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As IT analysts, as well as IT journalists, we believe that the economic questions of how many widgets consumed, how much revenue and profit do they generate, and how fast are markets changing and evolving as new widgets come and old widgets go are just as important as the feeds, speeds, slots, and watts of any particular widgetry. That is why we have always looked at both sets of IT data over time, to get a 3-D feel for the market and its flows of hardware, software, and services across workloads. It is very rare when one of the market … The post How Does Your Infrastructure Spending Stack Up To The World? appeared first on IT Jungle.

COMMON Europe #conference is scheduled for June 11-14. Check the phenomenal venue for networking dinner. #Comeur2023 #AIX #IBMi #IBMPowerSystems #Prague #Praha #artnouveau pic.twitter.com/7YzrmxaTGA— Bart G (@gira79) June 2, 2023

Early bird registration closed yesterday. Number 350 came in during the day and this means #comeur2023 will be the largest in over 10 years. #ibmi #ibmpower #ibmaix #linuxonpower we are still accepting registrations of course! https://t.co/P8eMRXIM4w— Common Europe (@CommonEurope) May 29, 2023

FNTS Launches Managed Services for Power Servers in IBM Cloud  IT Jungle

Update On Critical Security Vulnerability In PowerVM  IT Jungle

1) Remote I/O (Storage) drawer is 19 inches by 2U. Where “remote” means the Power10 server has this unit attached via PCIe cables but it operates much like the internal NVMe disks are part of the server itself. 2) Up to 24 NVMe drives – drives used are very similar to those in Power10 with these sizes: 800 GB, 1.6 TB, 3.2 TB and 6.4 TB. 3) Each drive is separately assignable to a different virtual machine (LPAR) and bootable for AIX, VIOS, Linux, and IBM i. 4) Connected to Power10 servers with new high-speed cables & adapters. 5) Power10 Adapter PCIe gen 4 for higher bandwidth & higher I/O operations per second. 6) Two cable pairs – copper or optical. 7) Low electricity power requirements. 8) Lower cost per GB compared to the previous SAS drawer. 9) 154 TB of storage per NED24 Drawer 10) 1.2 PB data when you attach eight NED24 to a Power10 model E1080.From: Nigel Griffiths

According to TechTarget’s The History of Cloud Computing Explained, “The term cloud came into widespread use in 2006 when Amazon launched AWS with the Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service.” Since that time, there have been endless debates as to whether it is better to host IT infrastructure on-premises or in the cloud. From my perspective, the answer is a definite “it depends.” How do you figure out what’s best for you? Check out the three questions you need to ask as you evaluate as you consider on-premises versus in the cloud, my three questions you need to ask as … The post IBM Power: Hosted On-Premises or in the Cloud? appeared first on IT Jungle.

IBM’s Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) put out a notice on Wednesday, May 17, to inform the Power Systems installed base that there is a very serious security vulnerability in the PowerVM hypervisor. You can see the PSIRT notice at this link and the Security Bulletin: This Power System firmware update is being released to address CVE 2023-30438 at this link. This has a CVSS base score of 9.3, which means it is critical. We very rarely see any security vulnerabilities being reported for the PowerVM hypervisor or for the IBM i operating system itself, for that matter, … The post Critical Security Vulnerability In PowerVM Hypervisor appeared first on IT Jungle.

More than 300 participants and growing. @CommonEurope congress will be the best education event of the year in Europe for #IBMi but also for #Power #AIX and #LinuxinPower Come and join us in Prague 11-14 June! And if you are new in the platform enjoy the @NextGenCommonEU track!— jalcudia (superalcudia) (@jalcudia) May 19, 2023

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Starts 31 Jul 2023, ends 25 Aug 2023; Duration: 4 weeks; Location: Austin TX USA This residency is suitable for Clients, Business Partners and IBMers

The high end Power10 machine, the Power E1080, has been out since September 2021 and the rest of the Power10 line was announced in July 2022, so the writing was on the wall for any Power9-based machines the minute that happened. The ability for IBM to get, much less sell, Power9 chips even if it wanted to is also somewhat dubious, too. In October 2014, IBM sold off its Microelectronics division to Globalfoundries, itself a spinout of AMD’s foundry business five years earlier mashed up with Chartered Semiconductor and backed by the government of Abu Dhabi. Here’s the complication: … The post The Inevitable Power9 Hardware Withdrawals Begin appeared first on IT Jungle.

This server is a good pick for companies needing extraordinary computational power and memory bandwidth, because it supports up to four Intel Xeon Scalable processors and has a maximum memory capacity of 8TB. It’s the best option for applications and workloads that require a lot of data, such as AI, ML, and analytics, thanks to its remarkable processing power, memory, and storage capabilities.

Redpaper, published: Thu, 11 May 2023 This IBM Redpaper publication provides an overview of the business continuity solutions for applications running on IBM Power.

Watch James Up his Power Game with IBM Power Virtual Server Infrastructure As a Service (IaaS). James is running low on resources in the datacenter and needs to deploy a new database. He learns about the ability to deploy new instances on Power Systems hardware in cloud datacenters using IBM’s Power Virtual Server IaaS offering. He also learns about the newly added capability to cluster his workloads with the PowerHA SystemMirror software and how to leverage the new integrated Resource Optimized High Availability (ROHA) cluster feature. This allows him to start deploying new VMs right away while optimizing his resource utilization and reducing his license costs. For a full feature demonstration check out:https://mediacenter.ibm.com/media/IBM+Power+Virtual+Server+%26+PowerHA+SystemMirror+fo[%E2%80%A6]+Resource+Optimized+High+Availability+%28ROHA%29/1_1yaimb0e