Exchanging assets for money can be a complicated – and sometimes expensive – process: for instance trading stock can happen in a millisecond, but settlement can take days to complete. Imagine a world in which such transactions can be handled in the digital realm in a system which creates an […] Read more »
IBM Edge 2016 – balancing systems and cloud services
Some thoughts on balancing cloud v systems revenues at IBM Read more »
WD buys SanDisk – can you have your cake and eat it?
Storage supplier consolidation thoughts Read more »
Storage systems down 5% in 2015
Some market stats on the storage systems and component markets Read more »
Server revenues grow 6.2%, shipments 8.4% in 2015
The story of the server market. Read more »
Cloud services – SaaS, IaaS and PaaS forecast
Latest forecast and market share for IaaS/PaaS, SaaS and total cloud services Read more »
IBM LinuxONE – new brand and aspirations in open source computing
My look at IBM's LinuxONE mainframe launch Read more »
Amazon publishes AWS stats – a fat, growing, profitable business
Thanks for sharing your numbers Amazon! Read more »
IBM’s SAP HANA-certified Power8 goes head-to-head with Intel Xeon E7v3
IBM announces SAP HANA solutions editions and so goes head to head with Power8 verses Intel's Xeon E7v3. Read more »
The OpenPower Foundation – great fleas, little fleas and industry standard servers
Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em... so OpenPower will challenge the Wintel definition of industry standard servers Read more »
IBM launches Spectrum Accelerate, corrals SDS under one name and organisation
The most important SDS announcement to date Read more »
Tom Rosamilia – transforming IBM Systems group
Reporting Tom's views at the London z13 launch Read more »
IBM launches the z13 – a server with growth in mind
We focus on IBM's new z13 mainframe Read more »
The Datacenter Security Continuum
Datacenter security from a logical, rather than physical point of view - separated, but related, to network and endpoint security Read more »
IBM’s Q3 2014 results disappoint – speeds up transformation
Offloading chip fabrication to GlobalFoundries is just part of a move to higher-value business upset by poor Q3 2104 results Read more »
Lenovo’s System x – everybody wants to be our friend
System x belongs to Lenovo today - the new number 3 in the x86 server market Read more »
Apple and IBM Partner for Enterprise Mobility
Apple's 1985 hammer has turned into a dove of peace as it signs its first Enterprise partnership with IBM Read more »
Origina – pioneering Third Party maintenance of IBM software
We interview Tomas O'Leary - head of 3rd part IBM software maintenance specialist Origina Read more »
IBM finds new Masters for its Birthday Mainframe
The mainframe is 50 today - but IBM is making it relevant to the younger generation Read more »
We’re Caught in a Trap, I Can’t Walk Out – Server Patching and Vertical Integration
Could restrictions in providing firmware upgrades only to servers under warranty herald a return to the dark days of vertical integration? Read more »