IBM FlashSystem family

Managing, moving and storing large data volumes with great efficiency and enough performance to derive maximum value from data assets requires a modern IT infrastructure with wide-ranging capabilities, from intelligent system optimization and powerful data reduction, through comprehensive security and encryption features, multi cloud sharing and access, and, of course, ultra-low-latency flash storage. ...more

What is IBM FlashWatch? Peace of Mind Made Simple

Read this infographic in order to discover how IBM FlashSystem Family accelerates your workloads while providing peace of mind. It’s the confidence to purchase, own and upgrade your IBM Storage. ...more

Container Security 101 UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS OF SECURING CONTAINERS

By now it’s apparent to cybersecurity teams everywhere that the proverbial container genie is out of the bottle. Developers have widely embraced containers because they make building and deploying so- called cloud native applications simpler than ever. Not only do containers eliminate much of the friction typically associated with moving application code from testing through to production, application code packaged up as containers can also run anywhere. All the dependencies associated with any application are included within the containerized ...more

THE STATE OF CLOUD NATIVE SECURTIY

Today, the focus is less on the hardware underlying computing and more on the application itself – the thing that delivers actual value. We abstract computing away from the hardware as much as possible, in myriad ways: the concept of the cloud itself, as well as the specific technologies for operating in the cloud, such as virtual machines (VMs), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), containers, managed container services such as Kubernetes and more. As we adopt all these enabling technologies, we introduce a new ...more

The Ultimate Guide to Lightweight Materials and Parts Testing in Automotive and Aerospace

As the demand for lightweight and composite materials continues to grow, impact testing is becoming more and more critical to success in design and manufacturing. But how do you ensure that added testing requirements don’t translate into downtime and disruption to just-in-time workflows in automotive and aerospace? This guide will give materials engineers and scientists working in these industries valuable insight into the latest drop weight impact testing methods and technology. It will provide you with useful guidance on how to make compo ...more

The State of Remote Working

Prior to COVID-19, most organizations had remote work capabilities in place. But, the pandemic has caused even the most-prepared IT leaders to re-evaluate their readiness to support remote work, at scale. To gain insights into the IT capabilities necessary to ensure business continuity and workforce productivity, now and for the “next norm”, we conducted a TechValidate1 survey to our customer base in April 2020. Here’s what we learned: ...more

4 Ways to Measure Data Quality

There are lots of good strategies that you can use to improve the quality of your data and build data best practices into your company’s DNA. Although the technical dimensions of data quality control are usually addressed by engineers, there should be a plan for enforcing best practices related to data quality throughout the organization. After all, virtually every employee comes into contact with data in one form or another these days. Data quality is everyone’s responsibility. Assessing data quality on an ongoing basis is necessary to k ...more

CRITICAL CHANNELS OF CHOICE

Research can be funny. It can point to big trends and changes, making a single point feel disruptive and potentially cataclysmic. A study reported in numerous retail trade publications noted that some 70 percent of Millennials purchased a product via social media. Everyone start your engines... social is the Millennial channel of choice. Or is it? According to Pew Research, 44 percent of Facebook users under 30 have deleted their accounts and apps. So which is it? Are they social... or not? In the same way that it is increasingly difficul ...more

Forrester - Hybrid Cloud Automation Accelerates Digital Transformation

Hybrid cloud implementation is maturing: Enterprises plan to migrate increasingly sensitive workloads in the coming year.Security and compliance are still challenging: Nearly 90% of respondents cite managing security best practices, vulnerability management, and compliance as challenging. ...more