Backup and Recovery Roadmap for IBM Power Systems

Backup and Recovery Roadmap for IBM Power Systems

Seamless backup and recovery for IBM power systems doesn’t occur by luck or happenstance; it’s the result of a carefully planned and properly executed strategy — a roadmap if you will — to ensure full data protection and flawless retrieval. These nine specific steps — the roadmap — are important milestones for IT managers to […]

IBM Power Systems Backup in the Cloud

IBM Power Systems Backup in the Cloud

As businesses and their data management needs evolve, and as regulations governing how businesses operate change, so too do data managers’ needs for reliable, foolproof backup. Compliance with regulatory mandates affecting IBM I, AIX and Linux are stricter than ever; today’s state-of-the-art data-reliant enterprise can’t just hope that their backup systems are adequate; they have […]

Data Protection in the Cloud

Data Protection in the Cloud

The cloud is the new standard in the IT management arena; data managers have come to rely on the cloud for its efficiency, scalability, availability and data protection. Yet many business owners and IT managers still believe that High Availability and Disaster Recovery in the cloud are out of reach financially. Well, the good news […]

Running IBM i Software Applications in the Cloud

Running IBM i Software Applications in the Cloud

Since the late 1970s, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and financial software have comprised the bulk of software applications run on IBM POWER systems — specifically the IBM i (AS/400, i Series, System i) operating system. This should come as no surprise, as IBM was founded on the premise of producing computers and hardware specifically earmarked […]

Availability in the Cloud

Availability in the Cloud

Availability on the Cloud: Putting the IT Management ‘Time = Money’ Equation in a Whole New Light When it comes to IT management, downtime is a killer, and an expensive one. With the rise of the cloud, businesses are realizing significant cost savings through the increased Availability that cloud offers. It’s a severe blow to the […]

Agility in Cloud Computing

Agility in Cloud Computing

Here’s a revelation: Every business is pretty much the same. Every day, day in and day out, the same number of people show up to do just about the same job and tackle the same problems in pretty much the same way, using similar equipment and technologies as just about every other business. It’s all […]

Productivity in Cloud Computing

Productivity in Cloud Computing

Outsourcing IT Management Tasks Takes the Burden Out of the Office, Leaving More Time to Focus on the Bottom Line Take a mental picture: The image is a busy office setting, with employees dashing about, phones ringing, desktops humming, copiers copying and collating, meetings convening, and a general din of daily hectic activity. It’s a […]

Embracing the Cloud: A Simple Concept that will Completely Change the Way You Help your Customers Manage Data and Prosper Going Forward.

Embracing the Cloud: A Simple Concept that will Completely Change the Way You Help your Customers Manage Data and Prosper Going Forward.

Business today is moving faster and heading in more directions than ever in human history. We’ve never been more connected, more empowered, more informed, or more challenged to take risks. Fueling much of this march forward is our reliance on stored information and statistics — the stuff we call data. The Information Age has rapidly […]