Five Minute Briefing - Data Center
July 1, 2024
Five Minute Briefing - Data Center: July 1, 2024. Published in conjunction with SHARE Inc., a bi-weekly report geared to the needs of data center professionals.
News Flashes
IBM is unveiling a major upgrade to Db2 Warehouse on IBM Cloud, introducing several new capabilities that make Db2 Warehouse even more performant, capable, and cost-effective. The next generation of Db2 Warehouse introduces support for Db2 column-organized tables in Cloud Object Storage. Db2 Warehouse on IBM Cloud customers can now store massive datasets on a resilient, highly scalable storage tier, costing up to 34x less.
IBM is unveiling IBM Concert, providing generative AI driven insights for applications and putting site reliability engineers (SREs) and developers in control of simplifying and optimizing their operations across any environment. IBM Concert is now generally available.
ID Dataweb, the leader in cross-channel identity verification, is announcing a recent expansion of its relationship with IBM, integrating ID Dataweb's identity verification workflows with IBM Security Verify, the low-friction, cloud-native, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) approach to identity access management (IAM).
ZincFive, a provider of nickel-zinc (NiZn) battery-based solutions for immediate power applications, announced it has surpassed 1 gigawatt (GW) in power delivered and contracted across multiple continents, underscoring the industry's demand for safe, reliable, and sustainable energy solutions. NiZn is rapidly gaining traction over incumbent technologies like lead-acid and lithium-ion due to its compact industry-leading footprint, unmatched safety features, leading sustainability, and unparalleled reliability, according to the vendor.
Think About It
DevOps is now the most prevalent software development methodology in use. Since 2009, it has spread beyond development teams into other functional areas. One of the earlier DevOps extensions was into DevTestOps, which emphasized continuous testing throughout the software development lifecycle. This was followed several years later by the emergence of QAOps, which built on that model with a focus on improved quality assurance (QA). At first glance, these terms refer to the same methodology. But when you dig deeper, QAOps represents a significant departure from the purpose and process of DevOps. Let's explore.