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Skytap Expands Global Footprint With Availability in Microsoft Azure India Data Centers

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Skytap , an industry-leading service to run IBM Power and x86 workloads natively in the cloud, today announced global expansion plans with planned availability in two additional Microsoft Azure data centers: Central India (Pune) and South India (Chennai).

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Skytap , an industry-leading service to run IBM Power and x86 workloads natively in the cloud, today announced global expansion plans with planned availability in two additional Microsoft Azure data centers: Central India (Pune) and South India (Chennai).
Introduced in 2020 with availability in Azure’s US East region, Skytap on Azure is one of the market’s only infrastructure-as-a-service purpose-built to run IBM Power workloads natively in Azure.
Skytap will be available in Azure’s India region starting with Central India (Pune) in April and then South India (Chennai) later this year, further expanding Skytap on Azure’s global reach.
“These value enhancements further strengthen the business case for moving traditional workloads to the cloud and deliver competitive advantages for those modernizing IT infrastructure.”
“With Skytap on Azure, Microsoft brings the unique capabilities of the IBM Power ecosystem to Azure data centers in India.

Cobalt Iron Announces New Cloud Backup-as-a-Service Offering for IBM Power Virtual Server

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Developed with IBM, the solution serves enterprises that are running on, or moving to, an IBM Power Virtual Server.

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Developed with IBM, the solution serves enterprises that are running on, or moving to, an IBM Power Virtual Server.
“IBM Power Virtual Server clients have voiced a significant need for automated, secure, and easy to use business continuity solutions.
To that end, Cobalt Iron partnered with IBM to bring enterprise-class data protection and automation for IBM Power Virtual Server workloads.
“Cobalt Iron has extended its deep integration and partnership with IBM with this new Compass offering in the IBM Cloud Catalog,” said Andy Hurt, CMO of Cobalt Iron.

FalconStor Software Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

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FalconStor Software, Inc. (OTCQB: FALC), a trusted data protection leader modernizing disaster recovery and backup for the hybrid cloud world, today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full year 2023, which ended on December 31, 2023.

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FalconStor Software, Inc. (OTCQB: FALC), a trusted data protection leader modernizing disaster recovery and backup for the hybrid cloud world, today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full year 2023, which ended on December 31, 2023.
“We are pleased with the progress we made in Q4 and throughout 2023, as our hybrid cloud data protection solution sales continued to grow,” said Todd Brooks, FalconStor CEO.
“Our hyper-focus on IBM Power customers, and partnership with IBM, are driving adoption of FalconStor’s data protection and migration technology throughout the IBM global ecosystem.
“Our operating results allowed us to generate a healthy level of net income and cash during Q4 and 2023.

Connectria Announces Two Singapore Data Centers to Bring IBM Power and AWS Hybrid Architecture to Asia Pacific

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

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The two Connectria data centers will also enable inner region Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) with connectivity to all AWS Availability Zones (AZs).

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The two Connectria data centers will also enable inner region Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) with connectivity to all AWS Availability Zones (AZs).
Connectria's new data centers use a proven architecture designed to meet the rising demand for infrastructure modernization and hybrid cloud adoption.
Drawing on nearly three decades as one of the world's largest providers of IBM i and AIX hosting, Connectria's Asia Pacific data centers deliver a state-of-the-art IBM Power infrastructure built on the latest IBM hardware with
Starting in Q3, companies operating in the Asia Pacific region will be able to deploy IBM Power Systems workloads in Connectria's new data centers with low-latency connectivity to AWS.

Veeam Expands Cyber Protection Capabilities and Adds AI Assistance with New Veeam Data Platform 23H2 Update Available Now

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Veeam® Software , the #1 market leader in Data Protection and Ransomware Recovery, today released general availability of the new Veeam Data Platform 23H2 update, including Veeam Backup & Replication™ v12.1 release as well as Veeam ONE v12.1 and Veeam Recovery Orchestrator v7.

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Veeam® Software , the #1 market leader in Data Protection and Ransomware Recovery, today released general availability of the new Veeam Data Platform 23H2 update, including Veeam Backup & Replication™ v12.1 release as well as Veeam ONE v12.1 and Veeam Recovery Orchestrator v7.
The new Veeam Data Platform 23H2 update, including Veeam Backup & Replication v12.1, builds on what Veeam does best: reducing downtime and data loss for our 450,000 customers.
Security & Compliance Analyzer continuously verifies your backup infrastructure hardening and data protection approaches against best practices to ensure recovery success.
The AI-powered built-in malware detection engine, threat center and zero-trust further demonstrate Veeam’s ongoing efforts to keep customer environments safe and recover quickly if attacked.”
The new Veeam Data Platform 23H2 update is available now.

Service Express Expands Portfolio With New Specialty Cloud For IBM Power Solution

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

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BEDFORD, England, Nov. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Service Express, an industry-leading data centre and managed infrastructure solutions provider, has announced that its new Specialty Cloud for IBM Power solution is now available in Europe. The fully managed solution helps companies migrate their existing IBM Power workloads, applications and configurations to a single-point cloud solution.

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The fully managed solution helps companies migrate their existing IBM Power workloads, applications and configurations to a single-point cloud solution.
Service Express developed the Specialty Cloud solution to streamline the cloud adoption process by reducing migration time, budget and resource investments.
Built on IBM Power10, the Specialty Cloud solution offers exceptional performance for demanding workloads and seamless integration with other cloud services to create a custom environment that meets flexibility and mobility needs.
"We're thrilled to offer new and existing customers the benefits of IBM's innovative technologies with our Specialty Cloud solution," said Nick Ockwell, Service Express Chief Information Officer.

FalconStor Software Announces Third Quarter of 2023 Results

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

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FalconStor Software, Inc. (OTCMarkets.com: FALC), a trusted data protection leader modernizing disaster recovery and backup for the hybrid cloud world, today announced financial results for its third quarter of 2023, which ended on September 30, 2023.

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FalconStor Software, Inc. (OTCMarkets.com: FALC), a trusted data protection leader modernizing disaster recovery and backup for the hybrid cloud world, today announced financial results for its third quarter of 2023, which ended on September 30, 2023.
“Enterprises around the globe are accelerating their strategic focus on hybrid cloud technology solutions as they seek competitive advantages and operating efficiencies,” said Todd Brooks, FalconStor CEO.
“Our hyper-focus on IBM Power customers, and partnership with IBM, are driving adoption of FalconStor’s data protection and migration technology throughout the IBM global ecosystem.
“We generated a healthy level of cash in the quarter, and will continue to balance tight expense control and strategic growth investments as we move forward.”
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Skytap Announces Integration with Precisely Assure MIMIX to Offer High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solution for Cloud-Based IBM i Workloads

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Skytap , the industry-leading service to run traditional IBM Power and x86 workloads natively in the cloud, today announced a turn-key high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) solution for IBM i production workloads that integrates Assure MIMIX from data integrity leader Precisely with Skytap on Azure.

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Skytap , the industry-leading service to run traditional IBM Power and x86 workloads natively in the cloud, today announced a turn-key high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) solution for IBM i production workloads that integrates Assure MIMIX from data integrity leader Precisely with Skytap on Azure.
Precisely Assure MIMIX is the world’s leading high availability and disaster recovery solution for IBM i with thousands of companies depending on it to protect their business against data loss and eliminate downtime.
The integration of Assure MIMIX into Skytap on Azure now provides a native solution to replicate IBM i workloads and ensure high availability data in the cloud.
Skytap and Precisely have also enabled consumption-based pricing for Assure MIMIX through the Azure Marketplace, allowing enterprises to modernize their technology along with the way they purchase it.

Temenos Brings Innovative Payments Capabilities to IBM Cloud to Help Banks Transform with Focus on Security and Compliance

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Now, with the Temenos Payments Hub on IBM Cloud for Financial Services, the solution is available across IBM’s hybrid cloud infrastructure, running on Red Hat OpenShift with IBM Power as well as LinuxONE.

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Now, with the Temenos Payments Hub on IBM Cloud for Financial Services, the solution is available across IBM’s hybrid cloud infrastructure, running on Red Hat OpenShift with IBM Power as well as LinuxONE.
With Temenos Payments Hub, banks can progressively modernize their payments capabilities and their integration with new payments schemes and rails.
With Temenos Payments Hub on IBM Cloud for Financial Services, banks can combine IBM’s expertise in providing secured, cloud infrastructure with Temenos’ innovative payments solutions.
With Temenos Payments Hub, banks can quickly implement instant payments services like FedNow and can then proceed to progressively modernize their payments capabilities.

IBM Advances watsonx AI and Data Platform with Tech Preview for watsonx.governance and Planned Release of New Models and Generative AI in watsonx.data

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Thursday, September 7, 2023

ARMONK, N.Y., Sept. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced plans for new generative AI foundation models and enhancements coming to watsonx – its AI and data platform with a set of AI capabilities designed to help enterprises scale and accelerate the impact of AI. These enhancements include a technical preview for watsonx.governance, new generative AI data services coming to watsonx.data, and the planned integration of watsonx.ai foundation models across select software and infrastructure products.

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These enhancements include a technical preview for watsonx.governance, new generative AI data services coming to watsonx.data, and the planned integration of watsonx.ai foundation models across select software and infrastructure products.
The new IBM and third-party generative AI models coming to watsonx.ai include:
Granite series models : IBM plans to introduce its Granite series models later this month.
(Planned availability 3Q23)
Synthetic data generator: IBM today launched synthetic data generator to assist users in creating artificial tabular data sets from custom data schemas or internal data sets.
(Planned tech preview 4Q 2023)
Model risk governance for generative AI: IBM is launching a tech preview for watsonx.governance.