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IBM z16 and Power10 Deliver Highest Reliability Among Mainstream Servers for 15th Consecutive Year

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 […]

Google’s Bard Spins Some Tales About IBM Power Systems and AIX

Rob McNelly experiments with the AI tool to see what it knows about IBM Power Systems and AIX

CISOs: What’s at the Top of Your Cybersecurity List?

While the mainframe may be the most securable platform on the planet, it doesn’t come that way automatically. As the bad actors get smarter and threat vectors increase, the mainframe is at risk for data breaches and other incidents like any other server. Whenever my team and I carry out security assessments and penetration tests, […]

Configuring Hybrid Network Virtualization for AIX

In this article, IBM’s Chris Gibson explains how to configure Hybrid Network Virtualization for an AIX partition

Kai Stroh on Db2: A Not So Simple Relational Database

This transcript is edited for clarity.   Reg Harbeck: Hi, I'm Reg Harbeck and today I'm here with Kai Stroh, who is the head of mainframe development at UBS Hainer. Welcome. Kai, tell us how did you end up on the mainframe?   Kai Stroh: Hey Reg, thanks for having me. How did I end […]

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If You’re Not Using Inventory Scout, You’re Missing Out

Rob McNelly with the latest on invscout, along with tips, resources and an opportunity to give feedback to IBM

IBM z/OS 3.1 Sets the Stage for an AI-Infused Smart Operating System

Move over ChatGPT. IBM is creating its own AI buzz with IBM z/OS 3.1. In March this year, IBM previewed this momentous release, which introduces AI to the operating system (OS). The company confidently calls it the “AI-infused operating system for the next generation of computing.” IBM z/OS Product Manager Mike Young says, “Including AI […]

Securing Your Business in an Ever-Changing IT Landscape

Fortra's Amy Williams and IBM Security Evangelist Westley McDuffie on how to protect your business from constant security threats, using tactics like penetration testing and strategies like zero trust

Navigating the Ever-Changing Security Landscape

In this TechChannel e-book, Iconium Software's Rick Jones and IBM Security Evangelist Westley McDuffie discuss how to protect your business and your data against persistent security threats

A Student’s Journey Into Artificial Intelligence | Part 1: The History

In part one of this series on artificial intelligence, Mark Ray discusses some of the technologies and concepts that laid the foundation for what would become AI