Great stuff. Thanks. Rgrds, Joseph Sumi
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Rob Schramm Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 12:03 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: mainframe "selling" points z/OS Security: Statement of Integrity. With the Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 5 (EAL5) awarded by International Standards Organization, System z has the highest security rating or classification for any commercially available server. http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/au/resources/systems_au_Why_is_DB2_for_zOS_better_than_Oracle_RAC.pdf DB2 integration with Netezza Ability to fully utilitize computing resources - WLM, Group Capacity Ability to provide FIPS140-2 level 4 encryption facilities General high-availability and redundancy coupling facility GDPS if you need to get really wild. http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246366.html Leveraging and extending existing code base. Rob Schramm Senior Systems Consultant Imperium Group On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Steve Comstock <st...@trainersfriend.com>wrote: > On 1/25/2013 8:42 AM, Sumi, Joseph J. (CMS/CTR) (CTR) wrote: > >> Hello, I'm looking for ideas to add to what I've come up with so far .... >> >> If you are an application and you were deciding what platform you >> should be developed and run on, what are the KEY items (IE: selling >> points) associated with the mainframe environment that would steer >> you to pick the mainframe over other platforms ? >> >> IE: I know scalability and availability are factors but other things >> like ... why DB2 over Oracle, why RACF security over Unix >> permissions, why z/OS over UNIX (for example) ........... any ideas will be >> appreciated ! ! >> >> Thanks, Joe >> >> > > > http://www.trainersfriend.com/**CoolThingsToDo.htm<http://www.trainers > friend.com/CoolThingsToDo.htm> > > > > > -- > > Kind regards, > > -Steve Comstock > The Trainer's Friend, Inc. > > 303-355-2752 > http://www.trainersfriend.com > > * To get a good Return on your Investment, first make an investment! > + Training your people is an excellent investment > > * Try our tool for calculating your Return On Investment > for training dollars at > > http://www.trainersfriend.com/**ROI/roi.html<http://www.trainersfriend > .com/ROI/roi.html> > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**------ > ---- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
