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So...did you hear about zPrime?

You don't need to search very much these days within the mainframe world before you hear something about zPrime.  What is zPrime?  What does it do?  How can it help me?  Why will zPrime save me money?  All great questions - glad you asked! 

While I can't spill any details on NEON's zPrime, I can connect you with the people who can help you make the right zPrime decision.  What a wonderful time to re-invigorate the mainframe community in these tough economic times.  We recently had a webinar all about zPrime - incredible turnout and the results were positive and exciting.  One attendee mentioned to us: "That was a very impressive web seminar - NEON is at the cusp of a 'disruptive innovation' for the mainframe landscape that will cause a real paradigm shift."  It's great to be a new mainframer in the midst of all this new technology!  What a unique perspective to be viewing the birth of zPrime.  I can't wait to see what happens and will be anxiously awaiting more positive feedback from our customers already using zPrime to save money. 

Be sure to watch for the most up to date information on the NEON website.  In the meantime, take a look at these recent interesting articles on zPrime:

·         SearchDataCenter.com: Neon Software CEO rejects IBM warnings on mainframe licensing issues due to zPrime

·         Business Week: IBM Defends Its Big Iron

Published Wednesday, August 05, 2009 3:46 PM by kharper
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Comments

 

Vatsal Raicha said:

But is it really against the Licensing of ZIIP ZAAP? Also if IBM allows only certain workload to be offloaded to this speciality processors, then how can more work be offloaded to these processors (License wise)?

August 6, 2009 1:49 PM
 

cmullins said:

I've been wondering if there are any analogies to make between PC coprocessors (for arithmetic operations, graphics processing, etc.) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprocessor] and mainframe specialty processors?

August 6, 2009 4:29 PM
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About kharper

Kristine M. Harper is a developer for NEON Enterprise Software. Kristine graduated from the University of Arizona in 2005, but prior to graduation, completed internships with NEON Enterprise Software in the summers from 2001-2005. Kristine works as an assembler programmer in the area of research & development, on IMS projects. Specifically, she has worked on NEON’s D2 and Mission Control products. As a young female, Kristine is somewhat of an anomaly in the mainframe industry. That drove her to become involved with zNextGen, a user-driven community that aims to connect peers and facilitate shared experiences among emerging mainframe professionals. Kristine is currently a project manager for zNextGen, and is a frequent presenter at SHARE. She has also been included in media coverage with the following outlets: Search CIO Tech Target, KUHF Radio, eWeek, Reuters, and more. Visit her blog to read about the trends in her world: http://www.neonesoft.com/blog/blogs/kharper/default.aspx
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