IBM Z
Explains how IBM z17 innovations and traditional IBM Z strengths satisfy the growing demand for cloud, analytics, and a more flexible infrastructure.
Storage solutions
Run IBM watsonx.data on-premise, with IBM Storage Fusion HCI providing an appliance-based hosting platform, and IBM Storage Ceph providing cloud-scale object storage
Power Systems
This IBM Redbooks publication will help you install, tailor and configure an automation environment using Ansible in an IBM Power server environment.
Residencies
Would you like to join a team of experts, write an IBM Redbooks publication and earn an IBM Digital Badge? Find an upcoming residency and submit a nomination!
08 July 2025, Draft Redbooks
The IBM Power E1150 is a next-generation enterprise server designed to meet the demands of modern, data-intensive workloads with unmatched performance, security, and operational agility. Built on IBM's full-stack innovation Ð from the POWER11 processor to firmware, operating systems, and cloud integration Ð the E1150 delivers a unified platform for mission-critical computing. The IBM Power E1150 ...
08 July 2025, Draft Redbooks
This IBM Redbook provides a comprehensive overview of the IBM Power E1180 Ð the flagship server in the IBM Power11 family. It highlights the implementation of the Power11 processor, an evolution of the Power10 chip used in the IBM Power E1080, and explores the system's architecture and performance capabilities in depth. Engineered for the AI era, the IBM Power11 platform is built on three ...
03 July 2025, Redpaper
This IBM Redpaper publication explains the IBM Storage DS8000® Safeguarded Copy functions. With Safeguarded Copy, organizations can improve their cyber resiliency by frequently creating protected point-in-time backups of their critical data, with minimum impact and effective resource utilization. The paper is intended for IT security architects who plan and design an organization’s ...
02 July 2025, Redbooks
This IBM Redbooks® publication describes the features and functions of the latest IBM Z® platform member, which is built with the IBM Telum® II processor: the IBM z17™ (machine type 9175). It includes details about the IBM z17 processor design, I/O innovations, security features, and supported operating systems. The IBM Z platform is known for its security, resiliency, performance, and ...
01 July 2025, Redbooks
IBM i is a robust and integrated operating system developed by IBM. It currently is one of the operating systems that runs on IBM Power Systems servers. IBM i is known for its strong emphasis on stability, security, and business-critical applications. IBM i provides a unique architecture that combines a database, middleware, and operating system into a single, cohesive environment, simplifying IT ...
27 June 2025, Redpaper
This IBM Redpaper explores the practical application of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation within IBM Storage Insights, empowering you to optimize your storage environment through data-driven insights. From accurate capacity planning to detecting performance deviations and using AI-based workload advisories for storage partitions, this paper equips you with the tools to master proactive ...
27 June 2025, Draft Redbooks
This IBM Redbooks® publication presents an overview of the IBM GDPS® offerings and the roles they play in delivering a business IT resilience solution. The book begins with general concepts of business IT resilience and disaster recovery (DR), along with issues that are related to high application availability, data integrity, and performance. These topics are considered within the framework of ...
26 June 2025, Redbooks
In today's digital age, downtime is not an option. Businesses rely on constant access to critical data to maintain productivity and ensure customer satisfaction. IBM® Storage Virtualize offers functionalities to safeguard your data against various threats. Policy-based replication and policy-based HA (policy-based-HA) protect against site failures by automatically failing over to a secondary ...
16 June 2025, Draft Redbooks
The IBM Z time synchronization solution uses two technologies to ensure precise, consistent, and resilient timekeeping across IBM Z systems; Server Time Protocol (STP) and External Time Sources (ETS). STP is a server-wide facility that is implemented in the Licensed Internal Code (LIC) of the IBM Z® platform. It provides improved time synchronization in a sysplex or non-sysplex configuration. ETS ...
09 June 2025, Draft Redbooks
IBM z17 Configuration Setup - This IBM® Redbooks® publication helps you install, configure, and maintain IBM z17 (machine types 9175) systems. IBM z17 offers new functions that require a comprehensive understanding of the available configuration options. This book presents configuration setup scenarios and describes implementation examples in detail. This publication is intended for systems ...
04 June 2025, Draft Redbooks
With cyberattacks on the rise, cyber resiliency is becoming more important than ever. Cyber resiliency provides the required capability to prevent significant impact in the event of an attack. A cybersecurity strategy might minimize the risk of attacks getting through to systems, applications, and data, but a cyber resiliency strategy is needed to recover quickly. Preparing for, responding to, ...
03 June 2025, Redpaper
The business world is being transformed rapidly by artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), analytics, and hybrid cloud technologies. Unlike traditional applications that work with structured data that is stored in databases, these new workloads operate on a vast ocean of unstructured data, such as documents, images, videos, audio recordings, log files, or any other ...
03 June 2025, Draft Redpaper
This IBM Redpaper publication describes IBM’s new cyber resiliency solution, IBM Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service (DRS). By using DRS, users can leverage new detection mechanisms for their environment to detect threats early, and get a full view of the infrastructure by connecting primary storage arrays like IBM FlashSystem® and auxiliary storage solutions for backup, such as IBM Defender ...
29 May 2025, Redbooks
IBM Storage FlashSystem is an enterprise-class all-flash storage system that delivers high performance, scalability, and data protection for demanding workloads. To fully realize the potential of IBM Stroage FlashSystem storage, a thorough understanding of their architecture, features, and optimal configuration is essential. This book serves as your comprehensive guide to maximizing IBM Storage ...
29 May 2025, Redbooks
The IBM Z® platform has been globally acknowledged for its security, resilience, performance, flexibility, and scalability. It forms the backbone of mission-critical workloads and is a key component in hybrid cloud environments and AI projects. With each new release, IBM® consistently enhances this solid foundation while expanding its benefits to empower businesses where it counts most. This IBM ...
26 May 2025, Draft Redpaper
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is a leading enterprise-grade container orchestration platform designed for the rapid deployment of web applications, databases, and microservices. As a Container Orchestration Platform as a Service (PaaS), it leverages open industry standards like CRI-O and Kubernetes, enabling developers to focus on code while the platform manages complex IT operations. ...
22 May 2025, Draft Redpaper
Ever wonder how AI could turbocharge your enterprise without compromising on security or flexibility? Explore the realm of AI for Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE and jump start your AI projects by exploring the potential of using LinuxONE as a robust platform for developing and deploying AI applications. This IBM Redbooks publication is a practical guide that will provide real examples and use cases ...
20 May 2025, Draft Redbooks
The rapid global changes of recent years have significantly impacted IT. Organizations are accelerating their digital transformations to support an increasingly always-on world. IT leaders are focused on modernizing critical processes and operations to gain a competitive edge in this dynamic environment. Application modernization updating applications for improved maintenance, extension, ...
16 May 2025, Redbooks
The IBM TS4500 Tape Library is a next-generation tape solution that offers higher storage density and better integrated management than previous solutions. This IBM Redbooks® publication gives you a close-up view of the new IBM TS4500 Tape Library. In the TS4500, IBM® delivers the density that today’s and tomorrow’s data growth requires. It has the cost-effectiveness and the manageability to ...
16 May 2025, Draft Redbooks
As part of the IBM i modernization initiative, IBM i Merlin (Modernization Engine for Life Cycle Integration) offers a fully integrated and supported suite of tools from IBM. MERLIN enables seamless integration into CI/CD pipelines and provides powerful code modernization capabilities, including fixed-to-free RPG conversion, native Git-based source control, and application impact ...
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