At the recent International Supercomputing Conference in Frankfurt, Germany, IBM, along with NVIDIA and two U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratories, announced a pair of Centers of Excellence for supercomputing - one at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the other at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Posted July 23, 2015
At the recent International Supercomputing Conference in Frankfurt, Germany, IBM, along with NVIDIA and two U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratories, announced a pair of Centers of Excellence for supercomputing - one at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the other at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Posted July 23, 2015
IBM is in the midst of a transformation resulting from the combined market forces of the need to drive analytics insight from more data, the rise of cloud technologies, and the changing ways in which firms engage with clients due to new workflows, new business models, and new technology.
Posted July 23, 2015
IBM is in the midst of a transformation resulting from the combined market forces of the need to drive analytics insight from more data, the rise of cloud technologies, and the changing ways in which firms engage with clients due to new workflows, new business models, and new technology.
Posted July 23, 2015
The 45th edition of the twice-yearly TOP500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers was recently announced. The new list shows that "Linux is still number one with a bullet when it comes to supercomputing," writes ZDNet Contributing Editor Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols.
Posted July 23, 2015
The 45th edition of the twice-yearly TOP500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers was recently announced. The new list shows that "Linux is still number one with a bullet when it comes to supercomputing," writes ZDNet Contributing Editor Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols.
Posted July 23, 2015
The opportunities that Docker enables are explored in a new Mainframe Insights blog.
Posted July 23, 2015
The opportunities that Docker enables are explored in a new Mainframe Insights blog.
Posted July 23, 2015
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation has been launched by The Linux Foundation to advance the state-of-the-art for building cloud native applications and services, allowing developers to take full advantage of existing and to-be-developed open source technologies. Cloud native refers to applications or services that are container-packaged, dynamically scheduled and micro services-oriented.
Posted July 23, 2015
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation has been launched by The Linux Foundation to advance the state-of-the-art for building cloud native applications and services, allowing developers to take full advantage of existing and to-be-developed open source technologies. Cloud native refers to applications or services that are container-packaged, dynamically scheduled and micro services-oriented.
Posted July 23, 2015
To enable the next generation of developers, IBM has introduced the Academic Initiative for Cloud. The new program will create cloud development curricula using Bluemix, IBM's platform-as-a-service, in more than 200 universities, reaching more than 20,000 students in 36 countries.
Posted July 23, 2015
To enable the next generation of developers, IBM has introduced the Academic Initiative for Cloud. The new program will create cloud development curricula using Bluemix, IBM's platform-as-a-service, in more than 200 universities, reaching more than 20,000 students in 36 countries.
Posted July 23, 2015
IBM has unveiled developerWorks Open, a cloud-based environment for developers to access emerging IBM technologies and technical expertise, and collaborate with a global network to accelerate projects. IBM will release 50 projects to the open source community to speed enterprise adoption and spur a new class of cloud innovations around mobile, analytics and other high-growth areas.
Posted July 23, 2015
IBM has unveiled developerWorks Open, a cloud-based environment for developers to access emerging IBM technologies and technical expertise, and collaborate with a global network to accelerate projects. IBM will release 50 projects to the open source community to speed enterprise adoption and spur a new class of cloud innovations around mobile, analytics and other high-growth areas.
Posted July 23, 2015
Neil Cattermull recaps recent open source announcements by IBM in an article oncomparethecloud.net. "IBM turned up in an unlikely location with their new z13 mainframe technology yesterday. MongoDB World is running this week in New York and is a typical open source conference - a strange place for IBM to turn up with their mainframe technology, right?" observes Cattermull.
Posted June 25, 2015
Neil Cattermull recaps recent open source announcements by IBM in an article oncomparethecloud.net. "IBM turned up in an unlikely location with their new z13 mainframe technology yesterday. MongoDB World is running this week in New York and is a typical open source conference - a strange place for IBM to turn up with their mainframe technology, right?" observes Cattermull.
Posted June 25, 2015
The United Kingdom's Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson has announced a £313 million partnership with IBM to boost big data research in the U.K. Following on from the government's £113 million commitment in the Autumn Statement to expand the Hartree Centre at Daresbury over the next 5 years, IBM will further support the project with a package of technology and onsite expertise worth up to £200 million.
Posted June 25, 2015
The United Kingdom's Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson has announced a £313 million partnership with IBM to boost big data research in the U.K. Following on from the government's £113 million commitment in the Autumn Statement to expand the Hartree Centre at Daresbury over the next 5 years, IBM will further support the project with a package of technology and onsite expertise worth up to £200 million.
Posted June 25, 2015
IBM has announced SuperVessel, an initiative that enables business partners, application developers and university students to conduct innovation, development and learning for the growing OpenPOWER ecosystem. SuperVessel, an open access cloud service created by Beijing's IBM Research and IBM Systems Labs, is now available to the global community of developers who want to participate in the OpenPOWER ecosystem.
Posted June 25, 2015
IBM has announced SuperVessel, an initiative that enables business partners, application developers and university students to conduct innovation, development and learning for the growing OpenPOWER ecosystem. SuperVessel, an open access cloud service created by Beijing's IBM Research and IBM Systems Labs, is now available to the global community of developers who want to participate in the OpenPOWER ecosystem.
Posted June 25, 2015
IDC reports that IBM achieved worldwide server factory revenue growth of 66.1% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2015 in $250K+ servers. According to IDC, IBM achieved industry-leading 63.6% revenue share in $250K+ servers in the quarter, with z Systems growing 118% year-to-year.
Posted June 25, 2015
IDC reports that IBM achieved worldwide server factory revenue growth of 66.1% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2015 in $250K+ servers. According to IDC, IBM achieved industry-leading 63.6% revenue share in $250K+ servers in the quarter, with z Systems growing 118% year-to-year.
Posted June 25, 2015
IBM has acquired Blue Box Group, Inc., a managed private cloud provider built on OpenStack. Blue Box is a privately held company based in Seattle that provides businesses with a simple, private cloud as a service platform, enabling customers to more easily deploy workloads across hybrid cloud environments.
Posted June 25, 2015
IBM has acquired Blue Box Group, Inc., a managed private cloud provider built on OpenStack. Blue Box is a privately held company based in Seattle that provides businesses with a simple, private cloud as a service platform, enabling customers to more easily deploy workloads across hybrid cloud environments.
Posted June 25, 2015
The Linux Foundation plans to present Apache: Big Data, a new event to bring together leading committers of Apache projects to advance big data technologies. The first Apache: Big Data event will be held in Budapest, September 28-30, and takes the place of the former ApacheCon event.
Posted June 25, 2015
The Linux Foundation plans to present Apache: Big Data, a new event to bring together leading committers of Apache projects to advance big data technologies. The first Apache: Big Data event will be held in Budapest, September 28-30, and takes the place of the former ApacheCon event.
Posted June 25, 2015
As data and analytics are embedded into the fabric of business and society - from popular apps to the Internet of Things (IoT) - Spark brings essential advances to large-scale data processing. First, it dramatically improves the performance of data dependent apps. Second, it radically simplifies the process of developing intelligent apps, which are fueled by data.
Posted June 25, 2015
As data and analytics are embedded into the fabric of business and society - from popular apps to the Internet of Things (IoT) - Spark brings essential advances to large-scale data processing. First, it dramatically improves the performance of data dependent apps. Second, it radically simplifies the process of developing intelligent apps, which are fueled by data.
Posted June 25, 2015
At DockerCon in San Francisco, IBM introduced enterprise-class containers that make it easier for clients to deliver production applications across their hybrid environments. IBM Containers, based on Docker and built on Bluemix, IBM's platform-as-a-service, provide a more efficient environment that enables faster integration and access to analytics, big data and security services.
Posted June 25, 2015
At DockerCon in San Francisco, IBM introduced enterprise-class containers that make it easier for clients to deliver production applications across their hybrid environments. IBM Containers, based on Docker and built on Bluemix, IBM's platform-as-a-service, provide a more efficient environment that enables faster integration and access to analytics, big data and security services.
Posted June 25, 2015
Red Hat has announced Red Hat Atomic Enterprise Platform, an integrated infrastructure platform designed to run, orchestrate and scale multi-container-based applications and services, at Red Hat Summit 2015. This new offering is available through an early access program.
Posted June 25, 2015
Red Hat has announced Red Hat Atomic Enterprise Platform, an integrated infrastructure platform designed to run, orchestrate and scale multi-container-based applications and services, at Red Hat Summit 2015. This new offering is available through an early access program.
Posted June 25, 2015
With the emergence of big data, cloud, high performance computing, and new engagement technologies, data has become the basis of competitive advantage today, Doug Balog, general manager, IBM Power Systems, emphasized in his keynote at Red Hat Summit 2015 going on this week in Boston. But with these disruptive new forces, organizations must innovate in terms of how they build their infrastructure, he noted.
Posted June 25, 2015
With the emergence of big data, cloud, high performance computing, and new engagement technologies, data has become the basis of competitive advantage today, Doug Balog, general manager, IBM Power Systems, emphasized in his keynote at Red Hat Summit 2015 going on this week in Boston. But with these disruptive new forces, organizations must innovate in terms of how they build their infrastructure, he noted.
Posted June 25, 2015
As students graduate from college this year and embark on graduate degree programs or searches for gainful employment, they should consider the advantages of a mainframe career, according to a new Mainframe Debate blog post.
Posted May 21, 2015
As students graduate from college this year and embark on graduate degree programs or searches for gainful employment, they should consider the advantages of a mainframe career, according to a new Mainframe Debate blog post.
Posted May 21, 2015
A 451 Research survey of almost 2,000 enterprise cloud users has named IBM as the company most likely to win significant cloud hosting projects. According to the Hosting and Cloud Survey 2015, 50% of current public cloud users are already shifting workload to private cloud environments, and 52% expect to do so in the future.
Posted May 21, 2015
A 451 Research survey of almost 2,000 enterprise cloud users has named IBM as the company most likely to win significant cloud hosting projects. According to the Hosting and Cloud Survey 2015, 50% of current public cloud users are already shifting workload to private cloud environments, and 52% expect to do so in the future.
Posted May 21, 2015
In an article at NetworkWorld.com, Bryan Smith, who manages all aspects of Rocket Software's R&D organization and operations, explains why IBM's new z13 mainframe microprocessor is a game-changer.
Posted May 21, 2015
In an article at NetworkWorld.com, Bryan Smith, who manages all aspects of Rocket Software's R&D organization and operations, explains why IBM's new z13 mainframe microprocessor is a game-changer.
Posted May 21, 2015
Expanding data volumes are proving to be a challenge to traditional storage and data management solutions. IBM Spectrum Scale for Linux on z Systems is an extremely powerful file system that is based on the IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) technology, which is a proven, scalable, high-performance data and file management solution, and it is also enabled for technical computing, big data, analytics, and cloud.
Posted May 21, 2015
Expanding data volumes are proving to be a challenge to traditional storage and data management solutions. IBM Spectrum Scale for Linux on z Systems is an extremely powerful file system that is based on the IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) technology, which is a proven, scalable, high-performance data and file management solution, and it is also enabled for technical computing, big data, analytics, and cloud.
Posted May 21, 2015
Doug Balog, General Manager of IBM Power Systems, writes about three key POWER product announcements in a new blog post.
Posted May 21, 2015
Doug Balog, General Manager of IBM Power Systems, writes about three key POWER product announcements in a new blog post.
Posted May 21, 2015
Expanding its deep technology partnership with SAP, IBM has announced a series of Power Systems Solution Editions for the SAP HANA platform. The new solutions are expected to enable the latest generation POWER8 systems to run SAP HANA, allowing clients to quickly and cost-efficiently deploy the technology on a server platform built specifically to handle today's greatest data challenges.
Posted May 21, 2015
Expanding its deep technology partnership with SAP, IBM has announced a series of Power Systems Solution Editions for the SAP HANA platform. The new solutions are expected to enable the latest generation POWER8 systems to run SAP HANA, allowing clients to quickly and cost-efficiently deploy the technology on a server platform built specifically to handle today's greatest data challenges.
Posted May 21, 2015
Enterprises increasingly require a trusted IT infrastructure that is scalable and flexible enough to support both mission-critical work and the development and deployment of new workloads. The IBM z13, the newest member of the IBM z Systems family, can deliver advanced performance, security, resiliency, availability, and virtualization to provide high levels of qualities of service.
Posted May 21, 2015
Enterprises increasingly require a trusted IT infrastructure that is scalable and flexible enough to support both mission-critical work and the development and deployment of new workloads. The IBM z13, the newest member of the IBM z Systems family, can deliver advanced performance, security, resiliency, availability, and virtualization to provide high levels of qualities of service.
Posted May 21, 2015
IBM has introduced a new version of IBM Wave for z/VM. Helping to reduce the cost and skills of managing z/VM and Linux environments on z Systems servers, IBM Wave for z/VM (IBM Wave) simplifies the management of virtualized environments into an intuitive experience
Posted May 21, 2015
IBM has introduced a new version of IBM Wave for z/VM. Helping to reduce the cost and skills of managing z/VM and Linux environments on z Systems servers, IBM Wave for z/VM (IBM Wave) simplifies the management of virtualized environments into an intuitive experience
Posted May 21, 2015