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Rubrik Acquires Laminar: Promises Industry’s First Complete Cyber Resilience Offering
Jon Beeler Solutions ArchitectMainline Cyber Storage Practice Recently Palo Alto-based Rubrik announced their acquisition of Laminar, a leading manufacturer of cloud-native, DSPM (Data Security Posture Management) software. Mike Tornincasa, Rubrik Chief...
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HPE Nimble Storage
1:44 Why HPE Nimble Storage Is a Smarter Approach to StorageIn this video, Storage Solutions Architect for Mainline Nate Maurer shares details about HPE Nimble Storage. Maurer explains how companies can use HPE Nimble Storage to transform their businesses. Watch the...
IBM Multicloud Manager
? 1:44 IBM Multicloud Manager Multi-cloud is the key to organizational agility. Learn about the IBM Multicloud Manager and why it is leading the market. Video Highlights Easy Deployment Built to Leverage OSS Individual Namespace across clusters...
Installing Linux on IBM Z into an LPAR
Cohesity – Backup and Recovery Game Changer
Keith Thuerk Storage Engineer Modern Information Technology (IT) has a severe problem… it’s the 800-pound Gorilla in all data centers - oh yeah… I am calling out your legacy Backup and Recovery offering. Sure, your backup and recovery plan started...
Comparing SAP HANA on Power Systems on Prem vs x86 and Cloud
Ron Gordon Director » Power Systems SAP is a major force in Enterprise computing, as it is usually the life blood of the company. Customers who choose SAP, and now SAP HANA, use it to run their ERP, CRM, analytics, inventory, finances, etc. So, as...
IBM Is Making Artificial Intelligence Easier and Renaming Solutions for AI
Ron Gordon Director » Power Systems I was recently at a great AI workshop put on by IBM. IBM went over their AI strategy, directions and futures, as well as gave us hands-on labs to run the key products in the IBM AI portfolio. AI Workshop Hands-On Labs In...
Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) with Spectrum Virtualize and Amazon Web Services
Ian Wright Client Technical Sales Engineer Putting your DR in the cloud will certainly be a very attractive option to consider when allocating funds for a resilient business. Automation, Procedures and IT Infrastructure Disaster Recovery can be...
My Reflections on Power Systems Topics at IBM THINK 2019
Ron Gordon Director » Power Systems IBM Think 2019 in San Francisco was incredible for several reasons, including the approximately 32,000 people in attendance with over 4000 sessions conducted in over 10 venues. And, if current plans hold with IBM,...
Flash Storage Explained in a Flash
Cristina Perez Marketing Specialist Hotels, Klingon and Disco Balls For 12+ years, I worked in and managed coffee shops, cafes, bars, bistros, restaurants, hotels (select & full service, big & small), etc. I have multiple degrees in Culinary Arts...
Nutanix and IBM Power Systems Join
Ron Gordon Director » Power Systems Nutanix is the industry leader in providing hyperconverged systems. Hyperconvergence is the fundamental building block for enterprise cloud. IBM and Nutanix have joined forces to deliver an enterprise cloud...
IBM DS8000 Safeguarded Copy – Protecting Data
Bob Elliott VP Storage Solutions Customers are looking for help with new security challenges Cybertheft. Malware. Hackers. Ransomware. It seems to be coming from all angles. Remember WannaCry? It prompted sudden investments in Data Security. Mainline published...
Power Systems Software Update – 14 Things to Know
Ron Gordon Director » Power Systems It’s been a while since I talked about the IBM software support on Power Systems, including what is new and changing. Here, I will give you a high-level overview of the latest information regarding IBM Power...