Advantages of Mainframe Migration: security, stability, and scalability
Mainframe migration and support are often necessary to prevent potentially catastrophic downtime. Mainframe computers are regularly used by organizations for the processing of complex applications and storage of critical data. Currently, approximately 75% of the worlds business data is currently stored on mainframes and 85% of all business transactions are still executed on mainframe computer [...]
What to expect from the NEC Express 5800 Series Servers:
The NEC Express 5800 Series Servers high tech next generation microprocessors allow for unparalleled performance. NECs Express 5800s are powered by the newest generation of Intel Xenon processors. These powerhouses are based on QPI (Quick Path Interconnect), which is a super high speed interconnect that offers improved processing speed and memory performance allowing the Express [...]
A Review of the IBM zEnterprise Mainframe: power, performance, availablity
The IBM zEnterprise Mainframe is today’s fastest, most scalable enterprise system on the market. Due to its concisely integrated revolutionary cross-platform systems management abilities, highly optimized multiuser policy-based frameworks, and truly heterogeneous workloads; the system boasts unrivaled security, manageability, reliability and performance. The integration of IBM’s notoriously innovative technologies have come together to take charge [...]
A Review of Hitachi Pilot Series Mainframes: stepping into the new millennium
The Hitachi Pilot Series mainframes are touted as the most powerful commercially available CMOS mainframes of their day and in their class. Hitachi engineers were proud to release the results of months of vigorous benchmark testing. Test results clearly demonstrated significant performance advantages of the Hitachi Pilot P8 and P9 Series when compared to all [...]
Move Over Mainframe: the Hewlett Packard Superdome is here
The Hewlett Packard Superdome is starting to become quite popular because it rivals the availability of a mainframe at a fraction of the cost of purchase, energy, and upkeep. In the past, organizations had good reason to pay more for mainframes because of their stellar and unrivaled record of dependability and availability. Downtime costs money; [...]
Groupe Bull: a review of the novascale gcos server
The Novascale gcos server aims to allow for scalability with out adding to complexity. For decades now businesses have dealt with their ever changing technology demands and need for scalability by constantly adding more servers to their network. Unfortunately, this solution is riddled with issues ranging from progressively more intricate systems administration, increased ownership costs, [...]
GS21 Fujitsu Mainframe Server Review
The GS21 Fujitsu mainframe server was designed with the business environment and the environment we share with nature in mind. Today most large and midcap companies are looking to cut their overhead and general cost of operation by combining their servers and storage systems into integrated data-centers. Other popular trends relating to efficiency of technology [...]
