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Liberty 21.0.0.8 available now

WebSphere Hybrid Edition

Up to 8x more capacity: Start your journey to containers with IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition. On the way, take advantage of flexible entitlements and tools for modernization to get up to eight times more capacity* within your existing entitlement.

WebSphere Automation | Learn how! https://www.ibm.com/cloud/websphere-automation

IBM® WebSphere® Automation software can help reduce costs and increase ROI. Use it to enable your teams to optimize their operations, respond to incidents efficiently and promote stronger security of their IT estate.

According to Gartner, AI will help businesses recover 6.2 billion hours of productivity in 2021. Use that extra time to focus on unlocking new value for WebSphere while reducing the effort and risk of addressing common vulnerabilities and automating tasks.

Join the  WebSphere Customer Advisory Board (WAS CAB).

Meetings are every Thursday and Friday 9:15 am EST no registration required.  

WAS CAB: IBM Cloud Pak System update

WAS CAB: To Java 11 and Beyond

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WAS CAB: WebSphere Automation update with Mike Thompson

IBM Cloud Paks   

AI-powered software for hybrid cloud 

IBM Automation Platform Update | Link

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IBM Cloud Pak for Data  | LINK | Trial Link | product hub

·       Explore the benefits of a universal query engine in IBM Cloud Pak for Data https://mediacenter.ibm.com/media/t/1_9pb0qb41

·       IBM Cloud Pak for Data Solution Brief https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/97WRG5WR

·       Data fabric white paper https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/V4QYOAPR

·       Data fabric Infographic -https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/WNBGAWZ1

·       IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a service pricing guide  https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/DLBOWBPK

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation | LINK | Free Trial Link

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation is a set of integrated market-leading software designed to help you solve your toughest operational challenges. 

·       IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation 21.0.1 delivers a new cross Cloud Pak user experience for business automation developers

·       IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation 21.0.2

IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps | LINK | Try the Demo

Innovate faster, reduce operational cost and transform IT operations with an AIOPs solution that delivers visibility into performance data and dependencies across environments. Embrace the changing operations landscape with automation that alerts IT staff to problems, their root causes, and recommended solutions without the need for human intervention.

If you’re looking for IBM® Netcool® Operations Insight or any previous IBM IT management offerings, IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps is the evolution of your current entitlement.

·       An SRE journey to AIOps

·       Case study

·       EMA study

·       Demos and Use Cases

·       Hands on Lab

IBM Cloud Pak for Integration  | Automate Integrations

• IBM Cloud Pak for Integration in 2 minutes
• IBM Cloud Pak for Integration 2021.2.1 adds new features, including automation, AI, and machine learning capabilities for testing as well as tracing and delivers additional storage option

IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation | LINK 

Omdia Whitepaper

• IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation 2.1 delivers standards-based, full-stack automation focused on virtualized Open Radio Access Networks

·       Transform your network with cloud and AI-powered automation, part of the IBM Cloud Pak for Automation 

·       Deploy new 5G services faster | Demo

·       How cloud and AI-powered automation are transforming the telco operations model

·       IBM Telco Network Cloud Manager 1.3

·       TRB Whitepaper

IBM Cloud Pak for Security 

IBM Security introduces:

IBM Cloud Pak for Security as a Service, which simplifies how organizations deploy a zero-trust architecture across the enterprise. | Learn More

·       IBM Cloud Pak for Security 1.7.2  

·       Connected security for a hybrid, multicloud world | Demo

·       Learn about the SaaS Platform

·       Product tour

IBM Cloud Pak System | LINK 

·       IBM Cloud Pak System W3550 2.3.3.0 documentation

·       A Hurwitz White Paper

·       Highly available hardware foundation includes CPU, memory storage and network

·       Efficient VMware virtualization extends your hardware investments

·       Integrated container platform features Red Hat Enterprise Linux® virtual machines, Red Hat OpenShift cloud platform, and container orchestration with Kubernetes*

·       Robust management tool set helps you manage templates, users and security, maintenance and upgrades, and backup and disaster recovery

IBM Cloud Pak for Applications

• IBM Cloud Pak for Applications 5.1 streamlines its programs portfolio to improve user experience and drive more effective results
• Explore product tours  

GitLab Ultimate for IBM Cloud Paks | BLOGS

·       GitLab Ultimate for IBM Cloud Paks 

·       GitLab Ultimate for IBM Cloud Paks is now available to IBM clients to extend their DevOps workflow 

·       Solution Brief

·       Webinar Replay

·       GitLab Ultimate for IBM Cloud® Paks helps you achieve an open and hybrid DevOps automation solution to embrace and manage diverse toolchains. The IBM DevOps automation platform streamlines the execution of more secure and robust software delivery workflows.

IBM Expert TV - Experts always on. AI, Automation and Cloud.

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·       Disruption!  View more  

·       Let's Code   View more 

·       App Transformers   View more

·       WebSphere Community Spotlight   View more  

·       Spotlights on Cloud Native    View more   

• App Transformers: App Modernization Step-by-Step - August 17 at 12:30 ET
• SocialNot: We Are The Champions: The Power Of An Empathetic Tech Community - August 17 at 12:30 ET
• AI Zen: Building Watson NLP with Laura Chiticariu - August 20 at 12:30 ET

Blogs

Introducing the WebSphere Performance Engineering Team blog series

Jakarta Batch Post 149: Extras – REST Readers and Writers

IBM Semeru Runtimes: a new source for Eclipse OpenJ9 based JDK binaries

Interested in costs of messaging software vs appliances?

IBM MQ, IBM MQ for z/OS and IBM MQ Appliance firmware 9.2.3 Continuous Delivery releases are available

Community events  

WAS CAB: IBM Cloud Pak System update

WAS CAB: To Java 11 and Beyond

Register now for: TechCon 2021

WAS CAB: WebSphere Automation update with Mike Thompson

IBM Expert TV: App Modernization Step-by-Step

Liberty 21.0.0.7,8,9 Technical Overview, Update, and Q&A (Session 1) Webinar

Liberty 21.0.0.7,8,9 Technical Overview, Update, and Q&A (Session 2) Webinar

Redbooks / Blueprints

Introduction Guide to the IBM Elastic Storage System
Published: August 13, 2021 ISBN: 073845995X
Explore online at
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp5253.html?Open

Announcements 

Hardware Announcements

• IBM Spectrum Fusion HCI delivers an intuitive, hyperconverged Red Hat OpenShift and hybrid cloud data platform
• IBM Storage Networking SAN16C-R switches deliver high-performance SAN extension solutions, cost-effective multiprotocol connectivity, and distributed intelligent fabric services for open systems and mainframe environments
•  IBM TS7700 5.2 meets the hybrid cloud strategy supporting the demand for cloud storage tiering, object storage, and data security
• IBM delivers key hardware enhancement for selected IBM POWER9 technology-based servers
• Revised technical information: IBM Power Private Cloud Rack Solution and IBM Power Private Cloud Starter Solution
• IBM DS8900F one-year warranty all-flash offering built with IBM POWER9 technology
• IBM DS8900F two-year warranty all-flash offering built with IBM POWER9 technology
• IBM DS8900F three-year warranty all-flash offering built with IBM POWER9 technology
• IBM DS8900F four-year warranty all-flash offering built with IBM POWER9 technology
• Revised availability: Select IBM Ethernet Switch models and features
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Software Announcements

• IBM Spectrum Fusion HCI software offers simplified deployment and data management for Kubernetes applications on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
• Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.8 is available for IBM Power servers
• 1touch.io Inventa and IBM Security provide an advanced discovery and classification solution for hybrid multicloud environments
• Revised software support discontinuance: IBM Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere 11.x
• Revised information: IBM Maximo Application Suite AddOns - Parts Identifier
• Revised ordering information: IBM Db2 Administration Foundation for z/OS 1.1
• IBM Garage for Cloud Solution Services delivers new service offerings for Advise, Build, and Migration to assist organizations in implementing IBM Cloud technologies
• IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 1.1.4 benefits include fabric zoning and chargeback
• IBM Runtimes for Business 1.1.1 revises support for OpenJDK distributions and adds monitoring and support for Java SE certified JDK binaries
• Revised technical information: Selected capabilities for IBM z/Transaction Processing Facility
• Revised information: IBM Virtual Storage Center subscription license
• IBM Maximo Application Suite 8.5 provides enhancements for IBM Maximo Manage, IBM Maximo Monitor, IBM Maximo Health, IBM Maximo Predict, IBM Maximo Health and Predict - Utilities, IBM Maximo Visual Inspection, IBM Maximo Assist, IBM Maximo Mobile, and IBM Maximo Safety
• IBM MQ 9.2.3 for Multiplatforms, IBM MQ Appliance firmware, and IBM MQ on Cloud provide continuous delivery enhancements to extend and modernize IBM MQ messaging solutions
• IBM MQ for z/OS Value Unit Edition 9.2.3, IBM MQ Advanced for z/OS, 9.2.3, and IBM MQ Advanced for z/OS Value Unit Edition 9.2.3 enhancements are focused on simplifying the configuration and management of the MQ enterprise messaging solution
• IBM MQ for z/OS, 9.2.3 enhancements are focused on simplifying the configuration and management of the MQ enterprise messaging solution
• The IBM i2 Intelligence Analysis portfolio accelerates investigation, analysis, and intelligence production with a new link analysis web client, enhanced data acquisition, and external searches features, as well as additional fusion capabilities
• DataStax Luna 1.0 gives subscribers specialist support for their open-source Apache Cassandra deployments
• IBM Maximo Application Suite AddOns - Parts Identifier provides capability to search and identify industrial parts using any mobile device’s camera and text details, improving field technician accuracy, efficiency, and productivity
• Extended software support discontinuance: IBM Case Manager 5.3.x
• IBM Security Verify Privilege expands its portfolio with Account Lifecycle Manager, providing IT users with service account lifecycle automation capabilities
• Box Enterprise Plus, a comprehensive bundled services package, helps address the business needs of content management

Services Announcements

• IBM Machine Setup Support Services for IBM Storage Systems offers assembly and installation services
• IBM Storage Expert Care delivers a simplified method to select services and support for IBM Spectrum Fusion 9155
• IBM MultiNetwork Intelligent SD-WAN utilizes the power of IBM Cloud Network Intelligent Control Center to provide flexible, reliable, and cost-effective WAN solutions for the cloud
• IBM Host Integration Solution for Multiplatforms 9.7 and IBM Host Integration Solution for 5250 Applications 9.7 offer updated components
• IBM Cloud Pak for Security 1.7.2 platform adds IBM Security Risk Manager, enabling data security teams to take prioritized remedial actions for identified risk areas; features enhanced threat management capabilities for finding and documenting anomalous behaviors
• IBM Sterling Intelligent Promising enables organizations to make profitable and reliable real-time promises to their customers at every stage of the omnichannel buying journey
• IBM Cúram Social Program Management 8.0 can help improve caseworker productivity with a responsive user interface, improved user interface layout, and new look and feel
• IBM z/OS V2.5: Enabling innovative development to support hybrid cloud and AI business applications
• IBM Copy Services Manager 6.3 delivers replication management with simplified and automated replication tasks
• IBM Security zSecure Suite 2.5 delivers expanded automated compliance checking and access monitoring for UNIX files and z/OS program checking
• Revised withdrawal from marketing and support discontinuance dates: IBM Planning Analytics Local, Advanced, and Express

Withdrawal Announcements

• Software withdrawal: Driverless AI by H2O.ai 5-year support options, offered through IBM
• Hardware withdrawal: Select IBM Storage Networking b-type Gen5 features - No replacements available
• Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: Select IBM Z platform programs - Some replacements available
• Hardware withdrawal: Select IBM TS7700 feature - Replacements available

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