Five key things to know about IBM Garage for Systems

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What if you had access to experts who specialize in the IT solutions you were considering for your business? What if you could test-drive new IT hardware or software to make sure it’s the right fit?IBM Garage for Systems gives businesses the opportunity to see firsthand how IBM...

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IBM Cloud Hyper Protect Services are now HIPAA ready

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In the era of hybrid cloud, much of the discussion has focused on the challenges of maintaining data security and privacy driven by the movement of data between partners and third parties. There is, however, a piece to the security puzzle that requires attention: compliance.To help clients accelerate...

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IBM Cognos vs QlikView: Major Factors to Finding Your Best Tool

Qlik and IBM give their customers with a broad range of products. Two such popular BI tools are QlikView and IBM Cognos. Some of you might be common with either or both means. Although both the devices are business intelligence platforms, certain things make them distinctly different from...

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Tackling volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity in IT

2020 has brought unexpected challenges for individuals, governments, businesses and IT teams. Even before COVID-19, organizations had to be prepared for a range of risks: unplanned outages, security breaches, hardware and software challenges, natural disasters and unknown risks. The concept of VUCA — which stands for volatility, uncertainty,...

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Security and safety key in customer experience and economic recovery

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COVID-19 changed just about everything in our daily lives, across both the supply and demand side of our economy. Nearly everyone yearns for a return to “the old normal.”According to the surveys I’ve seen, consumers are pivoting toward brands that “take care of the basics”:◉ Saving money◉ Customer...

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4 ways to transform your mainframe for a hybrid cloud world

The IBM mainframe remains a widely used enterprise computing workhorse, hosting essential IT for the majority of the world’s top banks, airlines, insurers and more. As the mainframe continues to evolve, the newest IBM Z servers offer solutions for AI and analytics, blockchain, cloud, DevOps, security and resiliency,...

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Put AI to work in your business with metadata management

You’ve likely heard it before, but it’s worth repeating that more than 80% of all data collected by organizations is not in a standard relational database. Instead, it’s trapped in unstructured documents, social media posts, machine logs, images and other sources. Many organizations face challenges to manage this...

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The creation of the IBM Advanced Control System

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This is the story of a global IBM process control system, conceived in Canada 48 years ago, that incredibly is still serving customers successfully. In early 1972, IBM Canada received an RFP from Imperial Oil Limited (IOL)/Exxon for a process control system that would have the capability to...

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Modernize and scale your enterprise IT architecture with containers technology

If 2020 has confirmed anything, it’s that businesses today can’t operate in silos. Their relationships with customers, partners and suppliers need to be built on a strong foundation of collaboration. B2B collaboration refers to a network of organizations working together to plan and execute operations and meet shared...

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Automate AIX and IBM i operations with Ansible on IBM Power Systems

IT organizations are actively looking for ways to modernize software development and IT operations. However, most of them run on multiple operating environments. According to a 2020 HelpSystem survey of IBM i users, more than 80 percent of respondents run other environments like Linux, AIX and Windows along...

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4 ways Red Hat OpenShift is helping IBM Power Systems clients

OpenShift® on IBM Power® Systems takes advantage of hybrid cloud flexibility, enterprise AI, and the security and robustness of the Power platform for private and public clouds. OpenShift is the Red Hat® cloud development platform as a service (PaaS) that enables developers to develop and deploy applications on...

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Modernize your apps with IBM Power Systems in hybrid multicloud

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Most people working in IT today have probably heard loud and clear that hybrid multicloud is the new “new normal.” In this blog post, I’ll share an example of how you can use IBM Power® Systems technology in a hybrid multicloud environment with management software available in Red...

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