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Robert Young Sr. Systems Engineer Data Storage Services Computing has evolved from Mainframe to Client-Server to the Third Platform, or Platform 3 as a co-worker (shout-out to Cuz!) described this computing paradigm. Basically, Platform 3 is mobile and cloud analytics...
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BLOG: Power Systems Support of Hybrid Multicloud Architecture Part 2 – Public Clouds Become Part of the Hybrid Multicloud World
Ron Gordon Director » Power SystemsThe latest 2019 IDC surveys reported that 73% of enterprise companies consider movement between clouds a priority and 67% of those described consistency of management essential. IDC also reported that 94% of companies are using...
BLOG: Power Systems Support of Hybrid Multicloud Architecture Part 1 – Historical View of Cloud Computing with Power Systems
Ron Gordon Director » Power Systems The cloud environment has evolved since 2003 and, with its advancement, IBM Power Systems has transitioned to support today’s hybrid multicloud environment. The journey of Power Systems to become an industry-leading,...
BLOG: Cybersecurity in a Remote Work-From-Home World
Dave Santeramo Security Architect Remote working, social distancing, virtual schooling, Zoom happy hours—the Coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic has changed countless aspects of our society. For business, the most striking change was the need for employees to...
BLOG: IBM FlashSystem Storage Use Cases Span Large Enterprises to Small Lines of Business
David Van Genderen Storage Specialist The IBM FlashSystem storage family is a radical simplification of their primary block storage options. They cover all use cases, from the largest enterprise to the smallest lines of business within an organization. FlashSystem is...
How HPE GREENLAKE will Help Businesses Tackle Financial Challenges (COVID-19 Update)
Tom Gardner HPE Technologist Amid the COVID-19 crisis, today’s business climate is such that we’re all working hard to sort out our options, train remote workers, learn new programs and find solutions that fit better today than possibly did yesterday or last...
Vlog – HPE GreenLake V3.0 consumption-based IT, delivering on demand capacity.
A unique and timely offering from HPE, as companies are sorting out the many financial challenges the coronavirus brings, GreenLake is a Pay per use-based offering that can be booked as either an OPEX or CAPEX.
BLOG: Nimble dHCI from HPE – Clever Marketing or Business Focused Technology?
Nate Maurer Storage Solutions Architect dis·ag·gre·gate, verb past tense: disaggregated; separate (something) into its component parts. dHCI. Strange name. Let’s address the elephant in the room… what is dHCI? HPE Nimble Storage dHCI was introduced in...
BLOG: Benefits of z/OS Container Extensions on IBM Z
Andy Hartman Senior Consultant If you are running IBM z/OS 2.4 or planning to upgrade to this release soon, you should be looking at z/OS Container Extensions. z/OS Container Extensions (zCX) is a new feature within z/OS 2.4 that allows you to run Linux...
BLOG: Security Challenges in a Multi-Cloud Environment
Dave Santeramo Security Architect Today’s businesses are adopting cloud platforms at an ever-increasing rate. A recent IBM Institute for Business Value survey found that 85% of companies are already consuming resources from multi-cloud platforms—from private...
BLOG: What Happened to Netezza?
Brad Miller Practice Director, Information & Analytics There are some people, like me, who like to know how the story ends and thus may occasionally read the last chapter before going back and reading the rest of the book. So, I guess this is a spoiler alert....
BLOG: Make the Most of Your AI Models with the New IBM Power System Data/Cloud/Inferencing Server
Ron Gordon Director » Power Systems In late January, IBM Power Systems announced a new server developed for data, cloud, and inferencing applications. The server is named the IBM Power System IC922, which stands for Inferencing Cloud, POWER9, 2 socket, 2U, and...
VLOG: IBM Storage Insights Pro
1:50 IBM Cloud-Based Storage Management Analytics – Subscription version Optimize Your Storage Infrastructure with this subscription version, capacity-based IBM Cloud SaaS solution. Video Highlights Cloud-based SaaS All the features of the free version plus:...