About IBM POWER8 Released in June of 2014, POWER8 is IBM’s family of superscalar symmetric multiprocessors based on the Power ISA. Offering enhanced memory bandwidth, capacity, and expansion, POWER8 gives companies greater control over data growth while still delivering on performance. Since POWER8 servers first hit the marketplace, they have continued to gain market share by virtue of their performance, …
About IBM z14 IT organizations today must provide a platform where data and transactions are continuously protected, available, and delivered with speed. Released in July of 2017, the IBM z14 Models (M01-M05 and ZR1) state-of-the-art data platforms were designed to do just that! IBM z14 delivers capabilities to meet growing demands for new services and better customer experiences, thus forging …
About IBM POWER7 Released in 2010, POWER7 is IBM’s family of superscalar symmetric multiprocessors. The POWER7 was a substantial evolution from the POWER6 design, offering simultaneous multithreading (SMT) and greater power efficiency. But for IBM, a company consistently on the cusp of innovation, it seems that POWER7 systems have long served their purpose. On September 30th of 2019, all POWER7 …
Companies utilizing any IBM eServer iSeries models within their data center need to listen up! On October 31st, 2020, several models in this product line will be reaching End of Service Life (EOSL). The servers that will officially be out of service at the end of October include: IBM iSeries 9406 Model 800 IBM iSeries 9406 Model 810 IBM iSeries …
As IBM continues to prioritize research, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence, IT infrastructure support is regularly dismissed for their more innovative initiatives. But IBM isn’t your only resource for storage and server support. Third party support providers are non-OEM companies that can not only maintain your essential IBM products, they specialize in it! These third party support providers offer an array …
Any business that possesses data center equipment within the storage, server, or networking hardware categories can benefit from third party support alternatives. How? Well it’s no question that original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) produce exceptional data center machinery. But OEMs focus their efforts on developing and marketing new technology, not maintaining an asset after the sale. This means they’ll only provide …
As the major server product manufacturers continue to raise support costs year after year, businesses are increasingly turning to third party providers for a more valuable maintenance alternative. OEMs like Dell, HP, and IBM are preoccupied by innovation and marketing their latest technology. While this makes for top-quality servers, it places support on the back burner. Meanwhile, third party maintenance …
