Many organizations are now seeking ways to escape from their legacy technology and platform. This paper presents three options for addressing this challenge: preserve, translate, or rewrite. The paper analyzes each choice and provides resources for further Read More...

This white paper compares mainframe-based and distributed-based job scheduling products and provides the basis for analyzing job-scheduling capabilities on each platform. (221 KB Word doc; January 2007)http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/7/2/272DB1B6-209A-4AEC-A231-105B35DC0271/Job_Sch_Final.do Read More...

Microsoft, like many large organizations, relies on SAP AG enterprise resource planning (ERP) products to manage the day-to-day operations of its business. From the mid-1990s when Microsoft first deployed SAP products in its business environment, Microsoft Read More...

Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 is now part of the HP Unified Cluster Portfolio for High-Performance Computing (HPC) customers, with support on HP ProLiant servers, HP BladeSystem, and HP Cluster Platforms.http://g.msn.com/9SE/1?http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/ccs/default.mspx&&DI=6066&IG=3fadce82ad524693b330c96160f868b0&POS=1&CM=WPU&CE=1&CS=AWP&SR= Read More...

Service orientation is a means for building distributed systems. At its most abstract, service orientation views everything—from the mainframe application to the printer to the shipping dock clerk to the overnight delivery company—as a service Read More...

Get insight and clarity into the process of legacy modernization, with a focus on application migration. This paper demonstrates the feasibility of incrementally moving workloads off a z/OS Mainframe. The results demonstrate a possible significant cost Read More...

This book is an introduction to enterprise computing capabilities offered by Microsoft® as compared to mainframe technology, and how the MicrosoftWindows® platform can be an effective alternative to the mainframe environment. The goals are to provide Read More...