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The mainframe is dying: Long live the mainframe application!

CIO Business Intelligence

Those enhancements will include features such as predictive failure detection and business continuity support. Coincidentally, the same day that Fujitsu gave notice it would discontinue sales of the GS21 , IBM unveiled plans to deliver its IBM Z mainframe platform as a service on IBM Cloud.

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What business executives don’t understand about IT

CIO Business Intelligence

At that time, Sears was the world’s largest retailer and it was just beginning to use the new System 360 from IBM. IT was looked upon as a group of techies that performed some unexplainable job that was supposed to revolutionize the business. When I graduated from college, I worked as an assembler language programmer for Sears.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

He has also worked with Reliance Communications, Global Tele-Systems, Mahindra Consulting, and Microtech Software and Consultants. He will run the company’s ERP and order management systems, and manage IT support, business and operations support systems, networking, and security. November 2021. Hemal Savla joins RR Kabel as CIO.

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Fountainhead: Postcards from SDForum's Developer's Conference

Fountainhead

James was followed by a panel hosted by Chris Yeh, focusing on new software business models. Pretty lively discussion about how packaged software is moving to subscription, how SaaS is re-making how software is consumed, and how simple financial models will help shape how products/services are packaged and priced.

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What is a managed service provider? Strategic outsourcing for IT services

CIO Business Intelligence

MSPs can also bundle in hardware, software, or cloud technology as part of their offerings. For example, an enterprise that has large investments in hardware and software can’t just reverse that investment during downturns. Services delivered by an MSP are delivered by employees located at the client’s locations, or elsewhere.

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The new class of CEOs at Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile

The Verge

It’s meant to create a symbiotic cycle, with the two businesses continually bolstering one another. “If The company acquired BlueJeans, which makes videoconferencing software, last month. If I don’t do that job well, I won’t be here very long.”. It shut down the day before Vestberg took over as CEO.

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Fountainhead: Who's using Infrastructure Orchestration in Healthcare?

Fountainhead

Its the approach that HP (w/Matrix Orchestration Environment plugins), IBM (Open Fabric Environment) and Cisco (Unified Computing System or UCS) have entered into recently, and where firms like Egenera (with PAN Manager software and the Dell PAN System ) have been selling for some time. ► November. (1). ► October. (2).