December 2007 Newsletter
Greetings!
Are you getting the most from your System i (AS/400, iSeries, and/or i5)? Let us help you with any of your System i needs. We can help you improve performance, upgrade OS/400, perform security audits, implement a High Availability solution, VoIP, Systems Management, PTF management, upgrade an existing machine, or upgrade to a new machine. If you are thinking of LPAR, think iTech Solutions.
We have the skills to help you get the most out of your System i. For more information on any of the articles below, please contact at info@itechsol.com
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OS/400 need upgrading |
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Tape Technology
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Back in April IBM announced their next generation tape storage offerings based on the Linear Tape Open™ (LTO™ ) Generation 4 standard, including Ultrium 4. They offer new levels of capacity, performance, and function, with an ideal pricing structure for mid-size customers. IBM’s enterprise-class tape encryption functionality is now incorporated into several LTO 4 tape storage products. IBM’s new tape systems offer improved performance of up to 240MB per second data rate, which is 50% faster than LTO Generation 3, and increased cartridge capacity up to 1.6TB, double the capacity of LTO 3. These new tape systems also offer improved management functions, reduced space consumption, improved storage consolidation and enhanced library utilization over LTO 3. IBM’s LTO 4 tape drive encryption also helps address data security needs with rapid drive-level encryption for high backup performance; data compression and encryption for high cartridge capacities. Unfortunately the implementation of the encryption technology is not straightforward and requires a significant amount of up front work to enable the functionality. If you are using LTO-1 or LTO-2 technology, and you don’t require encription, then upgrading to LTO-3 will give your a quicker backup and more capacity. Why not invite iTech Solutions in for an analysis of your backup strategy to see how we can improve your backups. Contact iTech Solutions
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Older AS/400s |
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DB/2 Web Query |
Are you still using Query/400? Are your users demanding a GUI interface for interrogating their data? Would you like to creat Dashboards for your executives, with drill down capabilities? Do you need to modernize your queries for your users? Then you should be looking at DB2 Web Query. DB2 Web Query offers the ability to import Query/400 definitions and enhance the look and feel of the green screen reports, while opening them up to the Web. Add charting, drill downs, parameterization, OLAP-like slicing and dicing to the reports, or view reports in disconnected mode for the end user on the go. All within a browser with a great GUI.
Let iTech Solutions get you up to speed using this great new product quickly and efficiently.
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