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BLOG: NetApp AFF C-Series: Low-Cost, High-Capacity Flash Storage
Seth Tollefson Solutions Architect NetApp has recently announced the NetApp AFF C-Series arrays. This new line of low-cost, high-capacity flash storage targets large-capacity Tier 1 & 2 non-critical workloads that still require optimum performance. The key...
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Welcome to the zEnterprise Family, zBC12
Kurt Repholz Vice President System z Sales The saying goes "you can't choose your parents." (No offense mom and dad.) But in this case the newest member of the zEnterprise (a.k.a. System z) family should be pleased with its immediate relatives. The zEnterprise family...
Affordable and Powerful: New Linux-based Solutions on IBM Power Systems designed for big data analytics
Ron Gordon Director of Power Systems On July 30, IBM accelerated its open source Power Systems initiative with a new high-performance Linux-based system, the PowerLinux 7R4, geared for big data analytics and cloud computing. The PowerLinux 7R4 is a 4-socket, 32-core...
Is the IBM z Systems right for you?
Brian Grondin Solutions Architect Server sprawl, consolidation, modernization...all issues you may be dealing with right now with your infrastructure. And this is normal. With the growing amounts of data and applications that are hitting organizations’ systems, there...
Do I need one platform for analytics and another platform for everything else?
Ron Gordon Director of Power Systems With the growing volume of data, this is a common question. Can a single platform handle multiple applications and be cost effective? The answer is yes. The bandwidth capabilities and the performance of IBM Power make it possible...
Have the best of both worlds: price and performance.
Ron Gordon Director of Power Systems I know, it sounds cliché. But it is simply true. You can have the best of both worlds with the newest POWER7+™ based IBM Power Systems™ family of servers. It has unprecedented price and performance features that when compared to...
Pow! Wow!
Ron Gordon Director of Power Systems The IBM Power Technical University in Las Vegas Oct 29 - Nov 2 was a great success. To start, the conference had a record number of attendees, despite the impact that Hurricane Sandy had on travel. (IBM’s Colin Parrish did not make...