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JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today accelerated its strategy to make big data and cloud computing a reality for businesses of all sizes with new Power Systems and Storage Systems that provide deep insights into big data, simplify data storage in the cloud, and can reduce costs through consolidation. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130205/NY54327)(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO) The announcement was made today...
SYRACUSE, N.Y., Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- "Samsung's reliability trends noted at the start of 2012 have held as we enter 2013," stated David Milman, CEO of RESCUECOM. "Samsung's reliability score is nearly double the score of the next nearest competitor, while Asus has made strong strides to reach and maintain second rank in reliability." The computer reliability report scores for 2013 are: 1. Samsung (648)2. Asus (332)3. Lenovo/IBM (228)4. HP (124)5. Toshiba (118)6. Apple...
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- (SHARE Booth #705) -- SSH Communications Security, known the world over as the inventor of the secure shell protocol, today announced that its Universal SSH Key Manager, a module of the company's robust Information Assurance Platform, now supports full SSH key lifecycle management for mainframe environments running IBM's z/OS operating system. In a typical large enterprise, expanded use of the secure shell protocol to protect...
ARMONK, N.Y., Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire the software portfolio of Star Analytics Inc., a privately held business analytics company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Financial terms were not disclosed. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO ) The combination of IBM and Star Analytics software will further advance IBM's business analytics initiatives, allowing organizations to gain faster...
ARMONK, N.Y., Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that its vice president and CIO Jeanette Horan has been cited by a leading IT think tank for advancing innovation inside IBM and helping the company sustain technology leadership in prominent and growing market segments. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO ) HMG Strategy, which counts CIOs at leading IT and consumer companies in its membership, named Horan among the industry's "top...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- President Obama will honor a team of three IBM (NYSE: IBM) scientists -- James J. Wynne, Rangaswamy Srinivasan and Samuel Blum -- with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the country's most prestigious award given to leading innovators for technological achievement. They are receiving this award for their discovery of a new form of laser surgery, using an excimer laser that made modern LASIK and PRK refractive eye surgery...
RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Maintec Technologies is inviting IBM mainframe professionals to attend the SHARE technology EXPO at no cost by downloading a free pass here. The pass also includes discounted educational sessions at the week-long SHARE mainframe user group conference through Feb. 8. Maintec experts will be on hand in Booth 708 from Monday through Wednesday, Feb. 4-6, to discuss mainframe colocation, mainframe services and staffing, said Maintec CEO Sonny...
ARMONK, N.Y., Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rugby Football Union (RFU) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a strategic five year agreement. As Official Analytics Partner for the RFU, IBM will implement a leading analytics solution to provide fans with real-time insights into the game, including information about individual performance by players - the IBM TryTracker. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130131/NY52301) (Logo:...
ARMONK, N.Y., Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced attacks, widespread fraud and the pervasive use of social media, mobile and cloud computing are drastically altering the security landscape. As organizations increasingly need to manage Big Data, the way that corporate data needs to be protected is rapidly changing. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO ) To aid in the detection of stealthy threats that can hide in the increasing mounds of data, IBM (NYSE:...
JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) South Africa, part of the global leading global food service retailer, is using IBM social business software to embrace the convergence of social, mobile and cloud facilitating its expansion to new markets and enabling its employees to collaborate more effectively. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130131/NY52339 ) (Logo:...
Latest IBM Reference Libraries
A direct access storage device, or DASD, is a secondary storage device in mainframe computers that has low access time for all of its capacity. The term DASD was introduced by IBM to describe disk drives, magnetic drums, and data cells. The direct access capability of those devices was quite different than that of sequential access used in tape drives because it required a substantially long time to access a distant point in a medium. IBM computers access devices through channels, which are...
A control store is the element of a CPUs control unit that stores the CPU's micro program and is usually accessed by a micro sequencer. A control store is usually executed as a diode-selection of read-only memory. This tradition dates back to 1947 when the program timing matrix on the MIT Whirlwind was initially introduced. The earliest models of IBM mainframe had read-only control store; however, the System/370 and successor models were made and loaded their micro programs from floppy disks...
