Here is access to a number of informative articles and white papers, many of which have been published in major data center periodicals.
These documents are available by request. Please select an article below to see its abstract.
How Well Are You Really Leveraging and Deploying your Software? Published in: Technical Support Magazine Many companies have been forced to reduce operating expenses to improve the bottom line while maintaining acceptable levels of service for which they are held accountable. In order to ensure that operational productivity doesn't suffer, software assets must be continually and vigilantly managed so that they are fully leveraged, properly deployed, and optimized to meet the operability requirements and critical needs of the data center. Improving Quality and Service Through Standardization Published in: Data Center Manager Magazine Information Technology is charged with the continuous task of implementing process improvements and cost-effectively managing applications to aid the enterprise in reaching corporate and competitive goals. By implementing and adhering to high application Job Control Language (JCL) standards, IT is better able to accommodate changes in the corporate environment to facilitate mergers, acquisitions, and new technology implementation. What is your JCL really costing you? Published in: zJournal How long has it been since you've taken a serious look at the JCL environment in your shop? Do you know how much inefficiencies in the JCL environment are really costing you? It is probably costing you more JCL environment, how it can help your business, and what an inefficient environment is really costing you. Automating the Enforcement of JCL Standards Published in: AFCOM Communiqué In most environments, the enforcement of production standards takes place at the time an attempt is made to put the JOB, the JCL that executes it, and any associated PROCs into production, after a maintenance event. Typically, violations to standards are identified and corrective action (automated or manual) is taken. An alternate approach is to attempt to eliminate ambiguities and opportunities for the JCL to avoid noncompliance during maintenance. The Value of a Cost-effective JCL Environment White Paper Often, the status quo of a JCL environment is comfortable despite the fact that JCL related failures do occur in production, and maintenance projects take longer than they should. This paper discusses the value of establishing a cost-effective JCL environment, the hidden costs associated with an inefficient JCL environment, and outlines the steps necessary to get a JCL tune-up project started. Best Practices in JCL Asset Management White Paper IBM's Job Control Language (JCL) is used to perform virtually all batch processing in today's modern Information Technology (IT) facility. This paper presents some aspects of recognizing the asset value of JCL and managing JCL as an asset in a "Best Practices" environment. It establishes the financial value of the JCL asset and from that discussion, explores the characteristics of JCL that necessitate its consideration as an asset.
