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IBM recognized for completeness of vision and ability to execute For the fifth year in a row, IBM has been recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and ...

So, you’ve purchased a subscription for IBM Storage Insights Pro and you’re billed monthly based on the amount of capacity that is managed. But how do you know how much capacity is currently managed ...

Today we published the final version of Making Data Smarter with IBM Spectrum Discover: Practical AI Solutions, SG24-8488 IBM Redbooks . Thanks to everyone for making this Redbooks happen. The book ...

IBM DS8900F systems and z15 mainframes have made available (1Q2020) an industry first end to end Fibre Channel encryption of data in flight solution to protect data as it travels through the SAN. Read ...

In this white paper, IDC writes that large enterprises that are undergoing digital transformation (now accelerated by the the pandemic and the pervasive Work from Home initiative), confront new performance ...

Do you want to get to the nuts and bolts of IBM Spectrum Control and IBM Storage Insights? Then attend the upcoming #IBMTechU 2020! The sessions provide a great, concise, and knowledgeable way to increase ...

Brocade Fabric Performance Impact Notification (FPI N ) is a new feature for Brocade FOS v9.0. It is available on Brocade Gen6 and Gen7 switches. This feature enables the switch to detect ...

Three key challenges for IT environments all revolve around data: Data security Data replication Data recovery Understanding where data is stored and where the latest valid copy ...

Analyst firm ESG conducted a performance test on leveraging IBM Storage with Transparent Cloud Tiering and IBM b-type Storage Networking for mainframe backup. Get the details and results here . ...

In this video I talk about some of the variables involved in long distance link tuning of fibre-channel distance links. In this blog post I'll detail some of the tools that are available. I will ...

I recently posted this post on how you can help IBM Storage Support help you by ensuring you are utilizing the full monitoring features available on your storage systems and switches. You should also ...

Don't miss the story how a research organization solved BIG problems with a SIMPLE solution. “We’ve relied on IBM solutions to support our computing clusters for many years now, so choosing Spectrum Scale ...

I just read an article how a major vendor was creating a more flexible way to send data to the cloud ... sounded interesting... but wait! After reading about this so called new capability, I realized ...

Use Case # 2 – Data Protection against Ransomware Cyber Resilience is the capability to recover business servers very quickly, against cyber outages. Organizations require tools (such as anomaly detection, ...

Living in Silicon Valley can be very exciting, but it has some challenges too. Traffic is certainly one of those challenges, and it’s a very common occurrence for most of us. Regardless of where you live ...

Introducing the IBM SANnav Management Portal and Global View If you haven’t been told daily that the rate of data growth is accelerating, data centers are expanding beyond their traditional physical ...

What is a Tech Validation Paper? A point product is only a subset of the full solution in an environment that drives application performance for a specific workload. And to see the full potential of ...

As adoption of AI becomes mainstream in organizations, storage infrastructure to support the large amounts of datasets fueling AI models becomes critical. IBM storage has been working with NVIDIA on ...

The National Center for Supercomputing Applications' Center for Artificial Intelligence at University of Illinois just published this video describing how they worked together with IBM to leverage AI and ...

As containerized environments grow and as more customers move to the cloud, storage must adapt. Data persistence and performance shoot to the top of “container data resource” needs. To stay ahead, IBM ...