White Papers - Mainframe Solutions

Application Performance

APM for Mainframe

Eliminating the enterprise application performance management

Mainframe Outsourcing: Removing the Hidden Costs

A recent global Compuware study revealed several hidden costs associated with mainframe outsourcing that include rising MIPS consumption, and higher investments in testing and troubleshooting due to poor quality and performance.

MIPS Management Best Practices

Learn the keys steps for improving application performance and lowering cost by managing MIPS

Executive Overview: Mainframe Efficiency in the Real World

Summary of research on the innovative steps 60 global market leaders took to drive mainframe efficiencies and the benefits realized -- whether in actual dollars, productivity gains, and/or reduced risk to the enterprise.

Five Simple Steps to Managing MIPS

Better management of MIPS consumption is one of the most overlooked opportunities for reducing mainframe hardware and software costs. MIPS usage is growing faster than both business growth and IT budget growth.

Whose Fault is it Anyway… Diagnose DB2 and WebSphere MQ problems

Many organizations are using web services to extend the reach of their legacy mainframe applications to distributed platforms and the Internet. One unintended consequence of this trend is a much more complicated problem resolution process.

Developer Productivity/Workbench

Executive Overview: Mainframe Efficiency in the Real World

Summary of research on the innovative steps 60 global market leaders took to drive mainframe efficiencies and the benefits realized -- whether in actual dollars, productivity gains, and/or reduced risk to the enterprise.

CIO Magazine: CFOs speak out… How focusing on price spells ROI disaster

CFOs and CEOs believe that productivity is most important to IT, followed by efficiency and hard savings. In contrast, CIOs consider their own focus to be less about productivity; ranking efficiency first, then hard savings.

CIO Magazine: CIOs tell all… How soft number tip the ROI scale

ROI assessments are a necessary part of any business, but especially in the context of economic uncertainty that demands a careful accounting of every dollar. Still, it’s not exactly a favorite pastime for CIOs or CFOs.

Optimizing Mainframe Systems… Leveraging IT assets and increasing staff productivity

In recent years, deployed mainframe hardware capacity has greatly increased. Traditional mainframe environments are essential foundations for high-value applications and data within organizations that regularly perform large volumes of transactions.

The Best Tools Just Got Better… Compuware Workbench

Modern IT organizations are under constant pressure to meet the expectations of an increasingly connected customer base. This complexity increases the challenges IT faces in meeting its core objectives: business agility and cost control.

Optimized Test Data

The Business and IT Advantages of Optimized Test Data

Optimized test data shortens development and test cycles, reduces costs and ensures data security.

Easily Find and Search Data Repositories Deployed in Enterprise Networks

By finding and searching data repositories deployed in enterprise networks, DgDiscover provides the business intelligence required to manage the risk of using sensitive data for application tests.

Putting Privacy People Back to Sleep with De-Identification-Undisguised test data scares your CPO

Insomniac CPOs and frustrated CIOs are realizing the reality of undisguised test data crossing over borders. Privacy Associates International discusses how disguising data before it crosses borders can relieve legal burdens related to this activity.