IBM mainframes get capability to predict failures, avoid downtime

	IBM announces massive NAS array for the cloud | Stealthy start-up backed by VMware founder Diane Greene looks to virtualize networks
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	IBM mainframes get capability to predict failures, avoid downtime IBM is upgrading the mainframe operating system with new features for predicting failures and reducing the time it takes to recover from performance slowdowns Read More WHITE PAPER: Comtech AHA 10X the Performance, half the Power. Streamline your Data Center while using less power and increasing performance. Hardware acceleration can result in a performance increase of over 10X at less than half the power. Visit Comtech AHA to learn more about how to improve the performance of your system using hardware compression. Learn more now. In this Issue IBM announces massive NAS array for the cloud Stealthy start-up backed by VMware founder Diane Greene looks to virtualize networks Seagate doubles capacity of data center hard drive SAP makes more executive changes WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Inc. Considerably Improve WAN Performance See how the Peace Corp improved network performance and avoided bandwidth upgrades with WAN optimization technology. In the first year the Peace Corp realized over $180,000 in savings and expects its overall savings to top $600,000. Find out how this organization chose its platform and how they achieved success. Learn More IBM announces massive NAS array for the cloud IBM announced a clustered NAS file system today that is aimed at cloud-computing environments that can scale in size to 14 petabytes of capacity under a single global name space. Read More WHITE PAPER: Eaton - NWW A Compelling Power Alternative With power and cooling costs taking a big chunk out of IT budgets, power reductions anywhere in the data center are welcome. Read about two key ways to improve end-to-end energy efficiency by changing the voltage of power distribution and by taking advantage of new, high-efficiency, multi-node UPSs. Learn More Stealthy start-up backed by VMware founder Diane Greene looks to virtualize networks A start-up with financial backing from VMware founder Diane Greene is developing a network operating system designed to virtualize networks and create networks ideal for cloud deployments. Read More WHITE PAPER: Radware Accelerating Next-Generation Data Center Initiatives In today's competitive business landscape, every business looks for solutions to enable key business drivers, such as increasing business productivity, agility, continuity, globalization, and regulatory compliance. Effective – not to mention – cost effective application delivery lies at the heart of this need. This paper details how to cost-consciously overcome these challenges. Learn More Seagate doubles capacity of data center hard drive Seagate released a 2.5-in SAS drive today that doubles the amount of capacity over previous drives and offers lower power consumption while increasing drive reliability. Read More SAP makes more executive changes The high-profile shakeup at SAP's top executive levels continued Thursday with the announcement that executive board member John Schwarz, viewed by some observers as a potential future CEO at the company, has resigned. Read More
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