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IBM Netezza – New Version of NPS and Changes to Netezza Query History Database Load process
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...
Build Cloud-Native Apps with IBM Cloud Private
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...
New IBM Mainframe – z14 Model ZR1 – What you should know
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...
The Tectonic Shift in IT
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...
IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management – Building a Private Cloud
Chris Dedham Senior Storage Solutions Architect In the past, we have viewed service level agreements (SLA) as the guiding light toward designing backup and DR systems to meet or exceed recovery objectives, in the event of an operational or data...
Hybrid Data Management Platform
Ken Gross Mainframe Software Specialist An updated view of the IBM® Db2® Analytics Accelerator for z/OS® I am sure many are familiar with the IBM® Db2® Analytics Accelerator for z/OS® as we have known it to advance, over the years, out of the Netezza...
IBM Data Virtualization Manager – Easy access to IBM Mainframe Data
Kurt Repholz VP zSystems Sales You have a mainframe. It runs your key business applications. Wouldn’t it be great to access that data easily and quickly? Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was a tool that could join diverse types of mainframe data to distributed...
Development Modernization with Web Services and JSON
IT organizations still rely heavily on COBOL applications to support their core business functions. In today’s environment, it is essential to maximize the investment in business logic, while continuing to expose the business logic contained within those environments,...
Data Protection solutions on and off premise
You have firewalls. You’re feeling confident that the data stored on your premise is safe, and the real worry is when data leaves the building. Right? Wrong! The paradigm that onsite data is safe has quickly changed. At a minimum, I hope you are encrypting...
POWER9 Performance and Performance Modes
Ron Gordon Director - Power Systems Now that POWER9 systems have been announced and shipped, I think the next question on everyone’s mind is performance. IBM has published rPerf and CPW data, in the latest Power Performance report, but I think some...
LinuxONE
Kurt Repholz VP zSystems Sales Take a moment to think like a CIO. Can you imagine that the CIO wants a reliable infrastructure, secure from hackers, that’s easy to install, easy to maintain and can quickly handle the businesses growth. Oh, yes, and economical....
What is Kubernetes – Introducing IBM Cloud Private Part I
Ian Wright Client Technical Sales Engineer Greetings True Believers, I wanted to write a blog about IBM Cloud Private (and that is coming soon), but it occurred to me that many people out there may not have a full understanding of what one of the...