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If you would like me to speak at your user group (in Canada or in the Caribbean) just send me a note jim_elliott@ca.ibm.com

Upcoming events at which I am speaking

NaSPA NaSPA Ontario in Toronto May 20, 2009.

I will be presenting Building a Dynamic Infrastructure - The Road Ahead for System z and Linux on System z - A Strategic View on the evening of Wednesday, May 20.

Presentations on Linux and IBM Systems

NaSPA IBM System z and the Road Ahead. (2.29MB)
Today's interconnected and data consuming applications are changing the dynamics of IT. As content serving, real-time business intelligence, and high performance computing functions are more tightly coupled with mission critical applications, they become vital to the operational success of core business transactions. This s ession will summarize the key milestones in 2008 for System z and detail plans to deliver a comprehensive solution for today's increasingly multi-tier and multi-architecture application landscape.

Linux on System z - A Strategic View. (2.12MB)
A Strategic View Datacenters today have a key architectural choice to make in designing large-scale implementations. Is the best approach to scale-out with rack-optimized servers or to scale up with large SMP servers using virtualization facilities to run many images on a single server? IBM System z is a 'green' solution which for many users will be the optimal choice. Since Linux on S/390 (now Linux on System z) became available early in 2000 customers around the world have increasingly exploited this technology in conjunction with PR/SM LPAR and z/VM. From environments with only a single IFL Linux engine) to those with 100s of IFLs, the ways in which datacenters exploit Linux on System z vary widely. Jim will describe how Linux on System z, in combination with z/VM, will provide a robust and cost-effective Linux environment which integrates well with z/OS as well providing for consolidation of distributed platforms.

Given at the NaSPA Ontario meeting in Toronto on May 20, 2009.

IBM IBM Mainframes - 45 Years of Evolution. This presentation celebrates the 45 year evolution of IBM mainframes. (1.58MB)

This presentation was updated on April 9, 2009 to add information on the S/360 65/67 MP machines and the IBM System 9020 Air Traffic Control system.

This presentation was updated on April 10, 2009 to enhance the chronology of S/360 and S/370 machines.

SHARE CSE For High Availability and System Management. Do you have more than one z/VM system? Do you want to be able to share the RACF database across your systems? Do you want to only manage one VM Directory for all the systems? Would you like to ensure that a minidisk may only be linked RW on one guest on one system, and have all the systems enforce that, and thus be able to finally get a good night's sleep? The z/VM Cross System Extensions can do all that for you, and more! Come and see how z/VM's CSE enables you to treat separate VM systems as a single system image. Lower your system management workload, and get higher availability to boot! (234KB)

Linux on System z - A Strategic View.
Datacenters today have a key architectural choice to make in designing large-scale implementations. Is the best approach to scale-out with rack-optimized servers or to scale up with large SMP servers using virtualization facilities to run many images on a single server?
IBM System z is a green solution which for many users will be the optimal choice. Since Linux on S/390 (now Linux on System z) became available early in 2000 customers around the world have increasingly exploited this technology in conjunction with PR/SM LPAR and z/VM. From environments with only a single IFL (Linux engine) to those with 100s of IFLs, the ways in which datacenters exploit Linux on System z vary widely.
Jim will describe how Linux on System z, in combination with z/VM, will provide a robust and cost-effective Linux environment which integrates well with z/OS, z/TPF and z/VSE as well providing for consolidation of distributed platforms. (2.07MB)

Given at the SHARE Winter 2009 conference in Austin, TX in March, 2009.

SHARE An Introduction to Linux and Open Source. Linux and Open Source continue to see substantial growth around the world. This session will provide on overview of Open Source and an introduction to Linux (including concepts and terminology). Jim will also provide an overview of Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 10 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5. (1.81MB)

Given at the SHARE Summer 2008 conference in San Jose, CA in August, 2008.

SHARE Reducing Your Software Costs Through Server Consolidation with Linux on System z. The presentation gives an overview of TCO savings from running Linux on System z. (1.24MB)

Linux Utilities for IBM System z. The presentation gives an overview of the Linux Utilities for IBM on System z. (1.32MB)

Given at the SHARE Summer 2006 conference in Baltimore, MD on August 14-18, 2006.

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