Combine the much-acclaimed release of IBM's z10 with pressures from the economy and a changing IT industry landscape, and customers are finding there has never been a better time to consider linux in mainframe environments. Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® on IBM® System z® benefits customers with improved performance, stability, efficiency, functionality, and cost. The combination is used today in enterprise environments across many lines of business, including critical systems in banking and government.

Get the Hype on System z is an ongoing webinar series designed to keep you informed of changes and improvements in mainframe computing. In this series, you'll learn about compelling hardware improvements, new reference architectures and recommended workloads, and hear from real customers and engineers with on-the-job experience.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• Engineers and architects working in z environments
• IT directors and CIO's looking to gain efficiencies through increased security, advances in virtualization, energy efficiency, and advantages in software application pricing.

What's all the Hype about System z?

On Demand

Hear from Bill Reeder, IBM System z Strategist, and Shawn Wells, Red Hat's Global z Platform Manager to learn why so many customers are turning again to mainframe architectures to solve common problems during the current economic crisis. Learn how your peers are integrating mainframe architectures into heterogeneous environments and why Red Hat, known for inexpensive but reliable distributed systems, is investing heavily in z.

z/VM vs. Distributed Hypervisor Matchup: z/VM Holds the Title

September 17, 2009 | 2pm EDT (GMT-5 New York) / 18:00 GMT

Hear from Reed Mullen, IBM's lead product planner for z/VM and Shawn Wells, Red Hat's Global System z Platform Manager, and learn why so many are re-discovering the value of z/VM. Investigate the long term TCO of distributed virtualization, and uncover astronomical savings with the clear winner: z/VM.

Current & Future Linux on System z Technology

September 24, 2009 | 11am EDT (GMT-5 New York) / 15:00 GMT

You balked when you learned that some organizations are saving millions with Linux on System z over distributed technologies, but financial savings aren't the only benefit of the platform. Hear from Shawn Wells, Red Hat's Global System z Platform Manager, and Hans-Joachim Picht, IBM System z Kernel Engineer from the Böblingen lab, on the current and future technologies being integrated into Linux on IBM System z.