by Alexander Goron | Apr 27, 2018 | Data & Analytics
Alexander GoronNetezza Architect Using the latest NPS versionWe’ve been busy lately migrating our Netezza appliance customers to the new Mako appliances they bought. As we upgraded the old appliances to a more recent version of the NPS, we found that IBM has heavily...
by Ian Wright | Apr 25, 2018 | Software
Ian Wright Client Technical Sales Engineer In my previous blog post, I discussed containers and Kubernetes. In short, containers (which were made popular with technologies like Docker, LXC, OpenVZ, Linux VServer, etc.) are virtual constructs that hold the OS,...
by Kurt Repholz | Apr 10, 2018 | Enterprise Systems
Kurt Repholz VP zSystems Sales The new z14 Model ZR1 (machine type 3907), announced April 10, 2018, is larger, faster and more secure than its IBM z Systems business class predecessors. The new server has 30 customer-characterizable cores running at 5.2GHz speeds...
by Keith Thuerk | Apr 3, 2018 | Cyber Storage
Keith Thuerk Storage Engineer There is a tectonic shift happening in Information Technology (IT) right now, where the industry is pushing generalist roles over specialist roles. This can be seen directly or indirectly in various IT organizations. An example of...