APIs that many of these tools offer, allowing their benefits to be incorporated into other applications. Continue reading it here.

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Ami Dewar and John Muller on My developerWorks design factors

developerWorks podcasts are amazing. I’m working and listening Ami Dewar and John Muller on My developerWorks design factors. It was from Tuesday April 28, 2009, yes I need to decrease my developerWorks podcasts backlog list.

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Produzo software no Brasil, na Rússia, na Índia ou na China?

Interessante o artigo escrito pelo José Augusto no blog do Academic Initiative, cujo o tema é Produzo software no Brasil, na Rússia, na Índia ou na China?.

Eu escrevi meus comentários lá, principalmente enfatizei o que eu vejo hoje referente ao desinteresse de profissionais em trabalhar em projeto de outsourcing,

Kleber Rodrigo de Carvalho

Studying zlinux with RedBooks

Lately I’ve been studying mainframe architecture because I’m responsible for production operations of an application and since August/2008 it is running over zLinux architecture. I’m listing below some useful source about zlinux. It’s in order by year.

Redbook – Achieving High Availability on Linux for System z with Linux-HA Release 2 – 2009

As Linux® on System z® becomes more prevalent and mainstream in the industry, the need for it to deliver higher levels of availability is also increasing. IBM® supports the Linux High Availability (HA) project (see http://www.linux-ha.org/) which provides high availability functions to the open source community. One component of the Linux HA project is a program known as Heartbeat. Heartbeat runs on every known Linux platform. Heartbeat is part of the framework of the Linux High Availability project.

Redbook – z/VM and Linux on IBM System z The Virtualization Cookbook for SLES 10 SP2 – 2008

This IBM Redbooks publication describes how to roll your own Linux virtual servers on IBM System z hardware under z/VM. This edition applies to Version 5, Release 4, Modification 0 of z/VM (product number 5741-A05) and Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) Version 10, Service Pack 2 (SP2).

Redbook – Problem Determination for Linux on System z – 2008

This IBM Redbooks publication addresses some of the common problems that customers have experienced on the Linux® on System z™ platform. This book provides a problem determination methodology and tools to help the reader diagnose the problem in an easy-to-read self-help manual.

Redbook – z/VM and Linux Operations for z/OS System Programmers – 2008
This IBM Redbooks publication discusses z/VM and Linux operations from the perspective of the z/OS programmer or system programmer. Although other books have been written about many of these topics, this book gives enough information about each topic to describe z/VM and Linux on IBM System z operations to somebody who is new to both environments. This book is intended for z/OS programmers and system programmers who are transitioning to the z/VM and Linux on System z environments and who want a translation guide for assistance. We base this book on our experiences using System z10 Enterprise Edition, z/VM version 5.3 RSU 0701, and Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 on System z.

Redpaper – Sharing and maintaining Linux under z/VM – 2008

Large operating systems, such as z/OS , have, for several decades, taken advantage of shared file structures. The benefits of a shared file structure are reduced disk space, simplified maintenance, and simplified systems management. This IBM Redpaper describes how to create a Linux solution with shared file systems on IBM System z hardware (the mainframe) running under z/VM. It also describes a
maintenance system where the same Linux image exists on a test, maintenance and gold virtual servers.

Redpaper – A Shared WebSphere Application Server Installation for Linux on zSeries – 2005

This IBM Redpaper describes a process to enable sharing one WebSphere Application Server installation among many Linux guests running under z/VM.

Redbook – Linux on IBM eServer zSeries and S/390: Best Security Practices – 2004
This IBM Redbook discusses best security practices for running Linux as a z/VM guest on IBM eServer zSeries and S/390 machines. This publication is intended for system administrators and IT architects responsible for deploying secure Linux servers running under z/VM. We consider both z/VM and Linux security topics.

Redbook – DB2 for Linux on iSeries: Implementation Guide – 2004

This IBM Redbook discusses DB2 UDB for Linux on iSeries. We provide the installation and configuration steps for DB2 UDB for Linux on iSeries. We also present connectivity scenarios between OS/400 resources and Linux resources.

Redbook – WebSphere for Linux on iSeries: Implementation Guide – 2004

This IBM Redbook is about WebSphere Application Server V5.0.2 for Linux on iSeries. It begins with a brief discussion of WebSphere Application Server V5.0.2, then provides details about product positioning on the OS/400 versus Linux for iSeries platforms, and about the features included in various packaging options.

Redpaper – Linux on IBM eServer zSeries and S/390: z/VM Configuration for WebSphere Deployments – 20003

This tip details how to configure gcc on Linux for IBM eServer zSeries to act as a cross-compiler.

Redpapaper – Linux on IBM eServer zSeries and S/390: z/VM Configuration for WebSphere Deployments – 2003

In this Redpaper, we introduce a method to determine an efficient infrastructure for WebSphere deployment on Linux for zSeries. The infrastructure consists of LPARs running multiple Linux guests under VM. Each Linux guest runs WebSphere, which in turn runs Web applications. In this paper, we describe steps to configure z/VM Linux guests intended to run WebSphere applications. Specifically, we outline a method to calculate the memory required to deploy WebSphere applications, and describe how that memory should be allocated to the LPAR, z/VM, and Linux guests.

Redbook – Linux on IBM eServer zSeries and S/390: Application Development – 2002

This IBM Redbook describes application development for Linux on the IBM eServer zSeries platform. The target audience is application developers writing primarily in C/C++ and Java. The Linux development environment for zSeries is quite similar to the development environment on other platforms running Linux since the operating system services and development tools share a common code base. We note differences and optimizations specific to the zSeries platform where applicable.

Technote – Linux on IBM eServer zSeries: Configuring gcc as a cross-compiler – 2002

This tip details how to configure gcc on Linux for IBM eServer zSeries to act as a cross-compiler.
If you wanna add some new source above, leave me a comment. Thank you.

Kleber Rodrigo de Carvalho