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Using Microsoft Azure Data Box for migration of IBM i workloads to Skytap

  • Posted on: November 18, 2022
  • Author: Richard Field
Skytap partners closely with Microsoft Azure to provide the ability to host IBM Power IBM i (AS/400, iSeries) and AIX application workloads in the cloud. As a Cloud Solutions Architect (or Pre-Sales Engineer), I talk to many customers every day who say they want to move their ‘legacy’ applications running on these platforms onto the

Don’t have a Cloud Strategy? You should still migrate one app to the Cloud

  • Posted on: November 15, 2022
  • Author: Tony Perez
“Cloud computing is in its beginning stages and will only continue to grow,” Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on June 28th, 2022. All organizations should be prepared for the ongoing growth of cloud computing. Even if your organization currently doesn’t have a comprehensive cloud strategy, regardless of the reason, there is

Skytap Receives 2022 Excellence Award from Cloud Computing Magazine

  • Posted on: October 25, 2022
  • Author: Kim Claditis
Skytap announced today that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has named Skytap as a 2022 Cloud Computing Excellence Award winner, presented by Cloud Computing Magazine. The Cloud Computing Excellence Award recognizes companies that have most effectively leveraged cloud computing in their efforts to bring new, differentiated services and solutions to market. 

Skytap and Azure Synapse enable quick data modernization for legacy workloads

  • Posted on: October 10, 2022
  • Author: Skytap
I was recently invited to write a blog for the Microsoft Tech Community detailing why an organization would use Skytap on Azure and Azure native analytics services to modernize legacy data. In that blog, I highlight some of the many business reasons compelling organizations to modernize their data. I also discuss the critical role legacy

“My application can’t be moved to the cloud!”

  • Posted on: August 16, 2022
  • Author: Tony Perez
My company provides the ability to host IBM Power AIX and IBMi application workloads in the cloud. We partner with two of the world’s largest technology companies to provide this service. During my daily activities as a Cloud Solutions Architect (aka Pre-Sales Engineer), I listen to many customers tell us about their “hopes and dreams”

The safest way to live test your ransomware, malware, virus defenses

  • Posted on: August 9, 2022
  • Author: Tony Perez
You aren’t going to release a live virus on your production system, so how do you test your defenses? In the article “The State of Ransomware in 2020“, research suggests that every 11 seconds, some business is being attacked by a cybercriminal. And in the report “The State of Ransomware 2021“, the frequency of attacks

Prove your IBM i Backup is Recoverable: The Cloud Way

  • Posted on: August 3, 2022
  • Author: Tony Perez
Beyond having checklists and runbooks, what else can you do to test your backups? In the comprehensive article called “How to Prove Your IBM i is Recoverable without a Real DR Test,” Tom Huntington from HelpSystems details all the IBM i Save Commands and system objects that should be included within a comprehensive backup. By

Why Pandemic-Accelerated Cloud Adoption Shows No Sign of Slowing Down Post-Pandemic

  • Posted on: August 1, 2022
  • Author: Skytap
There’s clear evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated cloud adoption across industries. Sixty-eight percent of respondents to a February 2022 survey said the pandemic had “greatly” sped up their digital transformation plans and data suggests this momentum is continuing. Further, fifty-seven percent of IT respondents to a cloud survey in late 2021 said that migrating

Maximizing the Value of Self-paced Hands-on Learning with Interactive Lab Guides

  • Posted on: June 1, 2022
  • Author: Ralph Capasso
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” Benjamin Franklin spoke these words many years ago, but the value and benefit of learning-by-doing is still quite relevant today. Hands-on training increases engagement levels and enables students to interact directly with the subject matter that they’re learning.  The Value

Connecting your DB2 to Azure Cloud Analytics to unlock data into cloud analytics

  • Posted on: May 27, 2022
  • Author: Skytap
We’ve previously talked about expanding into Azure and how you can de-silo your data currently accruing value in your IBM i/AS400 DB2 databases. Today, I want to talk about how this works under the hood. Connecting your DB2 to Azure Cloud Analytics to unlock your data into cloud analytics for greater value works by leveraging

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