IBM’s z Systems may have been around the block a few times, but with the help of IBM Research, the mainframe continues to incorporate the most advanced technology. The system has seen 130 percent growth over the past year, due in part to the z13, which contains more than 500 new, patented technologies, according to ...

Steel ORCA, a managed service provider, has helped numerous legacy customers move to new platforms. IBM’s Platform Computing and z Systems have helped ensure a swift, relatively painless transition. “We make sure that it’s an easy transition: easy to maintain and easy to continue on the same platform,” Steel ORCA CTO Larry Hess told theCUBE ...

IBM lasered its storage focus on three key areas, all heavily discussed at IBM Edge2015: flash, including all-flash and hybrid arrays; software defined; and integrated infrastructure. IBM’s software-defined Spectrum Storage line offers six major components: Spectrum Protect, Spectrum Archive, Spectrum Control; Spectrum Virtualize; Spectrum Scale; and Spectrum Accelerate. The Spectrum Storage portfolio can centrally manage ...

Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, the second-largest cruise line in the world, recently upgraded its data warehouse to include an IBM FlashSystem Enterprise Solution, comprised of two mirrored IBM FlashSystem 820 arrays behind the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC). Jeanine Graham-Bellamy, director of Technology for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, told theCUBE during IBM Edge2015 ...

Memphis, Tennessee, Mayor A C Wharton, Jr. presented a life-saving challenge to IBM. His proposal, to streamline the city’s EMS service, earned the city an IBM Smart Cities Challenge Grant. As a grant recipient, Memphis will receive assistance from a team of IBM professionals to develop a solution to the challenge. Memphis wanted to weed ...

IBM’s OpenPOWER Foundation, a collaboration centered on IBM’s Power Architecture products, created an open platform for the server ecosystem. In the past year, the consortium has grown from five to 125 founding members. Ken King, general manager of IBM’s OpenPOWER Alliances, believes that innovation has driven this growth. “By opening up the platform, it’s opening ...

Catalogic Software takes a different approach to data management, holding a vision to deliver a Copy Data Management platform that works across all major storage brands and hypervisors. In line with that vision, Catalogic Software CEO Ed Walsh told theCUBE during IBM Edge2015 that it will integrate with IBM’s Storwize, SVC, V9000, and FlashCopy Manager ...

As the IT industry makes quantum leaps forward in technological advancement, in regards to software-defined storage, in some ways, the industry is moving “back to the future.” “When I started in this business 30 years ago, we were working with a mainframe and SMS,” IT vet Jon Toigo, managing partner of Toigo Partners International, LLC, ...

For Centerpoint Energy, the Houston-based energy company that serves 3.5 million customers, resiliency is paramount. The company analyzes data in real time and near real time through devices that indicate the state of its power grid; whether a power outage occurs; and whether a customer is having another power-related problem. Centerpoint Energy created an infrastructure ...

IBM recently welcomed more than 6,000 customers, as well as IBM execs and other IT industry leaders, to Las Vegas, Nevada, for IBM Edge2015. theCUBE hosts Dave Vellante and Stu Miniman observed that the event has expanded through the years to include mainframe servers, Power Systems servers, an even an “analytics flavor.” Coming full circle ...