Intro to Minimum Computational Requirement
June 16, 2007 07:49 Filed in:
Technology 3.0
The Minimum Computational Requirement or MCR is an analytical method for helping an organization determine the least amount of technology required for a function or organization.
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Understanding Minimum Computational Requirement (MCR)
June 13, 2007 10:46 Filed in:
Technology 3.0
Ever notice that your fastest computer is the little one in your pocket?
Consider some of the daily tasks you need technology to accomplish, read e-mail, check your calendar, answer the phone, listen to a song. You can browse any e-mail in seconds, as long as you use your Blackberry. Similarly you can find and play any song or video in seconds, as long as you use your iPod.
Unfortunately, it typically takes longer to perform these "simple" tasks on your office desktop or laptop.
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Part 3: A Virtualization Machine - the X86 Mainframe
May 08, 2007 08:35 Filed in:
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This is the third article in the Forward to the Mainframe? series
Part 1: Revisiting the Mainframe Utility Computing Model
Part 2: WinTel, the Luddite Revolution
Forget everything you think you know about mainframe technology. Everything that follows
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Part 1: Revisiting the Mainframe Utility Computing Model
January 21, 2007 13:10 Filed in:
Technology 3.0
This is the first article in the Forward to the Mainframe? series
Part 2: WinTel, the Luddite Revolution
Part 3: A Virtualization Machine - the X86 Mainframe
IBM's Mainframe Business Model
As the original utility computing device, the mainframe business model enables a company to invest in a system that it can grow with.
With a mainframe purchase, you buy a machine that typically can do more than you need. This "utility" computing model enables you to buy only what you need. Thus, instead of paying a price of two million dollars for unlimited use of a mainframe, you might pay one million dollars to obtain the computing power you need today. More...