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BLOG: IBM DS8000 Gen 10 Enterprise-Class Storage Technical Details
Ian Wright Systems Engineer The Next Generation In September, IBM announced the 10th Generation of the IBM Storage DS8000. As of this writing, these enterprise-class storage systems are now officially shipping, and in fact, I have 3 systems that will be...
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BLOG: What Your Company Needs to Know About NetApp Hardware Refreshes
Len Novitski Storage Systems Engineer At the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023, some NetApp fabric attached storage (FAS) and all-flash FAS (AFF) systems are reaching end of service life (EOSL). EOSL means NetApp will no longer support those systems through...
BLOG: Is Red Hat Storage Dead? Long Live IBM Storage for Red Hat.
BLOG: Significant Enhancements to IBM Power Systems in the IBM Cloud
Ron Gordon Director, IBM Power Systems The use of the IBM Power Virtual Server (aka PowerVS or IBM Power Systems in the IBM Cloud) is growing daily. Power 922’s and Power 980’s with POWER9 processors, memory, and SAN storage supporting IBM i, AIX, and Linux operating...
BLOG: Red Hat AnsibleFest 2022 – Day 2 Recap – The Edge and Future of Automation
BLOG: Red Hat AnsibleFest 2022 – Recap – The Culture of Automation
BLOG: Modernize Your Network with SASE Offerings from HPE Aruba
Seth Tollefson Solutions Architect Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is a framework for network architecture that, through the cloud, delivers a comprehensive range of security services to the edge, ensuring zero-trust network access. SASE services include...
BLOG: IBM LinuxONE Emperor 4 Announcement
Marianne Eggett IBM Z Solutions Consultant IBM LinuxONE Emperor 4 Announcement: Sustainability, Scalability, Security and Superior Performance Sustainability. In an IBM nationwide survey, 85% of the CEOs stated their companies have a...
BLOG: Simplify Your Block Storage Experience with IBM Storage as a Service (STaaS)
Jack Mason Systems Engineer Traditional storage purchasing can be a risky endeavor for many enterprises today. Designing a system to meet capacity demands for the next 3-5 years, while maintaining consistent performance, often results in costly, over-configured...
IBM LinuxONE Emperor 4 Announcement: Sustainability, Scalability, Security and Superior Performance
Marianne Eggett IBM Z Solutions Consultant IBM LinuxONE Emperor 4 Announcement: Sustainability, Scalability, Security and Superior Performance Sustainability. In an IBM nationwide survey, 85% of the CEOs stated their companies have a...
BLOG: All Things Red Hat: Enterprise Open Source Solutions
James Marcinek Red Hat Architect and Business Development Manager Red Hat was founded in March of 1993. In the early days, Red Hat was primarily known as a Linux operating system and it was not well accepted by many companies. Even now, I recall one of my former CIOs...
BLOG: IBM Gen 3 FlashCore Module Delivers High-Performance, Cost-Effective Flash Storage
Scott Buecker Storage Engineer Two weeks ago, a customer shared with me that his team experienced an encryption-related outage on their Tier 1 storage array. How could this happen? All we’re doing here is Data at Rest Encryption, right? And since when do we have...
Blog: Planning Considerations for IBM Power10 based Scale-Out and Midrange Systems
Ron Gordon Director, IBM Power Systems The IBM Power10 based Scale-Out and Midrange Systems were announced on July 12, 2022. Soon thereafter, I authored a blog, 10 Things to Know about IBM Power10 Scale Out & Mid-Range Systems, that provided an informational overview...