Posted by: Robert Reeves on Jun 16, 2009
This week, Phurnace announced our support for WebSphere Application Server for z/OS. You can read more about it in our Press Release.
To be honest though, we have always worked on WebSphere for z/OS. However, we were unable to give it the official Phurnace stamp of approval until we ran it through our testing battery. As you know, z/OS is IBM’s mainframe operating system. Thus, for an ISV like Phurnace, procuring a z Series machine and the skills to manage it is a bit outside our skill set and budget. Not to mention the raised floor room, cooling pipes and tanks of Halon (not really, I think they finally banned that stuff).
Thankfully, we were able to secure a z/OS virtualized machine from the IBM Innovation Center in Dallas. The support we received from the team in Dallas was phenomenal. Patient and helpful, they provided us with a turnkey z/OS image with WebSphere ND installed and ready to test against. Moreover, the entire process was at no charge because we were validating that Phurnace Deliver™ would work with z/OS and WebSphere for z/OS.
We have access to the z Series system and z/OS for demonstrations. Please contact us if you would like to see it - sales@phurnace.com.
To be honest though, we have always worked on WebSphere for z/OS. However, we were unable to give it the official Phurnace stamp of approval until we ran it through our testing battery. As you know, z/OS is IBM’s mainframe operating system. Thus, for an ISV like Phurnace, procuring a z Series machine and the skills to manage it is a bit outside our skill set and budget. Not to mention the raised floor room, cooling pipes and tanks of Halon (not really, I think they finally banned that stuff).
Thankfully, we were able to secure a z/OS virtualized machine from the IBM Innovation Center in Dallas. The support we received from the team in Dallas was phenomenal. Patient and helpful, they provided us with a turnkey z/OS image with WebSphere ND installed and ready to test against. Moreover, the entire process was at no charge because we were validating that Phurnace Deliver™ would work with z/OS and WebSphere for z/OS.
We have access to the z Series system and z/OS for demonstrations. Please contact us if you would like to see it - sales@phurnace.com.
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