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Dear brothers and sisters,
for your reading!!!
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomgroen...nframe-to-x86/
Moving mainframe COBOL programs to a Windows or Linux operating system allows for use of cheaper and more flexible hardware without expensive code rewrites. Dell said its re-hosting technology has been deployed in more than 50 countries and reduces annual IT operating costs by 30 to 70 percent. Its 15-month SGX project was completed in October. The Singapore exchange is using industry standard x86 servers, not from Dell, running Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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