IBM® z/VSE® V5.1 helps to protect and leverage your investments in the z/VSE platform. In addition to function delivered earlier, z/VSE V5.1 additional enhancements are designed to further exploit innovative IBM zEnterprise® and IBM System Storage® technology, and extend the z/VSE connectivity options in heterogeneous environments.

z/VSE V5.1 additional enhancements include support for:

   * Innovative IBM zEnterprise EC12 technology         - Configurable Crypto Express4S         - OSA-Express4S 1000BASE-T     *…

BM Automation Control for z/OS V1.1 offers a powerful and versatile set of functions to automate IBM System z® application environments. You get new tailorable, goal-driven, and policy-based technology to manage complex system and application automation challenges. IBM Automation Control for z/OS V1.1 eliminates most common reasons for writing manual scripts and to reduce dependencies on system programming and operations resources.

IBM Automation Control for z/OS:

• Can help improve the efficiency of operations and the availability of critical systems and applications, while helping reduce the effort required for configuration, customization,…

IBM announced today that it is helping the state of Oklahoma save $15 million over the next five years and ultimately improve services to state residents.

As governments institute structural changes in the way agencies measure performance and deliver services, data analytics and new delivery models can help lead the way for transformations that realize a measurable return on investment and improved quality of life. By analyzing business processes and consolidating IT projects, IBM will help the state gain significant savings in software licensing and technology maintenance costs— resulting in an expected IT budget recovery of 30 percent.…

IMAGE Copies with FATSCOPY A new option, IMAGE, has been provided that directs FATSCOPY to make an “image” copy (an exact bit-for-bit copy) of a tape volume. The output tape contains an exact copy of the input tape, including the volume label, header and trailer labels, and all the data files. This can be used when you want to migrate tape volumes to a new output device, maintaining the original volsers and the position of each file on the volumes. FATSCOPY will update the tape management information for the volume to contain the output device information (such…

Covisint, a Compuware company, today introduced a new and enhanced supplier portal that dramatically improves simplicity, usability, mobile accessibility and time-to-value. Additionally, through its Akamai NetAlliance Partnership, Covisint's Cloud Engagement Platform will feature market-leading response times for multi-page transactions globally.

Automotive and other manufacturers need to share mission-critical business-to-business (B2B) information and applications reliably, securely and in real-time across the supply chain. Connecting more than 80,000 organizations and eight of the world's largest…

CA Technologies today announced that it has again been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for User Authentication*. CA AuthMinder™ and CA RiskMinder™, the company’s on-premise strong authentication solutions, and CA CloudMinder™ Advanced Authentication, the authentication-as-a-service component of CA CloudMinder, were evaluated for this report.

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IBM marks the 50th anniversary of its Fellows program by elevating eight employees to IBM Fellow for their innovations in such strategic areas as cloud and mobile computing, big data and business analytics. The new Fellows will be visible in reinforcing IBM's commitment to technical eminence worldwide as they each "adopt" an IBM growth market, serving as technology ambassadors in key regions.

The new IBM Fellows…

Dallas, Texas, 3, April, 2013 -- Today Arney Computer Systems (http://www.arneycompuer.com) is pleased to announce the general availability of its innovative new software diagnostic product, Trap Diagnostic Facility. TDF uses the most recent IBM System z hardware facilities and z/OS operating system services to dynamically monitor the execution of applications being debugged. Using the hardware TRAP facility rather than using software recovery exits provides many advantages. Among them, user recovery routines can be debugged just as easily as other user-written code.

TDF’s unique design provides features that reduce the manual effort required to…

Compuware Corporation, the technology performance company delivering a new generation of APM, today announced the availability of the free Compuware APM Mobile Application Monitoring Service, the first and only free solution that combines crash, performance and business analytics for native mobile applications. Compuware pioneered mobile APM, first delivering solutions more than three years ago. This new free offering enables mobile application and operations teams to accelerate…

Throughout the last 49 years, the IBM (NYSE: IBM) mainframe has advanced, anticipating both the present and future needs of businesses. Organizations are moving more cloud, mobile, big data and analytics computing projects on to mainframes and joining them with traditional projects like transaction processing, operational analytics and database management to develop solutions that can empower a Smarter Planet. Because of these trends, today's mainframes are growing in popularity, requiring a new generation of mainframe experts.

IBM’s Master the Mainframe Contest,…

Compuware Corporation, the technology performance company delivering a new generation of APM, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Amdocs, the leading provider of customer experience systems and services, to be a supplier of application performance management (APM) for its production environments.

Compuware APM—dynaTrace will be one of Amdocs' preferred production monitoring and support solutions, facilitating solution development and…

CA Technologies has announced that it is partnering with Kalypso, an innovation management consulting firm, to help customers optimize their portfolio management and new product development processes in order to more reliably select, manage, and deliver new products.

Customers using CA Clarity™ can now leverage Kalypso’s Nova for PPM®, a proven leading practice methodology for high-performance innovation, to optimize…