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Software Licensing on IBM Z System: Part 1, Monthly License Charge Software
J Jeffrey Broderick Enterprise Architect Software licensing for IBM Z Systems can be a complicated and confusing topic, and Monthly License Charge (MLC) software costs can really add up. Most end users of IBM Z, even application developers, do not have any real...
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IBM Infosphere Virtual Data Pipeline
Duration: 2:49 IBM Infosphere Virtual Data Pipeline Data copy drives an enormous amount of cost in infrastructure and time management, as well as the risk that comes any time you do something that massive. IBM's infosphere virtual data pipeline is designed...
IBM Power Systems Marches on with IBM i Strategy and New IBM i 7.4.1 Release
Ron Gordon Director » Power Systems Recently, IBM Power Systems published an AIX Strategy and Roadmap whitepaper (see my blog article Is AIX Dead? IBM Publishes AIX Strategy and Roadmap Document). At the time the AIX paper was released, many people asked,...
Getting More out of Your SIEM Solution
Many CISOs and Security Architects are faced with the common issue of not seeing anticipated results from their SIEM or Next Gen Firewall. There are often too many alerts to determine meaningful results, or there could be pre-existing trouble. Video...
Pervasive Encryption: Linux on Z and Data at Rest
Andy Hartman Senior Consultant IBM’s Pervasive Encryption on IBM Z and LinuxOne servers takes many forms. It provides encryption of “Data in Flight” for SSL/TLS transactions in and out of the server, and it provides encryption of “Data at Rest”....
IBM Power Systems Software Announcements for 4th Quarter 2019
Ron Gordon Director » Power Systems Recently, IBM Power Systems (IBM Systems group) made several announcements of upcoming systems software updates with new functionality. These announcements are a combination of software support directly from...
Making LinuxONE Easy – IBM Hyper Protect for Virtual Servers
Marianne Eggett IBM Z Solutions Consultant Nearly 20 years ago, Linux on IBM’s mainframes arrived. I begin this adventure with Linux on IBM Z in 2004 when SUSE entered North America for the first time. During those early days, we were all...
Avoiding Business Disruption from Ransomware Attacks
Dave Santeramo Security Architect 2019 was supposed to be the year in which Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning made the Internet a safe place for all. One could not attend a conference or read a trade magazine where the value of adopting...
NAS Consolidation with IBM Spectrum Scale
Too many file servers and NAS making your head spin?Consolidate with IBM Spectrum Scale? 6:52Stephen Ulmer, Mainline Enterprise Architect, explains how IBM Spectrum Scale can be used to consolidate all file and object storage in an enterprise. Using the built-in...
Is AIX Dead? IBM Publishes AIX Strategy and Roadmap Document
Ron Gordon Director » Power Systems I have heard concerns that IBM is trending away from AIX. Just recently, IBM released a document titled IIBM AIX – An executive guide to the strategy and roadmap for the AIX Operating System for IBM Power Systems. I...
Red Hat AnsibleFest 2019-Recap-Atlanta
Keith Thuerk Storage Engineer Red Hat Ansible, the name synonymous with Information Technology (IT) Automation, just completed their largest confab known as AnsibleFest 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia (aka Hotlanta). This was the largest AnsibleFest ever,...
IBM Storage Utility Offering – Usage Based Billing to Provision Smarter
? 2:50 IBM Storage Utility Offering – Usage Based Billing to Provision Smarter Buy storage your way with a procurement choice, featuring usage-based billing, so your storage consumption and provisioning better align to your business needs. Video...
Pervasive Encryption: Linux on Z and Crypto Express Cards
Andy Hartman Senior Consultant IBM has been building security into their IBM z platform for decades. Pervasive Encryption is a different way to think about security. It’s meant to allow you to secure your data at rest, as well as in flight, with...