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Power8 for the Enterprise

Power8 is an evolution.  IBM continues to enhance the features and functionality of this powerful family of server products.  A recent article in IBM Systems Magazine’s November issue titled “Enterprising Power8” provides a nice summary of some of the recent Power8 announcements made by the technology giant that demonstrate its innovation across the enterprise. […]

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Choosing the Right IT Infrastructure

Today’s business environment is vastly different than that of just five years ago.  Cloud computing has become more of the norm.  Mobile devices are everywhere.  Social media has been widely adopted by people of all ages and by business in all industries.  All of these technologies have driven our increased reliance on data and security […]

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Upgrading to IBM i 7.2

The new IBM i operating system that runs on IBM Power Systems or IBM PureSystems servers has many significant enhancements that are driving companies to upgrade sooner rather than later.  It had been four years between the release of 7.1 and IBM i 7.2 in the spring of 2014.  However, along the way, IBM provided […]

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The Cloud is a Must for Big Data Analytics

James Kobielus, senior program director, Big Data Analytics at IBM contributed an article on October 30 to Wired.  Titled “Five Ways to Move Your Big Data Projects Into the Cloud”, this article provides an excellent overview of why companies should be looking to cloud computing technology to handle their mountains and mountains of data. […]

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Windows 10 is all the Buzz

Windows 10 is all the buzz!  It’s not officially out until mid-2015, but Microsoft released a preview version in late September.  There are a lot of opinions (good and bad) on the new version of the popular operating system that is used by over 1.5 billion people. […]

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