Exploring IBM Technology and Products

Exploring IBM Technology and Products

Author: Jim Hoskins

Publisher: Maximum Press (FL)

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9781885068316

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Providing an overview of IBM's most current technology and the most important IBM product lines, this book will help readers gain a high-level understanding of the system's vision for the future of computing, including the company-wide e-business strategy.


Exploring IBM Server & Storage Technology

Exploring IBM Server & Storage Technology

Author: Jim Hoskins

Publisher: Maximum Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9781931644280

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IBM’s vision of the future of computing and how its evolving technologies, product lines, and services fit into that future are the subject of this broad look at the world’s largest computer company. Discussing IBM’s e-business strategy to leverage Internet technology, its new emphasis on IBM Global Services, and its fast-growing consulting business this overview. profiles IBM’s new eServer xSeries, pSeries, iSeries, and zSeries, showing how each fits into an e-business context. A companion web site accessible only to buyers of this book provides the latest news and additional resources related to IBM technology and product lines.


Exploring IBM SOA Technology & Practice

Exploring IBM SOA Technology & Practice

Author: Jim Hoskins

Publisher: Clear Horizon

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780977356911

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The Fastest Way to Learn about IBM Strategy and Technology Since October 2002, IBM has been laser focused on a sweeping strategy known as On Demand Business. Since then, every IBM product line and service offering has been steadily infused with the technology and function necessary to support the On Demand Business model. In this freshly updated Third Edition of IBM On Demand Technology Made Simple, popular technology author Jim Hoskins starts by describing the IBM vision known as On Demand Business so you can see the big picture and understand how your business can benefit. We then move in for a closer look at the computing infrastructure necessary to support an On Demand Business. You will come away with a new understanding of how you can evolve your current computing infrastructure to achieve the flexibility so vital in the on demand era. This MaxFactsTM Guidebook presents an easy-to-read overview of key building block products such as IBM servers, storage, printer, and software including WebSphere, DB2, Tivoli, Lotus, Rational and Linux from an On Demand Business perspective. You will learn about the IBM Systems Agenda which guides the development of all IBM server and storage product lines. You will see how virtualization can be leveraged to improve utilization and reduce costs. You will see how to evolve your infrastructure towards the goal of end-to-end integration by leveraging hardware and software that adheres to open standards. To help you stay current, this book provides you with a personal password for accessing the companion Web site which offers up-to-the-minute On Demand Business news, More on the Web links highlighted throughout the book, and additionalresources. This book will help you: * Get inside IBM's companywide On Demand Business strategy * See how best to evolve your infrastructure for the future * Update your knowledge on key IBM server, storage, printer, and software product lines * Understand where IBM is headed with Linux * Stay current through the members only companion Web site


Exploring IBM Technology, Products & Services

Exploring IBM Technology, Products & Services

Author: Jim Hoskins

Publisher: Maximum Press (FL)

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781885068620

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IBM's vision of the future of computing and how its evolving technologies, product lines, and services fit into that future are the subject of this broad overview of the world's largest computer company. It provides full coverage of IBM's e-business strategy to leverage Internet technology and of its new emphasis on IBM Global Services, its fast-growing consulting business. Profiles of IBM's personal computer, RS/6000, NUMA-Q, AS/400, and S/390 families, developed through brief case studies, show how each fits in a contemporary business context. New terms are defined as they are introduced, and a companion Web site accessible only to buyers of this book provides the latest news and additional resources related to IBM technology and product lines.


Exploring IBM E-business Software

Exploring IBM E-business Software

Author: Casey Young

Publisher: Maximum Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9781931644006

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This detailed look at IBM’s software products for e-business enables IBM users to gain a fundamental understanding of e-business architecture, where IBM software products fit into that architecture, and where to go to get more information. The main products and platforms for development tools and components, application server software, and secure network and management software are described. This book also distinguishes between two or more IBM software products that appear to serve the same purpose but really have different applications. Key products covered include DB2, Web Sphere, Lotus Domino, and Tivoli. This replaces 1885068581.


Understanding IBM Workplace Strategy and Products

Understanding IBM Workplace Strategy and Products

Author: Ron Sebastian

Publisher: Maximum Press

Published: 2005-10

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9781931644457

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Annotation IBM Workplace represents an entire portfolio of IBM products, new and existing, that focuses on increasing people's productivity in a new way. In this book, IBM Software Live! Program Director Douglas Spencer and Senior Lotus Consultant Ron Sebastian start with an introduction to people productivity in the context of IBM's On Demand Business vision. Then the IBM Workplace strategy and products are described. You will see how the underlying componentized software infrastructure of IBM Workplace provides the flexibility businesses need in the emerging on demand world. You will see how many users without traditional desks such as an outbound sales force, factory floor staff, airline pilots, etc. can collaborate with others boosting the productivity of the entire organization, trading partners, and customers. The authors then provide an overview of the key product lines that implement the IBM Workplace vision including IBM Workplace, WebSphere Portal, Lotus Notes and Domino, and WebSphere Everyplace. You will learn how the new IBM Workplace client technology for these products combines the rich user experience of client/server with the cost characteristics of Web-based applications, giving users the best of both worlds. In the final chapter, the authors explore industry-specific people productivity solutions tailored for the needs of specific industries including aerospace, defense, automotive, banking, financial markets, consumer products, electronics, utilities, government, health care, insurance, life sciences, retail, and telecommunications, etc. The Foreword, by IBM Software Group General Manager of Workplace, Portal, and Collaboration Software, Michael D. Rhodin, provides an insider's perspective on the thinking behind IBM Workplace. To help you stay current, this book comes with your personal password for accessing the companion Web site which offers up-to-the-minute IBM Workplace news, More on the Web links, and additional resources.


101 Ways to Promote Your Web Site

101 Ways to Promote Your Web Site

Author: Susan Sweeney

Publisher: Maximum Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 431

ISBN-13: 1931644462

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Increasing the chances of a website's success by boosting its ability to entice surfers to stop at the site, absorb what it offers, and return at a later date, this guide provides templates, checklists, and forms--as well as proven techniques such as using e-mail, links, and online advertising--to increase the number of initial users and repeat visitors to a website. Invaluable to entrepreneurs, small business owners, corporate marketing managers, and consultants seeking guidance to make their website successful, this resource is an important tool for those trying to maximize their Web promotion potential.


Exploring IBM EServer ZSeries and S/390 Servers

Exploring IBM EServer ZSeries and S/390 Servers

Author: Jim Hoskins

Publisher: Maximum Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9781885068910

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Considered the bible of the IBM zSeries and S/390 world, this new edition closely examines the role large computers will play in the new century. All the new hardware models and operating system products—Linux, VSE, MVS, VM, AIX, and Open Edition—are now available for the zSeries and are fully explained, as are critical business issues such as cost justification, lease versus purchase, support, security, and maintenance. Hypothetical small, medium, and large businesses are described and then outfitted with the appropriate zSeries solution. This replaces 1885068700.