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From the abstract to the concrete: 5 reasons why software defined networking makes a difference

Everyone seems to be talking about software-defined networking (SDN), which makes it all the more remarkable that nobody can agree on what it means. When elder statesmen like Bob Metcalfe (who co-invented Ethernet) admit that they don’t know exactly what SDN means, you know there’s a lot of hype ...

Unify and automate cloud data centers with SmartCloud Orchestrator

IBM launched Smarter Computing at Pulse 2011 and two weeks ago I described how we would again join Pulse to deliver a deeper Smarter Computing experience than ever before. I would also like to draw attention to exciting news coming out of Pulse 2013 with the SmartCloud team announcing a ...

Smarter Computing: What's Next. Ready Now.

Last October, Rod Adkins, senior vice president for IBM Systems and Technology Group, described a refreshed perspective on Smarter Computing. In the four months since, we have seen a tremendous response from the marketplace. Today, February 5, 2013, I am proud to share with you new products and capabilities IBM ...

Smarter Computing: What's Next. Ready Now. | Webcast Replay

Join us on February 5 to learn from IBM experts and clients on how Smarter Computing and the latest technologies can help make your IT infrastructure Cloud Ready, Data Ready, and Security Ready.

Transforming IT for the New Era of Retailing

It’s official. The new era of retail is here driven by empowered consumers who have changed shopping forever. Consider the recent 2012 holiday season. On Black Friday, online sales grew 20% while sales from mobile devices increased by 65% (over 2011). Cyber Monday increases were even more dramatic: online sales ...

Smarter Storage for data and cloud coming to Edge2013

Posted By David Vaughn
May 21, 2013

It’s no secret that data has infiltrated our lives like never before. Our jobs, social contacts, community involvement and even family activities are more dependent than ever on having the right information available exactly when we need it to guide decisions and next steps. In our business dealings this new way of life is even more critical when having accurate information available in near real-time can make or break our success and the success of the companies we work for.

Cloud Storage

Posted By Vincent Hsu
May 21, 2013

For many organizations today, storage, and how storage is managed, represent major opportunities to improve. For instance, organizations typically want to provision storage more quickly to fulfill business needs. They also want to simplify and standardize the way storage is administered, in areas like quota management, access management, and user monitoring.

The convergence: broadband and broadcasting

Posted By Bill Lambertson
May 17, 2013

With rapidly increasing network speeds around the globe, it won’t be long before we see large-scale events, such as the NFL Super Bowl, broadcast live over mobile devices. Personally, I still prefer watching important games with family and friends on a big screen TV, but if I get caught in an airport, it would be nice to be able to catch the game on my smartphone.

Analytic applications and the need for a resilient infrastructure

Posted By Jean Bozman & Dan Vesset
May 15, 2013

In a recent IDC survey of over 2,500 organizations, 22% of respondents indicated that if their business analytics solution were out of service for up to one hour, it would have a material negative impact on business operations. That’s why IT groups are paying even more attention to resiliency around analytics deployments.

Why pay more for expansive SSD in your storage?

Posted By Philippe Lamarche
May 15, 2013

Today storage performance is boosted with new solid-state drive (SSD) technology. Many people think this is a new way to boost performance. The problem, though, is the price of these expensive parts. So, the trade-off between performance and price is not easy to find. Nobody can imagine using terabytes and terabytes of SSD in a monolithic approach because the cost would be prohibitive for a large-scale project.

A point of view on Smarter Computing – Part 1

Posted By Siobhan Nicholson
May 15, 2013

This is part 1 of a series of 3 interviews with distinguished engineer John Easton on his point of view of Smarter Computing and its capabilities.

From the abstract to the concrete: 5 reasons why software defined networking makes a difference

Posted By Dr. Casimer DeCusatis
May 14, 2013

How IBM uses the mainframe to bring analytics back to the future – Part 2

Posted By Paul DiMarzio
May 13, 2013

How is your data center architected for analytics? Are you still following a 1990s distributed model? Are you having difficulty managing legions of stand-alone servers, as IBM was in 2007? If so, you may want to consider taking a trip back to the future and bringing that processing back to where the source data is—back to the mainframe.

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From the abstract to the concrete: 5 reasons why software defined networking makes a difference

Unify and automate cloud data centers with SmartCloud Orchestrator

Smarter Computing: What's Next. Ready Now.

Smarter Computing: What's Next. Ready Now. | Webcast Replay

Transforming IT for the New Era of Retailing