Recall Albert Einstein saying that “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” This seems to accurately reflect the “storage made simple” mantra that has driven IBM storage throughout 2020. The company now concludes its year of extensive announcements by recognizing the increasing importance of container technology in conjunction with storage. Let’s […]
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IBM Continues Its Focus on Innovative Storage Research
For over 100 years IBM has been a vibrant, profitable company; it intends to remain that way for many years into the future. One of the ways that IBM has used to remain relevant is through strong, ongoing research and development (R&D) programs that ensures that the IBM solutions pipeline is kept filled with customer-pleasing […]
IBM Spotlights Storage Made Simple for Data and AI
IBM first turned its “storage made simple” theme to block-based systems, most notably its FlashSystem offerings as the non-mainframe portion of its storage for hybrid multicloud. Now the company has applied the same theme to storage for its data and AI systems, most prominently, the file-based Elastic Storage System (ESS) storage hardware that is managed […]
IBM Storage Solutions for Edge Computing
Edge computing continues to be increasingly important for organizations to make better data driven decisions. Since edge computing is a big generator of data and since data requires storage, storage is a major player. Let’s examine briefly how IBM positioned its approach to edge computing at its recent Think 2020 Digital conference, how it is […]
IBM Continues to Extend its Mainframe Storage Solutions
According to IBM, its Z mainframes process 30 billion transactions per day, including 87% of all credit card transactions in the world. These two facts alone show the importance of the mainframe in the world economy, but it also underscores the importance of the complementary storage systems that all mainframes must have. Therefore, IBM’s continuing […]
Avid Labs Announces What Could Be a Game Changing COVID-19 Test
Avid Labs, an Indiana-based company that is focused on innovative product design, has just announced what could be a game changing COVID-19 test that delivers results in as little as five minutes. This has major implications both in the short-term and long-term. Details are sketchy, but portability is critical. Approval from the FDA happened last […]
DH2i Helps Out During the COVID-19 Crisis with its Free Work at Home Software
The coronavirus has given a terrible new meaning to the term “March Madness.” As a major side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to work at home for those who can do so is not an option, but rather a mandatory requirement for the foreseeable future. Yet many organizations do not have the software […]
IBM Simplifies Its FlashSystem Storage Portfolio
In a recent storage announcement, IBM described a simplification process that has led to a single FlashSystem solution family encompassing all of traditional block-level storage for non-mainframe environments. This is an important outcome from the company’s ongoing focus on “making storage simple.” IBM recognizes that there is a limit on what can be done as […]
IBM Reinforces Storage Portfolio for AI and Big Data
In its recent storage announcement, IBM strengthened its storage solutions for AI and big data through the introduction of the IBM Elastic Storage System (ESS) 3000 and an important new capability for IBM Spectrum Discover. The IBM Elastic Storage System 3000 enables an IT organization to take advantage not only of IBM’s software-defined-storage (SDS) capability […]
IBM Introduces DS8900F Storage System for the Mainframe
The IBM Z mainframe continues to support a very large number of the world’s most mission-critical applications and the company works diligently to ensure that the platform continues to deliver the capabilities that customers need in their rapidly-evolving data-driven hybrid multicloud enterprise. Therefore, any introduction of a new storage system, namely the IBM DS8900F, that […]