Laura DiDio
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Laura DiDio is principal analyst at ITIC, a Boston-based research and consulting firm.
IBM, SAP Expand Partnership to Accelerate Cloud Deployments, AI Innovation
March 25, 2025
With the imminent release of RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server in the second quarter, IBM and SAP continue to highlight the platform’s technology and business advantages. IBM and SAP jointly announced RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server in January to modernize legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) environments with AI-powered business […]
ArticlesAs Hacks and Data Breaches Soar, IBM, Lenovo, Cisco Top 2025 ITIC Security Survey
February 19, 2025
Eighty-six percent of organizations cited security issues as the top cause of unplanned server downtime; 75% cited human error
ArticlesServer Reliability Survey: IBM, Lenovo, Cisco Top ITIC’s List
November 27, 2024
Laura DiDio, principal analyst at Information Technology Intelligence Consulting Corp. (ITIC), lays out the results of the firm's 2024 poll
ArticlesIBM Debuts Client Option for Power Systems Virtual Server
October 8, 2024
IaaS offering lets users move workloads to the cloud with no re-platforming or re-factoring, alleviating cost and migration issues
ArticlesIBM z16 and Power10 Deliver Highest Reliability Among Mainstream Servers for 15th Consecutive Year
July 5, 2023
The IBM z16 mainframe lives up to its reputation for delivering “zero downtime.” The latest z16 server, introduced in April 2022, delivers nine nines—99.9999999%—of uptime and reliability. This is just over 30 milliseconds of per server annual downtime, according to the results of the ITIC 2023 Global Server Hardware, Server OS Reliability Survey. ITIC’s 2023 […]
ArticlesA Recap of IBM Think 2023
May 17, 2023
IBM held its Think 2023 conference in Orlando, Florida, last week, where it was announced that the company is celebrating the 35th anniversary of IBM i by reaffirming its commitment to the legacy Power server-based operating system, expanding its functionality with Technology Refreshes and offering new subscription licensing options. In a recent call with industry […]
ArticlesIBM Bolsters z16 and LinuxONE 4 Security, Sustainability With New Configurations
April 4, 2023
IBM adds z16 and IBM LinuxONE 4 offerings that deliver 75% percent energy reduction; 67% space savings in on-premises and hybrid cloud data centers
ArticlesIBM, Lenovo and HPE Servers Deliver Strongest Security as Data Breaches Surge
January 9, 2023
A 52% majority of enterprises cannot determine the amount of time it took their businesses to identify, isolate and shut down a security attack
ArticlesIBM, Lenovo, HPE and Huawei Servers Remain Most Reliable Despite Security and Supply Chain Challenges
December 13, 2022
According to a 2022 ITIC survey, the zSystems mainframe and LinuxONE III recorded 3.15 seconds of unplanned per server/per minute annually—making IBM servers the most reliable
ArticlesIBM, VMware Expand Hybrid Cloud Partnership
September 7, 2022
At VMware Explore 2022, the tech giants unveiled plans for joint product development and consulting alliance aimed at modernizing hybrid cloud environments in regulated industries