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An examination of server consolidation: the trends that can drive efficiencies and help businesses gain a competitive edge
This white paper provides a starting point for organizations contemplating server consolidation. It includes an overview of server consolidation concepts and techniques and provides guidance on methodologies. It also looks...
This white paper provides a starting point for organizations contemplating server consolidation. It includes an overview of server consolidation concepts and techniques and provides guidance on methodologies. It also looks...
11/06/08
IT optimization as a source of sustainable competitive advantage
Over the last ten years enterprises worldwide have transformed the way they do business by investing trillions of dollars in IT. They've expanded their marketplace reach while working more closely...
Over the last ten years enterprises worldwide have transformed the way they do business by investing trillions of dollars in IT. They've expanded their marketplace reach while working more closely...
23/04/08
Security: New strides in preventing intrusions.
Need help eliminating risk in your IT environment? This ForwardView webshow describes how security appliances, which incorporate an array of security functions, can help you ward off security breaches without...
Need help eliminating risk in your IT environment? This ForwardView webshow describes how security appliances, which incorporate an array of security functions, can help you ward off security breaches without...
07/03/08
Business Continuity: How quickly do you plan to bounce back?
Watch this IBM ForwardView webshow to find out how Business Continuity Planning can help minimize the impact that downtime can have on your business, your customers, and your bottom line....
Watch this IBM ForwardView webshow to find out how Business Continuity Planning can help minimize the impact that downtime can have on your business, your customers, and your bottom line....
14/01/08
Fact Sheet : IBMXIV Storage System
The IBM XIV® Storage System is a ground-breaking, high-end disk system, designed to support business requirements for a highly available information infrastructure. Built from a grid of standard Intel®/Linux® components, it is...
The IBM XIV® Storage System is a ground-breaking, high-end disk system, designed to support business requirements for a highly available information infrastructure. Built from a grid of standard Intel®/Linux® components, it is...
12/10/09
IBM XIV® Storage System: Ease of Management Reinvented
Managing a storage system has become a costly and complicated task. The direct labour cost associated with its management is increasing. In addition, organizations incur hidden indirect costs due to...
Managing a storage system has become a costly and complicated task. The direct labour cost associated with its management is increasing. In addition, organizations incur hidden indirect costs due to...
12/10/09
IBM XIV® Storage System: Ideal Storage for the New Media Era
The last decade has seen a revolution in the way in which digital information is generated and organized. The IBM XIV® Storage System provides a revolutionary solution for these requirements,...
The last decade has seen a revolution in the way in which digital information is generated and organized. The IBM XIV® Storage System provides a revolutionary solution for these requirements,...
12/10/09
IBM XIV® Storage System: Thin Provisioning Reinvented
Managing IT storage infrastructure is an endless balancing act of providing enterprise-class functionality and services while controlling costs. "Thin provisioning" is the practice of allocating storage to applications on a...
Managing IT storage infrastructure is an endless balancing act of providing enterprise-class functionality and services while controlling costs. "Thin provisioning" is the practice of allocating storage to applications on a...
12/10/09
IBM XIV® Storage System: Performance Reinvented
One of the major requirements of any SAN administration team is to provide users and applications with adequate performance levels. This task becomes increasingly difficult with demands for high performance...
One of the major requirements of any SAN administration team is to provide users and applications with adequate performance levels. This task becomes increasingly difficult with demands for high performance...
12/10/09
IBM XIV® Storage System: Power Consumption Reinvented
Reducing power consumption is one of the most significant challenges of IT centers today. With storage needs on a steep rise, it is increasingly clear that new approaches must be...
Reducing power consumption is one of the most significant challenges of IT centers today. With storage needs on a steep rise, it is increasingly clear that new approaches must be...
12/10/09
IBM XIV® Storage System: Snapshots Reinvented
The ability to create and manage snapshots of existing volumes is among the most fundamental features commonly offered by enterprise-class storage systems today. In this white paper, we describe the...
The ability to create and manage snapshots of existing volumes is among the most fundamental features commonly offered by enterprise-class storage systems today. In this white paper, we describe the...
12/10/09
Optimizing Enterprise Storage Total Cost of Ownership with IBM XIV
A high-end storage system's total cost of ownership (TCO) is like an iceberg: the vast majority of costs are hidden from view. Comparing systems by looking at obvious factors, like...
A high-end storage system's total cost of ownership (TCO) is like an iceberg: the vast majority of costs are hidden from view. Comparing systems by looking at obvious factors, like...
12/10/09
Product Overview: IBMXIV Storage System
The IBMXIV® Storage System is a revolutionary high-end open disk system designed to support key current and future business require-ments for a highly available information infrastructure. Its design is a...
The IBMXIV® Storage System is a revolutionary high-end open disk system designed to support key current and future business require-ments for a highly available information infrastructure. Its design is a...
12/10/09
Technical Description: IBMXIV Storage System
The IBMXIV® Storage System offers a new level of high-end disk system performance and reliability. It is a core component of theIBMInformation Infrastructure which helps clients address their needs for...
The IBMXIV® Storage System offers a new level of high-end disk system performance and reliability. It is a core component of theIBMInformation Infrastructure which helps clients address their needs for...
12/10/09
Making the case for migration
This brief describes how Gerber Scientific, working with an IBM storage implementation team, migrated its production SAP applications and Oracle database from an existing proprietary storage infrastructure to the IBM...
This brief describes how Gerber Scientific, working with an IBM storage implementation team, migrated its production SAP applications and Oracle database from an existing proprietary storage infrastructure to the IBM...
08/10/09
Success Story: Bank Leumi
Today, Bank Leumi leverages the IBM XIV system's single-tier architecture to consolidate storage tiers, achieve excellent performance and dramatically reduce management overhead.
Today, Bank Leumi leverages the IBM XIV system's single-tier architecture to consolidate storage tiers, achieve excellent performance and dramatically reduce management overhead.
08/10/09
Success Story: Bezeq International
Bezeq International launched its XIV® storage solution by deploying a single system for peripheral enterprise storage needs. Within a year and a half, it had expanded the solution to four systems—and Overview 300...
Bezeq International launched its XIV® storage solution by deploying a single system for peripheral enterprise storage needs. Within a year and a half, it had expanded the solution to four systems—and Overview 300...
08/10/09
Success Story: NaviSite
"In a sense, our IT infrastructure is our product, says Mark Clayman, senior vice president of hosting services for NaviSite. "By building a best-in-class delivery platform—storage, service, networking devices and processes and tools—we...
"In a sense, our IT infrastructure is our product, says Mark Clayman, senior vice president of hosting services for NaviSite. "By building a best-in-class delivery platform—storage, service, networking devices and processes and tools—we...
08/10/09
Success Story: VCUHS
VCUHS IT management felt it imperative to standardize on a single vendor. "By then, IBM XIV was available," Johnson recalls. "We realized that it was either the best stuff since sliced bread or...
VCUHS IT management felt it imperative to standardize on a single vendor. "By then, IBM XIV was available," Johnson recalls. "We realized that it was either the best stuff since sliced bread or...
08/10/09
Centrinet case study
Centrinet launched an innovative business service - Smartbunker - based on renewable energy and energy-efficient technology(efficient IBM BladeCenter servers and Cisco networking hardware), It's the UK's first managed data centre...
Centrinet launched an innovative business service - Smartbunker - based on renewable energy and energy-efficient technology(efficient IBM BladeCenter servers and Cisco networking hardware), It's the UK's first managed data centre...
16/09/09
Creating a Dynamic Infrastructure through Virtualization
In almost every case,the transformation to a dynamic infrastructure will involve virtualization.Many IT professionals think of virtualization specifically in terms of servers.IBM,however,has a broader perspective,in which virtualization is seen as...
In almost every case,the transformation to a dynamic infrastructure will involve virtualization.Many IT professionals think of virtualization specifically in terms of servers.IBM,however,has a broader perspective,in which virtualization is seen as...
16/09/09
Dynamic Infrastructure Helping Build a Smarter PlanetDelivering Superior Business and IT Services with Agility and Speed
In this smarter world, we need our infrastructure to propel us forward, not hold us back. This infrastructure becomes instrumented, interconnected and intelligent to bring together the business and IT...
In this smarter world, we need our infrastructure to propel us forward, not hold us back. This infrastructure becomes instrumented, interconnected and intelligent to bring together the business and IT...
16/09/09
IBM Virtualization Services
Virtualization is a powerful technology and can have profound effects on the datacenter; however, it should be viewed as a component of an overall IT strategy that will be able...
Virtualization is a powerful technology and can have profound effects on the datacenter; however, it should be viewed as a component of an overall IT strategy that will be able...
16/09/09
IBM System x Enterprise Servers in the New Enterprise Data centre
Virtualization changes everything! Once you start to virtualize your servers and storage, you will find that you can enjoy a higher degree of server utilization and simpler, more comprehensive server management....
Virtualization changes everything! Once you start to virtualize your servers and storage, you will find that you can enjoy a higher degree of server utilization and simpler, more comprehensive server management....
01/07/09
Trend Watch: Mission Critcial x86
This paper examines how, over the past several years, research has shown many organisation moving mission-critical systems onto x86 servers.
This paper examines how, over the past several years, research has shown many organisation moving mission-critical systems onto x86 servers.
22/06/09
