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1. IBM is opening up their powerful Application Integration Toolkit to all Business Partners, giving them immediate access to a set of standard interfaces to simplify installation of applications, systems management and online services for SMB clients.
2. IBM is launching a new Global Application Marketplace to provide a convenient nexus for Business Partner offerings targeting the SMB market.
3. and they are announcing a new IBM product for small businesses: Lotus Foundation Start, a pre-loaded server that can launch a small business in less than 30 minutes with e-mail, security, back-up and recovery and other collaboration software.

We've created a small package for updating RSA by just entering the ip address.  

The package contains a batch-file for updating RSA adapters or Management Modules through the MPCLI-tool. This is especially usefull when you want to update a large amount of servers with the same firmware.

As always you can easilly adapt the package to fit your needs, the current package contains a firmware update for a x3550. Just launch the file, enter the IP address of the RSA and the rest goes automatically.

Feel free to adapt the batch files to your needs and send us an e-mail if there are any questions.

We know by now that a lot of services and systems will become or already are virtual. And now Q-Layer has introduced the Virtual Private DataCenter.

With the Q-layer’s Virtual Private DataCenter (VPDC), service providers can offer their customers a “self-service” ability to build, provision and manage a private datacenter without the pains of buying, installing and configuring their own hardware and software. Instead of buying racks, servers or storage devices, the customer buys a pool of CPU power, memory, storage capacity and network capacity. The customer will use the acquired resources to setup his own (virtual) datacenter, including servers and storage, without touching any physical machine.

Source: Q-Layer VPDC, VMWorld Video, VPDC Demo
 

IBM (NYSE: IBM) introduced today an entirely new category of server uniquely designed to address the technology needs of companies that use Web 2.0-style computing to operate massive data centers with tens of thousands of servers.

Companies that operate massive scale-out data centers spend 10 to 30 times more on energy costs per square foot than a typical office building.(1) The energy powers both hundreds of thousands of servers and the air conditioning needed to cool them. The exponential growth of such data centers will continue as streaming video, online gaming and social networks spike Internet traffic, requiring companies to build ever vaster pools of computers that devour energy resources to operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

iDataPlex = (i – Internet) + (Data = Data Center) + (Plex = Large Scale)

Updated April 23rd: This conference has been rescheduled to a later date in the autumn. Read the whole story HERE.

Systems based on IBM POWER™ microprocessors provide industry leading technology proven in systems that range from gaming machines to supercomputers. These systems offer the enhanced reliability, scalability and robustness of the IBM POWER platform. The IBM POWER™ Systems Technical Conference is a new event and combines the well known System p, AIX & Linux Technical University and System i Technical Forum into one global event.

This conference is intended for customers, IBM employees, IBM Business Partners, Independent Software Vendors and System Integrators.

Source:  IBM

Got info about the IBM Mac Pilot Program which is being published on Roughly Drafted Magazine. Keep sending me those links. 

by Daniel Eran Dilger on Roughly Drafted Magazine
As further evidence of the growing interest in Macs among enterprise customers, IBM’s Research Information Services launched an internal pilot program designed to study the possibility of moving significant numbers of employees to the Mac platform. The study has already found an enthusiastic response from participants and is helping to drive Mac support for IBM’s business applications.

IBM’s Mac Pilot Program.
A summary of the pilot program, detailed in a IBM document obtained by RoughlyDrafted, revealed that IBM is actively working to move away from its dependence upon Microsoft Windows and toward a heterogeneous cross-platform future.

Source:  IBM Research and Roughly Drafted  

I attended a session on the IBM PDU's (made by Eaton / Powerware) at the Technical University in Sevilla and heard that a new PDU Selection sheet or PDU Decision Tree has been released.  This guide is essential in selecting the right PDU for your configuration.

They also updated the special Powerware IBM EMEA website. The recently announced Ultra Density PDU is already there as is the PDU+ and the UPS3000.

Source: Powerware EMEA, Powerware EMEA PDU Decision Sheet

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