IBM adds thin provisioning to high-end DS8000 storage array
July 15, 2009 by Peter Chubb
Filed under Computers, Storage
IBM has now added thin provisioning to its high-end DS8000 storage array, as well as enhancing its XIV storage product. For those who do not know, thin provisioning involves telling an application that it has all of the storage capacity that it needs in the storage volume that has been assigned to it. Read more
IBM System Z to improve Winn-Dixie, service and performance
August 12, 2008 by Peter Chubb
Filed under News
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Winn-Dixie Stores Inc., one of the nation’s largest food retailers, has consolidated its IT infrastructure to a System z9 Enterprise Class (z9 EC) mainframe to drive more efficiency from current business-critical processes and data such as store operations, finance, human resources and Web content.
As a longtime mainframe user, Winn-Dixie evaluated the benefits of consolidating its mainframe operations versus other potential solutions and found the mainframe with its reliability, security, and expandability to offer the best total cost of ownership for both the short and long term. Read more