We all know what a bottleneck is. Perhaps the most common image of a bottleneck that all of us have experienced is a glass bottle of ketchup: No matter how hard we shake it, the thick ketchup gets stuck in the narrow neck of the bottle, and then very slowly – and eventually – it [...]
Today’s organizations need servers designed for big data that are optimized and secure, and can adapt to changing business demands. POWER8 and SAP HANA not only help clients accelerate their business, but also provide the competitive edge to help them innovate like never before. Niel Balsino, Sirius Sr. Power Engineer for Linux, recently hosted a [...]
The success of Linux in the data center relies on open-source software and open development. That’s how IBM came up with the idea to build the first open hardware platform, called OpenPower, using the IBM POWER8 processor. Now, IBM has announced the next servers based on POWER8 processors, the IBM Power Systems LC Server family. [...]
Organizations now have a choice when it comes to selecting an SAP HANA platform. SAP HANA is an in-memory, columnar-based relational database that can really accelerate your SAP queries, analytics and reporting. SAP’s newest version of their ERP Business Suite, S4, also runs on the SAP HANA database. Instead of deciding which x86 commodity server [...]
Did you know that Linux is the fastest-growing operating system on the planet? A recent IDC study shows that Linux is currently growing at 3.4 percent per year, and it has around 23 percent market share in the data center -- almost double that of all UNIX systems combined. Linux has actually been supported on [...]
If your healthcare organization is considering a migration to a different Epic environment, or if you’re just launching your Epic infrastructure effort now, ensure its success with Sirius E.P.I.C. (Evaluation, Planning, Implementation, Completion), our proven, start-to-finish process for helping clients implement the best-of-breed Epic environment that your organization demands and deserves. As a first step, [...]