Power8 Platform users rejoice: IBM has announced that the community-driven CentOS free software is now available to customers using the POWER8 platform. […]
How OpenPOWER is Disruptive
The OpenPOWER initiative has certainly created a buzz over the past year; however, is it really a disruptive technology? Bradley McCredie, IBM Fellow and vice president of the IBM Power Systems Development and president of the OpenPOWER Foundation, thinks so. […]
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. […]
IBM Launches New and Enhanced Storage Offerings
Storage is an ever-growing issue for organizations of all sizes. Data is such an integral part of most business operations today there is no way of getting around the increasing demand for more storage capacity. […]
Linux – The Era of Open Innovation
We have been talking about Linux and IBM quite a bit the past few months ever since IBM announced Power8 and its relationship with the OpenPower Foundation. However, the Linux and IBM relationship is not a new one. As discussed in a publication titled “Linux – The Era of Open Innovation” posted on IBM’s website, […]
The Growth of Linux on Power8
As discussed in our June 18 blog post, support for Linux on Power Systems servers was a major part IBM’s recent Power8 announcement. It seems that industry leaders are agreeing with IBM’s focus on open source environments and seeing significant opportunity for Linux on Power Systems. With the combination of the flexibility and innovation offered […]
Protecting Your Systems and Data with High Availability Solutions
You never know! This week Atlanta was paralyzed by snow. In late 2012, New York and New Jersey were overtaken by Sandy. Weather can be a factor anywhere and if you’re not properly prepared your business can suffer. Having the right safeguards in place to protect your data and systems from failure can be the […]
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 […]
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. […]
Why Upgrade Your As400 or iSeries?
If it’s not broken, there is no need to fix it, right? Not necessarily. When it comes to technology and your IT infrastructure is working “fine”, why spend the time and money (and deal with the headaches) to upgrade to the latest and greatest solutions? This is a question heard frequently from AS/400 and iSeries […]