Total Cable Solutions Acquires Fiber Services Business Line From Optica
Optica and Total Cable Solutions (TCS) announced today TCS's acquisition of Optica Technologies' Fiber Services business line. TCS has been a trusted supplier to Optica for several years, and this acquisition provides TCS access to a new set of enterprise data center partners and customers as well as the associated resources and expertise required to support them.
Continue Reading ›IBM announces that next System z servers will not support ESCON
IBM plans to not offer ESCON channels as an orderable feature on System z servers that follow the z196 (machine type 2817) and z114 (machine type 2818). In addition, ESCON channels cannot be carried forward on an upgrade to such follow-on servers. This plan applies to channel path identifier (CHPID) types CNC, CTC, CVC, and CBY and to feature #2323 and #2324.
Continue Reading ›IBM Announces no carry forward for ESCON channels
IBM plans not to offer ESCON channels as an orderable feature on high-end System z servers that follow the z196 (machine type 2817). In addition, ESCON channels cannot be carried forward on an upgrade to such a follow-on server. This plan applies to channel path identifier (CHPID) types CNC, CTC, CVC, and CBY and to feature numbers 2323 and 2324. System z customers should continue migrating from ESCON to FICON®.
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