IBM overhauls mainframe-software pricing, adds hybrid, private-cloud services

IBM continues to adopt new tools and practices for its mainframe customers to keep the Big Iron relevant in a cloud world.First of all, the company switched-up its 20-year mainframe software pricing scheme to make it more palatable to hybrid and multicloud users who might be thinking of moving workloads off the mainframe and into the cloud.[ Check out What is hybrid cloud computing and learn what you need to know about multi-cloud. | Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters. ] Specifically IBM rolled out Tailored Fit Pricing for the IBM Z mainframe which offers two consumption-based pricing models that can help customers cope with ever-changing workload – and hence software – costs.To read this article in full, please click here

IBM ‘cloudifies’ mainframe software pricing, adds hybrid, private cloud services

IBM continues to adopt new tools and practices for its mainframe customers to keep the Big Iron relevant in a cloud world.First of all, the company switched-up its 20-year mainframe software pricing scheme to make it more palatable to hybrid and multicloud users who might be thinking of moving workloads off the mainframe and into the cloud.[ Check out What is hybrid cloud computing and learn what you need to know about multi-cloud. | Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters. ] Specifically IBM rolled out Tailored Fit Pricing for the IBM Z mainframe which offers two consumption-based pricing models that can help customers cope with ever-changing workload – and hence software – costs.To read this article in full, please click here

Extreme addresses networked-IoT security

Extreme Networks has taken the wraps off a new security application it says will use machine learning and artificial intelligence to help customers effectively monitor, detect and automatically remediate security issues with networked IoT devices.The application – ExtremeAI security—features machine-learning technology that can understand typical behavior of IoT devices and automatically trigger alerts when endpoints act in unusual or unexpected ways, Extreme said. More about edge networkingTo read this article in full, please click here

Extreme addresses networked-IoT security

Extreme Networks has taken the wraps off a new security application it says will use machine learning and artificial intelligence to help customers effectively monitor, detect and automatically remediate security issues with networked IoT devices.The application – ExtremeAI security—features machine-learning technology that can understand typical behavior of IoT devices and automatically trigger alerts when endpoints act in unusual or unexpected ways, Extreme said. More about edge networkingTo read this article in full, please click here

Meeting Madness, ONUG, and Software Defining All The Things

We’re going back to our roots here at Network Collective and that means we’re going to be spending more time chatting and less time with agendas. In this episode we discuss Russ’s impression of ONUG 2019 in Dallas, the team’s take on solving problems in a meeting, the value of meetings in general, and the slow but steady rise of SDN adoption in the enterprise.

 

 

Jordan Martin
Host
Eyvonne Sharp
Host
Russ White
Host

Outro Music:
Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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