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				Returning to the mainframe Although discount stockbroker Charles Schwab has moved many applications from mainframes to servers, applications have also been moved back to mainframes. By Eva Freeman Routers, mainframes, and TCP/IP Companies are looking to channel-attached routers, rather than the front-end processors of old, to shift their mainframe-based communications into high gear. By Paul Korzeniowski No more gold-plated MIPS UNIX-based servers are becoming more powerful, while the cost of mainframe MIPS has been steadily decreasing. Some surprisingly mainframe-like tasks are now carried out in distributed environments. By Eva Freeman Are mainframes cool again? Lower costs and emerging applications are enabling IT shops to squeeze more value out of the venerable System/390. By David Simpson Big iron shops flex the 'plex Continuous availability is the main business reason to go with IBM's S/390 Parallel Sysplex, but there are other potential advantages worth evaluating. By David Simpson Tap into a rich legacy of data Pick the right tools, and you'll have a robust PC app cooperating with that proven mainframe application while you're waiting for client/server to get real. By Charles B. Darling System/390 white papers , IBM OS/390, IBM OS/390 Redbooks, IBM Eric Loriaux's System/390 home page GUIDE, IBM user group Cathcart's corner, IBM The Resurgence of the Mainframe. Here to Stay?, Amdahl SHARE, IBM user group				IBM - S/390 S/390 products page Parallel Enterprise Servers S/390 G5 Enterprise Server Parallel Sysplex Hitachi Data Systems Skyline Pilot Amdahl Mainframe products Millennium 700 Say goodbye to MVS, Say hello to OS/390 OS/390 bundles a slew of packages and services that used to be sold separately, but will it save you money? Probably. By David Simpson Big Iron roars Six years after dire pronouncements that the mainframe was dead, quite the opposite is true: Mainframe usage is actually on the rise. By David Simpson A UNIX server is NO mainframe As enterprise servers, UNIX systems still fall short of mainframes in some areas. Measuring the gaps will help you put the right apps on the right platform. By David Simpson Data sharing unites mainframes with open systems There's no reason to keep your S/390 and open-system storage facilities separate. Through data sharing, both environments can access the same data. By David Simpson Fred Sipes, IS director, Hundai America CMOS saves big bucks The business benefit of going to CMOS is straightforward -- dramatic cost savings.. Here's how you can take advantage to do it. By David Simpson

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