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Ron Gordon Director of Power Systems   Need an overview of the Power8 product announcements? Let me break it down for you - short and sweet. On October 6, at Enterprise 2014, IBM announced the anticipated Enterprise Systems based on IBM POWER8 technology. These...

Ron Gordon Director of Power Systems   This week IBM announced the newest open source servers that incorporate POWER8 technology. In a word: AWESOME! These appear to be the most advanced servers in the industry, providing incredible performance at a price point...

Kurt Repholz VP zSystems Sales On April 7 this year IBM will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the mainframe. It is an impressive milestone! When I started in my "mainframe" career over 15 years ago there was talk that the mainframe would not be around much longer. I...

Ron Gordon Director of Power Systems "Is PowerLinux relevant in the Open Source and Linux solutions market place?" That question is asked by customers planning application implementations and also many analysts and ISVs. In my opinion, the answer is: absolutely yes! I...

Ron Gordon Director of Power Systems IBM is making a significant investment in PowerLinux to improve performance and pricing. Recently, IBM announced Power IFLs (integrated facilities for Linux). Similar to the System z IFLs, the Power IFLs offer a lower cost for...

Ron Gordon Director of Power Systems Now is a great time to implement that analytics solution you have been thinking about. IBM has lowered its pricing by 60 percent for its premier analytics solution - IBM Cognos - when paired with IBM PowerLinux. Cognos on...

Ron Gordon Director of Power Systems Faster, cheaper, simpler. That’s the name of the game these days. What can I do with my technology to save money and perform better? Thankfully, Mainline works with technology manufacturers, who are always looking for ways to...

Ron Gordon Director of Power Systems For 25 years (since 1987) the City of Farmington has used a mid-range computer system to manage its essential municipal services -- fire, police, public works, public transit, library, Indian Center, parks and recreation, and...

Ron Gordon Director - Power Systems In today's "real time" world, people are getting used to accessing data instantly and can be easily frustrated without immediate access. In some cases, it is not users' frustrations we are dealing with, but a loss of profit when a...

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...

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...