Please read chapters 1, 2, and 3 of Introduction to the New Mainframe: IBM z/VSE Basics (http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247436.pdf) and answer the following questions:

1. List ways in which the mainframe of today challenges the traditional thinking about centralized computing versus distributed computing.

2. Explain how businesses make use of mainframe processing power, and how mainframe computing differs from other types of computing.

3. List three strengths of mainframe computing, and outline the major types of workloads for which mainframes are best suited.

4. Name five jobs or responsibilities that are related to mainframe computing.

5. This chapter mentioned at least five operating systems that are used on the mainframe. Choose three of them and describe the main characteristics of each.