What makes System i different from other platforms? A large part of the answer lies in the CPU architectures that System i servers use: System i relies on IBM POWER microprocessors, whereas most...

Do you back up your data with high availability in mind? Or do you just back it up to back it up? A backup strategy that doesn’t lead to high availability falls short of its full potential. By...

Disaster recovery should be as central to your data management strategy as data security and reliability. But the fact is that it’s not at most organizations. Here’s how to overcome the...

Estimates for average costs of downtime at an organization came in at around $9,000 per minute [1] last year. That number leaves little doubt that the direct costs of technical downtime can cripple...

How do you protect sensitive data when you need to use it and put it to work? Privacy regulations place strict controls on how personal information can be accessed and shared. But you also can’t...

Understanding the importance of data availability is easy enough. Actually achieving high data availability, however, is harder. If you’re wondering how you can improve data availability, keep...

Preparing to recover big data workloads after an unexpected disaster requires more than just having data backups on hand. This article explains how to build an effective big data disaster recovery...

Take a second to think about how many natural and man-made disasters you’ve read about or lived through in the past decade. You can probably name at least three hurricanes off the top of your head....

The rise of high-profile breaches as well as new/expanded compliance regulations are compelling every company to increase its vigilance when it comes to securing sensitive data. As a result, if you...