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The Case for Private Cloud – Part 2: VMware Innovation
Caleb CrisciEnterprise Architect This is Part 2 of a multi-part blog series discussing the pros and cons of private cloud vs public cloud computing, and some specific technologies that can enable Private Clouds. The information presented is meant to be used...
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BLOG: 10 Things to Know about IBM Power10 Scale Out & Mid-Range Systems
Ron Gordon Director, IBM Power Systems IBM recently announced the much-anticipated Power10 based Scale Out and Mid-Range systems. With the Power Systems Enterprise 1080 being announced in September 2021, this announcement feels like the rest of the relatives have...
BLOG: IBM FlashSystem FS7300 and FS9500 Cyber Resilience for Hybrid Clouds
Keith Thuerk Storage Engineer Early in 2021, IBM started revitalizing their Open Systems Storage platform with the release of the FlashSystem 5200 (aka FS5200.) Recently, IBM further leapfrogged their competition by refreshing their mid-range and high end...
BLOG: Planning, Designing and Implementing a Cisco Catalyst Campus LAN Infrastructure
Omar Williams Sr. Network Engineer Cisco’s Catalyst switching family of switching solutions offers flexibility, speed, and scale for your network infrastructure. From fixed, stackable switches to modular switches, the Catalyst series switches securely connect...
BLOG – Cloud Landing Zones: 8 Considerations You Need to Make
Farhan HussainVP, Hybrid Cloud Practice Cloud adoption is on the rise, with 90 percent of companies using cloud computing in their operations. However, moving over to the cloud has its risks. So, how can organizations safely and securely get started with new...
BLOG – What it’s Like to Implement DevSecOps with Axcelinno
Farhan HussainVP, Hybrid Cloud Practice DevSecOps requires a shift in mindset. It’s an entire methodology that makes data protection a concern right through your development life cycle. As such, it demands a new approach from everyone in your organization. That...
VLOG: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.x
Red Hat has made strides in scalability of the Ansible platform with the release of 2.x. The enhanced architecture of the new release decouples the traditional tower from the engine to allow for scaling and automation with reduced overhead. Watch the video to see...
BLOG: Upgrade Planning for IBM Power Enterprise Pools
Ron Gordon Director, IBM Power Systems There are two technologies in IBM Power Systems that allow a cluster of servers to share processor and memory resources between them. The first is Power Enterprise Pools 1.0 (EP1.0), also known as Mobile Cores and Mobile Memory,...
BLOG: Rancher on IBMZ and LinuxONE
Mainline Marketing How to Implement and Deploy SUSE Rancher on IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE Multi-Cloud Management platform to easily manage multiple cloud deployments either on-prem or in the cloud SUSE recently announced the upcoming release of Rancher for IBM Z...
VLOG: IBM DS8000 Copy Services – Replication Options
10:46 IBM DS8000 Copy Services – Replication Options The IBM System Storage DS8000 is a high performance, enterprise storage solution that supports continuous operations. Copy Services are features on the DS8000 that provide data duplication, data migration, and...
VLOG: IBM Power Performance Enhancements
6:00 IBM Power Systems are known for high performance. IBM has enabled new default functionality it to accelerate it even more. IBM Power Systems resets internal defaults for greater performance IBM Hardware continues to improve IO performance in Power10...
BLOG: Netezza Architecture Enhanced with Public Cloud-Native Functionality
Brad Miller Practice Director, Information & Analytics Have you ever wondered if there will ever be a high-performance data platform that runs the same code base whether it is on-prem or in the cloud? It would also have to be flexible enough to leverage...
BLOG: IBM Power Systems May 2022 Software Announcements Progress Capabilities
Ron Gordon Director, IBM Power Systems IBM Power Systems made several significant software announcements on May 3, 2022, that progress Power Systems capabilities. Enhanced licensing options for EP2.0, a new hybrid cloud offering, AIX Open Source changes, and the IBM i...