Some IBM Announcements for z/OS, z/VM, z/VSE (Aug 5, 2008)

2008-08-05 Thread Pamela Christina in warm sunny Endicott NY
For the participants of IBMVM, LINUX-390, and IBMMAIN who
are interested in z/OS, z/VM, and z/VSE...

The following announcements were made today

IBM z/VM V5.4 - Extending virtualization technology for System z

IBM z/OS V1.10 offers new scalability, performance, availability, economics,
and solutions for enterprise information

IBM z/VSE Version 4 Release 2 is generally available to help enable growth

IBM C/C++ for z/VM V1.2 supports the latest programming standards

You can find the ann-let text on your favorite geo announcement site,
or you can also look on the z/VM site info/changes page.

http://www.vm.ibm.com/siteinfo/change.html


Enjoy!

Regards,
Pam C


Live Virtual Class, Aug 14 - Virtualization Basics (10am NY time)

2007-08-08 Thread Pamela Christina in warm sunny Endicott NY
Here's info about the next in the series of Live Virtual
Classes (webcasts).   The price is right (no charge, no travel).
If you can't get to SHARE or System z Expo, why not try and LVC.
Or even if you can get to the events, listen in to the call, and
then you'll free up a time slot on your conference agenda for something else.

Title:  Virtualization Basics

Abstract:
The latest buzz word in the industry seems to be virtualization. As we
have learned over the years,  one needs to be careful with buzzwords.
This presentation will not cover all the possible definitions for
virtualization. It will give you a strong understanding of what
virtualization means in the context of the z/VM hypervisor, and this can
be used to contrast with what others are calling virtualization. Key
topics covered in this presentation include: the virtual machine model,
the key components of z/VM, the role of the SIE instruction, and the
virtualization and management of various resources (processor, memory,
and I/O).


Audience: Customers, IBMers, ISVs and Business Partners

This 90-minute LVC will be conducted on Tuesday, August 14 starting at
10:00 Eastern U.S./4:00 p.m. CET and recorded for subsequent replay.
The replay will be available 1 week after the live session via a link on
the z/VM website (http://www.vm.ibm.com/)

Important:
Enroll for this session by EOD Monday, August 13 with this URL:
https://asp22.centra.com:443/Reg/main/00013c73780113c2f41183002cd1/en_US


There is no tuition to participate in this session, however you must
enroll at least 1 business day ahead of the session date to enable your
participation. The LVC will be delivered using the Centra tool that
employs Voice over IP (VoIP) technology to provide both the audio as
well as the visuals to your Windows workstation.  Each participant must
enroll individually, ie. no sharing of LVC logins is supported.

After enrolling in the LVC, you should run a a System Check via the
following URL to verify your workstation meets the following minimum
requirements.
System Check: https://stg.centra.com/SysCheck/main/Customers/ibmstg
  Windows 2000 or Windows XP
  Internet Explorer 5.01, Netscape 7.2, Firefox 1.0 or later.
  28.8 kbps or faster Internet connection
  P350+ MHz, 128+ MB memory
  800x600 16-bit color display or better
  sound card and speakers (to hear the audio portion of the LVC)
  microphone (required if you want to ask a question during the LVC)


For LVC info and comments about them, contact Dick Kendrick
  +1.469.718.0048 or [EMAIL PROTECTED]


If you want to access the replays, or see what else is
on the events calendar for z/VM and more...

 http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/


Regards,
Pam C
Dame Pamela the Publicist