If you really want to know what was covered at the seminar, request paper handouts by emailing Tina Linkens at [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you are just mildly interested, here is a quick recap of the CA/IBM/Sytek Linux seminar series:
The message from IBM (Len Santalucia) is that Linux is being embraced across all of their product lines: x (for xTended with mainframe-like features -- Intel Architecture), I (for iNtegrated, aka AS/400), p (for pErformance aka RS/6000), and, of course, z (for zEro downtime I think it may stand for something else). Anyway, the point is that Linux has been adopted by hundreds of mainframe sites and that the momentum is still growing at a more rapid pace than ever. IBM claims to have recouped its Jan2001 $1B investment by Dec2001. CA's speaker (Sam Greenblatt) is responsible for CA's commitment to the OSDL community ($2.5M entry fee, by the way) and is the former CTO of Candle Corp. He stated in no uncertain terms that CA views Linux as a $20M+ commitment that must spread across all their product offerings, from Unicenter to Brightstor (which allows Linux on zSeries to take the place of TSM for VM, by the way), to Jasmine (Database), to Cleverpath (a cool portal product) and so on. CA now has 54 products GA'd for Linux, and 32 for Linux on z (the broadest of any vendor outside of IBM). Sytek's message is simple: We don't offer products (well, except for what we resell for IBM, CA, and others_, just services as a soup-to-nuts IBM and CA Business Partner. As the Bob Vila of Linux for zSeries, we help strategize, configure infrastructure, implement, and provide 24x7 post-install VM sysprog and Linux admin services. We highlighted how to cost-justify a Linux proposal to management (hint: we'll help you for free), analyze the seven components of your mainframe infrastructure in order to make sure your system is ready for Linux' requirements, prepare for implementation and post-installation support issues, and finally, our success stories including UCLA Medical Center. In addition, if you buy a mainframe from Sytek you'll get a free copy of me showing you how to cheat on Wheel of Fortune! If you just want to receive our part of the show, email me and I'll email you the .pps presentation. We are planning an online monthly Linux newsletter (to be published by our good friend Gabe Goldberg!) as well; if you'd like to subscribe, please send a request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with any subject line and/or note. First issue will go out sometime next month. (And Gregg, Rich was only joking about his ears -- He is 1/128th Ferengi and can't avoid bragging about their enormity!) >> Hello from Gregg C Levine >> Well yes. Everything Bob Kusche had to say about how his outfit goes to >> work. And everything Len Santalucia offered about the whole area was >> also interesting. But for some reason I found the way the CA presenter >> made his points to be, well, odd. His subject matter was interesting. >> ------------------- >> Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Robert N. Kusche Sytek Services, Inc. Voice: (360) 734-2278 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.sytek-services.com
