Mainframe to remain critical platform for evolving hybrid data centre: BMC - Computer Business Review

Mainframe to remain critical platform for evolving hybrid data centre: BMC - Computer Business Review: "The survey found 93% of respondents at large companies expect mainframe capacity to grow or remain steady, while 62%, compared to 56% last year, expect to grow overall capacity.

While 47% of respondents said new workloads and new business applications are contributing to their capacity growth, 60% of respondents said the top IT priority is keeping costs down, the survey said."

Product Manager Workload Automation 1003 | Techworkers Job Opening

Product Manager Workload Automation 1003 | Techworkers Job Opening:

 "The Product Manager will play critical roles in the success of the company and will be key members of the management team. The individuals will be ultimately responsible for building the Product Roadmap and Plan of Record and Market & Product requirements and will be the strategic and tactical hub of the product. The Product managers will work closely with other functions such as product marketing, marketing communications, engineering, and sales. The focus of this position will be the Enterprise Job Scheduling product line"

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PowerShell Integration | ActiveBatch Job Scheduler

PowerShell Integration | ActiveBatch Job Scheduler:

"ActiveBatch Job Scheduling and Workload Automation provides object-level integrated support for PowerShell, providing users with improved integration and execution of PowerShell scripts by offering object collection passing from one job step to another. In addition, ActiveBatch supports both implicit and explicit remoting for agentless execution of PowerShell scripts within a workflow."

IBM Tivoli Workload Automation

IBM Tivoli Workload Automation

A set of Developer Guides have been added that are targeted to software developers and document methods and procedures for developing interfaces and plug-ins. They can be found in the IBM Tivoli Workload Automation V8.6 Information Center and they are:

Chinese Vendor 2.4GHz Active RFID Reader DL580 for Asset Tracking

Chinese Vendor 2.4GHz Active RFID Reader DL580 for Asset Tracking:

"Equipped with an external antenna, this 2.4GHz RFID long range reader can provide high performance within an adjustable read range of 0 to 100 meters. Besides, it has the ability of identifying a single tag in less than 1ms. And up to 500 pieces of tags could be simultaneously read under the anti-collision algorithm. Thus, asset tracking can be easier with such large detecting range of the reader DL580."

Top Tech Wire | JAMS Job Scheduler Being Showcased at 2011 Symitar Educational Conference

Top Tech Wire | JAMS Job Scheduler Being Showcased at 2011 Symitar Educational Conference

: "MVP Systems Software, Inc., the leader in enterprise batch job scheduling and workload automation software, announced that it will be demonstrating JAMS Job Scheduler at the 2011 Symitar Educational Conference in San Diego. Symitar hosts annual education conferences and technology expos based on agendas that are both educational and entertaining. The ultimate goal for these annual conferences is to provide credit union professionals with a forum to learn more about how Symitar’s products and services can help them optimize their distinct service, operational, performance, and growth goals."

SENTRY 400 FlightSafe(TM) Accepted for Use by Southwest Airlines Cargo - MarketWatch

SENTRY 400 FlightSafe(TM) Accepted for Use by Southwest Airlines Cargo - MarketWatch:

 "'We have worked with OnAsset for more than a year to evaluate their technology and are happy to accept the GPS device within our Customer's shipments,' says Wally Devereaux, Director of Cargo Sales & Marketing for Southwest Airlines. 'Our first and foremost objective with our Customers is to provide excellent service and we believe the visibility to cargo shipments provided by the SENTRY FlightSafe device fits within our core objectives.'"