Retailers Achieving Excellence in Hardware Estate Management with Physical Site Surveys

2024-03-20T11:47:10-05:00

Retailers Achieving Excellence in Hardware Estate Management with Physical Site Surveys Creating an omnichannel experience has led to a diverse hardware estate that ends up fragmented and difficult to track and manage. Even with the array of software management tools, keeping visibility of your existing technologies across your stores and data center is challenging.  Whether due to equipment being shut down or inaccessible to your network, software tools fall [...]

Retailers Achieving Excellence in Hardware Estate Management with Physical Site Surveys2024-03-20T11:47:10-05:00

HP-UX Support Roadmap – Trends & Planning: Check Out the HP-UX “Bathtub Curve”

2023-12-23T18:03:36-06:00

HP-UX Support Roadmap - Trends & Planning: Check Out the HP-UX “Bathtub Curve” Are you aware of HPE’s evolving support trends for your HP-UX servers? If not, or you’ve only heard rumors, this short blog is intended to be helpful and ensure preparedness so you’re able to continue running this platform for as long as YOU choose, and maximize your investment in HP-UX and the applications licensing for which [...]

HP-UX Support Roadmap – Trends & Planning: Check Out the HP-UX “Bathtub Curve”2023-12-23T18:03:36-06:00

Reducing Enterprise Data Storage TCO by Purchasing Pre-Owned & by Using Third Party Maintenance (TPM)

2024-01-11T07:44:52-06:00

Reducing Enterprise Data Storage TCO by Purchasing Pre-Owned & by Using Third Party Maintenance (TPM) Managing data storage OpEx costs in today’s unique environment and also getting the best “bang” for your buck is challenging, at the very least. Storage needs are always increasing with more data to manage and fewer budget dollars available to keep it managed properly. Yet, there are several ways to reduce the TCO (Total [...]

Reducing Enterprise Data Storage TCO by Purchasing Pre-Owned & by Using Third Party Maintenance (TPM)2024-01-11T07:44:52-06:00

State of Mainframe 2019

2020-02-16T18:28:33-06:00

Results from the Syncsort's State of the Mainframe in 2019 survey showed that IT professionals plan to focus on "mainframe optimization, cost reduction and spending" by "optimizing general processor CPU usage and leveraging zIIP engines to save money and improve performance". Mainframe organizations can further reduce costs on mainframes by talking to Top Gun. Top Gun can supply IBM certified 2964/z13 and 2965/z13s mainframes, with or without added hardware [...]

State of Mainframe 20192020-02-16T18:28:33-06:00

FICON Express16S for z13 Mainframes

2019-12-19T16:22:16-06:00

IBM z13 supports the new FICON Express16S channel for improved I/O rates and bandwidth. Top Gun has these features available for 2964 z13 and 2965 z13s Mainframes. 0418 FICON Express16S LX 2 port 0419 FICON Express16S SX 2 port We have other features available for z13s including: 0890 Crypto5S 0413 OSA-Express 5S Gigiabit Ethernet LX 0414 OSA-Express 5S Gigiabit Ethernet SX 0415 OSA-Express 5S 10 Gigiabit Ethernet LR 0416 [...]

FICON Express16S for z13 Mainframes2019-12-19T16:22:16-06:00

Top Gun & z13 Mainframes

2019-12-19T16:19:37-06:00

Tom Marchant’s article Fighting the Media’s Mainframe Misconception: Proving the z13 is Modern says that mainframes "are simpler to administer, use less power, require less floor space and cooling, and have a lower total cost of ownership" compared to other systems. Top Gun has refurbished z13 mainframes, allowing for even lower TCO. If you need to add features to your existing z13, we have many including: 0890 Crypto5S 0418 FICON [...]

Top Gun & z13 Mainframes2019-12-19T16:19:37-06:00

Year End Opportunities for IBM and Dell EMC Storage

2020-01-22T17:52:31-06:00

Top Gun can help maximize your 4th quarter IT budget with our latest IBM and Dell EMC storage offerings. Our enterprise and midrange storage solutions can be customized for your exact project requirements. We offer complete turnkey solutions for IBM and Dell EMC storage products that can include hardware, implementation and our third-party maintenance services to simplify your purchasing process. Benefits to You: Economical storage and upgrades Extend the [...]

Year End Opportunities for IBM and Dell EMC Storage2020-01-22T17:52:31-06:00

The Pros and Cons of SAN Architecture and Hardware Devices

2022-04-09T09:05:39-05:00

The Pros and Cons of SAN Architecture and Hardware DevicesIf you’ve spent any time around people who work in IT, there’s a good chance you’ve heard about storage area networks (SANs). SAN architecture and hardware devices offer many advantages over network attached storage (NAS). This type of IT infrastructure has no single point of failure, making it an attractive option for companies that need reliable storage for massive amounts of [...]

The Pros and Cons of SAN Architecture and Hardware Devices2022-04-09T09:05:39-05:00
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