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IBM Remains Committed to PureSystems Family

Rumors are swirling around about the future of PureSystems as a result of the impending plans for Lenovo to acquire its x86 server business.  In a recent communications to its business partners, IBM said that it “remains committed to the PureSystems family as an accelerator for Big Data & Analytics and Cloud solutions, and as […]

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Tapeless Backup Strategies for IBM Power Systems

Why are so many businesses looking at tapeless backup solutions to modernize the backup of their mission-critical data? Tape backup has many shortcomings. It is expensive to store tapes in an off-site facility. Tapes are often vulnerable to obsolescence and can be lost or stolen when being transported off site. They can also deteriorate over […]

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ABC Services Celebrates 20 Years in Business

This year marks ABC Services’ 20th year in business. Over the past two decades, the team at ABC Services has seen a significant transformation in technology. Shortly before the company was founded, the World Wide Web was created and PCs became small enough to be completely portable. In the mid-90’s Microsoft Windows 95 was released […]

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IBM Power – 10 Things You May Not Know

The January issue of IBM Systems Magazine – Power Edition is full of great articles.  Another information-filled article is the “” written by Tami Deedrick.  She begins her article stating that there are more than 16,000 applications that support POWER7 technology.  That is impressive and it is not even one of her “10 Things You […]

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IBM’s Power GM Predicts Biggest IT Trends for 2014

Doug Balog, general manager for IBM Power Systems was interviewed by IBM Systems Magazine – Power Edition for the cover story of the January 2014 issue about his thoughts on the biggest trends for the coming year.  Tami Deedrick, the publication’s editor, asked some excellent questions that resulted two common themes: innovation and change. […]

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Veeam v7 Backup and Replication is Now Available!

The R&D department at Veeam has been working hard to release the next version of the company’s award-winning backup and replication product.  Understanding that the traditional backup problems of limited capabilities, increased complexity and high cost are no longer acceptable for organizations, Veeam’s R&D team has focused on three key areas:  innovation, features and performance. […]

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