Optica Announces Enhancements to zVT 3000i Mainframe Virtual Tape Systems
Today, Optica Technologies, a recognized leader in delivering high quality storage and connectivity solutions for the mainframe, is announcing enhancements to its zVT 3000i mainframe virtual tape systems with increased capacity options, improved HW compression efficiency and support for encryption at rest. The zVT 3000i is part of a family of Optica zVT products that include the flagship modular, scalable and resilient zVT 5000-iNAS and 5000-FLEX systems.
Continue Reading ›Optica Announces Next Generation of zVT Mainframe Virtual Tape Products
New virtual tape offerings deliver modular, scalable performance and capacity
Continue Reading ›Welcome to Our New Site!
Optica is proud to announce our brand new website! We've been working hard over the past few weeks to push toward a new launch of our web presence.
Continue Reading ›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.
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