SIAS has been recognized in The Channel Company’s exclusive 2015 CRN® Next-Gen 250 list! The annual list honors forward-thinking technology solution providers who have transformed their business by breaking into emerging technologies such as cloud computing, unified communications, virtualization, mobility, business analytics, and business intelligence. These solution providers, each in business for less than 20 […]
Come September 30, 2015, IBM will be ending support for its iSeries v6r1 and v6r1m1 operating systems. IBM will be offering extended support options; however, if you don’t upgrade before the September 30 deadline, you will run the risk of incurring high support fees. Although the deadline is looming and the migration process seems like […]
Today we will cover the final two misconceptions as laid out in IBM Systems Magazine’s May 2015 article “Infrastructure Matters: Myth or Truth”. Number nine on the list is “big data and analytics is only about social media analytics”. Yes, gathering and studying social media analytics is a big trend these days. Organizations are continuously […]
In our series on IBM Systems Magazine’s article “Infrastructure Matters: Myth or Truth” we have discussed six misconceptions related to IT infrastructures. We will add two more today. Number seven is that big data and analytics solutions are expensive. That’s not necessarily true. With the right infrastructure in place, organizations can process, analyze and […]
Today we will cover two more of the myths listed in IBM Systems Magazine’s article “Infrastructure Matters: Myth or Truth” as the third part of our five-part series. The fifth misconception included in the article is that organizations can only take advantage of private or public clouds. IBM Systems Magazine explains that it’s not a […]
You are probably well aware that on July 14, 2015, Microsoft said goodbye to Windows Server 2003. They not only ended support for this product, but also no longer provide security patches or software and content updates. You may think that you will be okay and be able to hang on to your Windows Server […]
This post is the second in a series based on IBM Systems Magazine’s article titled “Infrastructure Matters: Myth or Truth”. In the first post, we discussed the first two of 10 misconceptions about IT infrastructure. Today, we will share two more. The third myth listed is that the cloud’s only value is cost reduction. We […]
SIAS will be wrapping up its June tradeshow tour at Synergy 2015 in Orlando June 22-25. Synergy is NCR’s annual user conference for NCR customers from the retail industry to wholesale distribution. We will be in booth #1002 demonstrating our Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offerings for Power Systems, i5OS, AIX and Linux users.
Our last two blog posts have focused on the cost and scalability benefits of using the cloud for test and development initiatives. Today, we are looking at the advantages of leveraging the cloud for standardizing the test and development process. Development teams are often on tight deadlines to complete a project. With any process that […]
Will you be at the Javits Center this week for the Cloud Computing Expo? If so, make sure you drop by booth #227 to visit us and our partners, Aerobyte and Biarca. We have a lot happening at the show! On Wednesday, June 10 at 4:50 p.m., Chuck Paolillo, CTO at SIAS and Brad Askew, […]
