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NEON Announces IMS Solutions for zIIP Processors
The following write-up was published by Database Trends & Applications in the 5 Minute Briefing newsletter on May 27, 2008:
NEON Enterprise Software, a provider of enterprise data management solutions, has announced that NEON Eclipse Reorganization Utilities now support IBM's z9 Integrated Information Processor (zIIP). By offloading more than 70 percent of processing to IBM's zIIP, the company states, the NEON products provide a cost-effective solution for IMS database maintenance.
While hardware has become less expensive over the last two to three decades, the rising cost of software has had the effect of deterring customers from upgrading their hardware, Tom Harper, software developer at NEON, observed to 5 Minute Briefing. That’s because vendors historically price software based on the general-purpose formula of millions of instructions per second (MIPS) of the machine. Companies that want to upgrade their mainframe may face steep software fee increases.
With the zIIP, "IBM designed it to be disruptive in the marketplace," said Harper. zIIP processors free up general computing capacity and lower the total cost of computing by moving selected types of workload from general-purpose processors to zIIP processors. Customers incur no additional software costs for zIIP processing, resulting in reduced software costs and additional processing capacity, which can eliminate or delay the need to upgrade.
"A lot of the smaller, more nimble software vendors who still have development staffs have come out with products that exploit the zIIP processors," said Harper. "Essentially in order to write software that runs on a zIIP processor, you have to redesign and essentially rewrite all of your software."
The NEON Eclipse Reorganization Utilities include iUnload, iLoad, iBuild, iCheck, iSurvey, iExtract, iReorg and iCopy. Version 5.1 of iCheck, iSurvey, iBuild, iUnload, iExtract, iLoad and iReorg include initial support for zIIP processors. According to NEON, with NEON Eclipse Reorganization Utilities, it is possible that a customer could experience capacity gains of more than 70 percent for some IMS database maintenance processing. NEON is planning a release in the second half of 2008 that will provide 97 percent zIIP processing support for all the NEON Eclipse Reorganization Utilities, including iCopy.
IBM is providing a free 90-day trial of its zIIP processors, as part of its Specialty Engine Loaner Program.
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These presentations span a wide spectrum of topics from database administration to database archiving to IMS administration and maintenance. Surely you can find the time to listen to one… or all nine of the presentations currently on offer, including:
Database Archiving
 Keys to Success: Preserving Legacy Data in a Litigious World
Database Archiving Trends and Best Practices
Using TITAN Archive for Long-Term Data Retention
Using TITAN Archive to Overcome Long-Term Data Retention Challenges
IMS Database Management
zIIP Up Your IMS Processing
DB2 Database Management and Performance
Change Control for DB2 Access Paths
Chicken Soup for the DBA
Automate Critical DB2 Database Maintenance AND
Reduce CPU with RealTime DBAExpert
The DB2 Top 10 Lists
NEON In The News
Old, But Still Around
By David Rubinstein (Quotes NEON Corp. Technologist Craig S. Mullins)
—Published in Systems Management News, May 9, 2008.
Article excerpt: Data storage problems will only worsen as the amount of data created, which needs to be stored, explodes in size. Mullins cited IDC statistics that show in 2006, 161 exabytes of data was created; by 2010 they expect 988 exabytes (10 to the 18th power) to be created. "We're in this age where we're moving data to be stored digitally, but we're actually putting it more at risk," he said, by not having retrieval standards in place.
Primary Databases Getting Bloated, Analysts Say
By Chris Kanaracus
—Published in PC World, March 18, 2008
Article excerpt: A recent study by Enterprise Strategy Group found that databases used for daily processing tasks are ballooning at a double-digit rate each year, and may contain piles of inactive data to boot. Fifty-nine percent of respondents said their primary database instances are growing by between 11 percent and 30 percent each year. Nine percent overall reported the annual rate was greater than 51 percent.
NEON ON THE ROAD
Atlanta DB2 User Group
August 1, 2008
The Impact of Regulatory Compliance on DBA
Presented by: Craig S. Mullins
SHARE
August 11 thru 15, 2008
- Managing Data for Long Retention Periods: Requirements and Challenges
Presented by: Craig S. Mullins
- DB2 Performance Tuning Roadmap
Presented by: Craig S. Mullins
- The Impact of Regulatory Compliance on Database Administration
Presented by: Craig S. Mullins
- Can You Teach a New Application Developer Old Tricks? Two Generations of Hindsight and Insight
Presented by Tom Harper and Kristine Harper
- A Conversation...Boomers and the Next Generation: Can We Talk?
Presented by Michael Stack and Kristine Harper
- Assembler University 101: Introduction to Assembler Language 'Boot Camp' Part 1
Presented Michael Stack
- Assembler University 102: Introduction to Assembler Language 'Boot Camp' Part 2
Presented Michael Stack
- Assembler University 103: Introduction to Assembler Language 'Boot Camp' Part 3
Presented Michael Stack
- Assembler University 104: Introduction to Assembler Language 'Boot Camp' Part 4
Presented Michael Stack
- Assembler University 105: Introduction to Assembler Language 'Boot Camp' Part 5
Presented Michael Stack
- Assembler University 106A: Assembler 'Boot Camp' Hands-On Lab
Presented by Michael Stack
- Assembler University 106B: Assembler 'Boot Camp' Hands-On Lab
Presented by Michael Stack
- Assembler University 301: Sorting: How the World's Most Important Application Does its Job
Presented Michael Stack
- Assembler University 302: Sorting: The Theory Behind Sorting in z/Architecture Using the Sort Assist Instructions
Presented Michael Stack
- zNextGen Project Working and Planning Session
Presented by Kristine Harper
- zNextGen Project Opening and Keynote
Presented by Kristine Harper
- zNextGen Panel Discussion: More Things a Mainframer Needs to Know, But No One Ever Tells You!
Presented by Kristine Harper
- zNextGen Project Networking Event
Presented by Kristine Harper
- zNextGen Game of Mainframe Jeopardy!
Presented by Kristine Harper
- zNextGen Project Wrap-Up
Presented by Kristine Harper
DAMA – New York
September 18, 2008
Application Profiles for Database Archiving
Presented by Jack Olson
New England DB2 User Group
September 18, 2008
DB2 9 for Developers Only
Presented by Craig S. Mullins
You can always use our web site to find out where NEON will be, too.
RECENTLY PUBLISHED ARTICLES
The Growing Importance of Metadata
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On Recovery Service Levels
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The Cost of Data Breaches Can Be Steep
By Craig S. Mullins, published in Database Trends and Applications, May 2008
What’s All the Fuss About zIIP Processors?
By Tom Harper, published in zJournal, April/May 2008
Use Real Time Statistics to Automate Your Database Maintenance
By Craig S. Mullins, published in in zJournal, April/May 2008
The Database Report: 1Q2008
By Craig S. Mullins, published in The Data Administration Newsletter, April 2008
Database Data Needs Long-Term (100 Year) Archiving Solution
By Craig S. Mullins, published in Database Trends and Applications, April 2008
Oracle Data Archiving
By Dave Moore, published in DM Review, April 2008
Collecting Histogram Statistics With RUNSTATS
By Craig S. Mullins, published in DB2 Update, March 2008
FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE
“I am a big fan of government regulations. I know, I know, many of you are not because compliance can generate a lot of additional work for you. But I like many of the regulations because my "point of view" is that it makes companies do what they should have been doing all along. Things like ensuring that your data is accurate and that proper controls are put in place to protect the data. That is just goodness to my way of thinking - and it is a shame that it takes governmental regulations to make corporations sit up and take notice of the issue.”
Craig S. Mullins,
Data Management Today
“Also, on average, respondents said only 50 percent of an average primary database instance contains "active" or transactional data, suggesting that the rest is relatively idle...”
Chris Kanaracus,
IDG News
“...here's a bit of advice: If you are a security manager, welcome your next audit with open arms. The burdens of playing bad cop all the time and being ignored will be off your shoulders. Let the audit speak for itself in all its quantitative glory.”
C.J. Kelly
Security Manager's Journal, Computerworld
“Operational systems are more prone to attack than archived ones. This is so because operational systems are more visible and active. Once data is archived it typically is not accessible using the operational transactions and reports. . .Archiving inactive data reduces the temptation of internal breach because the data is not as readily available. Likewise, database archiving can reduce the possibility of external breach because archived data is not usually exposed to large numbers of users over vast networks.”
Craig S. Mullins,
Data Management Today
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