As we travel around the world we constantly run into a class of information technology (IT) buyer that believes that all x86-based servers are essentially the same. These buyers base their acquisition decisions almost exclusively on low-cost and simplicity (which are indeed valid buying criteria). But, we believe that they are doing themselves a disservice
In today’s economy, cutting costs while increasing productivity is critical to achieving a competitive advantage and ultimatelysuccess. As a result, companies are turning to Software as aService (SaaS) and cloud-based applications to decrease costs anddrive productivity. In order to realize their full value, these new cloud-based applications need to be connected in order to share
Fueled by today’s fiercely competitive business environment, IT managers must deliver rapid, innovative and low-cost solutions. Companies are adopting cloud-based applications to address these challenges. This new style of computing provides applications, data, and IT resources to users as services delivered over the network and in this case the application delivered as a service is
IBM’s new zEnterprise 114 (z114) is a capacity reduced, cost reduced version of its popular System z196 mainframe designed to serve mid-market systems buyers. The z114 is based on the same z microprocessor core as the z196; it can access up to 256 GB of main memory (this includes 8 GB of fixed memory for
Over the past decade the trend in infrastructure design has been towards scale-out architectures based on the x86 processor, where many machines are clustered together in order to create a virtual mainframe. In this paper we set out to challenge this approach and to demonstrate that modern mainframe technology represents a viable scale-up alternative to
Publically available cloud services – applications, platforms and infrastructure – add a new option to IT purchase decisions. Before making a purchase, CIOs and IT Managers should consider how well the compute offering from their cloud service vendor integrates with their existing and future IT landscape.
Development and test is optimally suited for cloud service, given the security and demand variability characteristics of that key workload. In addition to cost reduction, CIOs and development managers should consider the value cloud services can provide during the development lifecycle, and how cloud can help an organization become more agile and responsive to business
IBM’s new zEnterprise 114 (z114) is a capacity reduced, cost reduced version of its popular System z196 mainframe designed to serve mid-market systems buyers. The z114 is based on the same z microprocessor core as the z196; it can access up to 256 GB of main memory (this includes 8 GB of fixed memory for
Requirements engineering and its role in automotive product development It’s easy to plan meetings or events when there are few people and resources involved. But when either the number of people or the required resources grows, planning can quickly become difficult and execution even more so. Therefore, effective collaboration and communication becomes essential.
Business process management (BPM) is in a period of transition. For the past several years, companies have been getting familiar with BPM, undertaking specific projects to address “burning process problems” or launching tightly scoped projects to understand the capabilities of BPM Suites (BPMS) and how they should be used.