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LinuxONE Stripped Naked in the IBM Cloud

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Futurum senior analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements coming out of IBM Cloud. With hybrid cloud becoming the prevailing deployment architecture for many enterprises, IBM is leaning into providing LinuxONE as-a-service on the IBM cloud.

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Open Mainframe Project Drives Open Innovation

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Futurum senior analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements coming out of the Open Mainframe Summit. As open source becomes the default option for developers looking to innovate at speed and at scale the mainframe needs to keep pace. The donation of a z15 system to the open-source community hosted by the Linux Foundation’s Open Mainframe Project takes community driven development to the next level.

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LinuxONE – The Penguins Are Back

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Futurum senior analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the announcements coming out of Open Source Summit in Dublin where IBM launched a new high end Linux server, the LinuxONE Emperor 4. With enterprises struggling to deliver on ambitious ESG pledges, IBM has decided to make sustainability the focus for the launch of a new Linux server while still retaining a focus on TCO and security.

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VMware Explore 2022 Event Recap: New Name, New Solution Portfolio, New Alliances

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Futurum senior analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the announcements coming out of the VMware Explore 2022 event. As customers look to innovate and simplify cloud operations, whether on-premises, in the cloud, or at the edge, cloud chaos reigns. VMware Explore’s announcements, new solution portfolio, new alliances and partner ecosystems are focused on delivering a simplified hybrid cloud management experience.

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SUSE’s Innovation Engine Roars: SUSE Rancher Now on IBM zSystems and LinuxONE – New Futurum Research Report

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In this research report, Futurum Research explores why the SUSE Rancher solution and SUSE Rancher deployed on IBM zSystems and LinuxONE can deliver on the need for enhanced security, performance, and availability while simplifying IT operations and efficiency as organizations expand their adoption of microservices architectures and use of Kubernetes orchestration to enable DevOps and IT infrastructure teams to accelerate digital transformation initiatives.

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IBM’s The Weather Company Max Platform Gains Rich Video Storytelling Tools and On-Air Severe Weather Alerts to Bolster Broadcast Weather Coverage

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The News: IBM’s The Weather Company is adding deep new video storytelling capabilities to its diverse The Weather Company Max platform, giving local and regional broadcasters the ability to quickly create high-quality, customized and real-time digital weather stories and updates that can be brought straight to viewers. The new Max Velocity features are available now, while an additional new Max …