Reducing Mainframe Costs
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Mainframe managers are always under pressure to reduce
their mainframe costs while maintaining services and availability.
This month, we look at ways of reducing these mainframe
costs.
In our management section,
we look at the options when considering the removal or replacement
of a mainframe software product.
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In our opinion section,
we give an example of how a consulting project has saved a customer
money.
Finally in our technical section,
we continue our three part series that de-mystifies EBCDIC, Unicode,
ASCII and z/OS.
We hope you enjoy this month's issue of LongEx Mainframe Quarterly.
management: How to Get Rid of that Mainframe Software Product
The invoice arrives as it always does, working its way through the normal
channels until it lands on your desk. You give it a quick review, and as you
send the email approving payment, you think to yourself “I wish I could get
rid of this software.” And you're not alone.
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technical: Lost in Translation Part 2: ASCII and EBCDIC
on z/OS
In the first
article in this series, we introduced EBCDIC code pages, and
how they work with z/OS. But z/OS became more complicated when
UNIX Systems Services (USS) introduced ASCII into the mix. Web-enablement
and XML add UTF-8 and other Unicode specifications as well. So
how do EBCDIC, ASCII and Unicode work together?
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opinion: A Consulting Example: Reducing CPU Consumption
Today I'm feeling a little smug. I've just finished an assembler program change
that will save my customer around 240 MIPS. Not bad for a few days work.
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