There is a lot of buzz in the industry regarding IBM’s April 28 announcement of IBM Power8, but there are still many questions. IBM is saying that Power8 will be available to the general public in June, but for enterprise clients, they should not expect it until later in the year. […]
IBM Power8 is Almost Here!
Power8 is almost here and it was worth the wait with as much as 50% better price performance – yes, half the cost of Power7 Plus! […]
Why IBM Will Go On Forever
It seems as though IBM has been around forever and for all of us that have invested in IBM technologies, we hope that it will be around well into the future. […]
Business Interruption is a Major Risk for Companies in 2014
According to a survey of 400 corporate insurance experts around the world conducted by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS), business interruption (BI) and supply chain, natural catastrophes and fire/explosion are the top risks for businesses in 2014. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]