- Analyzing bottlenecks Critical path analysis Applying the latest z/OS features

Batch performance optimization remains an important topic for many companies today, whether merging workloads, supporting growth, reducing cost or extending the online day.

- Learn about the enhancements to the IBM Ultrium family of tape drives and tape libraries
- Drag and drop with Linear Tape File System Library Edition
- Explore tape cartridge direct flight with the TS3500 Shuttle Complex

This IBM Redbooks® publication presents a general introduction to Linear Tape-Open (LTO) technology and the implementation of corresponding IBM products.

- Running T24 R11 on AIX with WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere MQ
- High availability and disaster recovery implementation
- T24 R11 with DB2 9 and DB2 pureScale

This Redpaper™ publication shows how IBM® software running on AIX® can be used to deliver high availability and disaster recovery for Temenos T24.

- Provides managing and monitoring best practices focused on virtualization
- Covers AIX, IBM i, and Linux for Power virtual I/O clients
- Includes Virtual I/O Server 2.2 enhancements

IBM® PowerVM® virtualization technology is a combination of hardware and software that supports and manages the virtual environments on POWER5™-, POWER5+™, POWER6®, and POWER7™-based systems.

- Provides an overview of current batch processing technology
- Discusses how to use, simplify, and improve batch processing
- Includes example scenarios that use batch processing

Mainframe computers play a central role in the daily operations of many of the world's largest corporations, and batch processing is a fundamental part of the workloads that run on the mainframe.