IT and server optimization solutions
Solutions for small and medium business

IT optimization solutions from IBM let you make the most of your current resources while planning for future growth. IT optimization solutions are designed to make your IT environment interoperable, enabling quick and easy deployment and enabling integration of new systems and applications.
To optimize your IT systems you need to answer questions such as "How can I plan for spikes in IT capacity without spending more than I need to?" and "How can I increase efficiency (and profitability) by simplifying my IT environment?"
IBM recognizes that you need increased performance - to help you meet your business needs - but you also need to reduce complexity. By balancing and aligning business priorities and IT processes, IT optimization solutions can help achieve both of these goals.
The advantage
IBM and its Business Partners offer solutions that can help optimize your IT environment by helping you to:
- Fuel growth by improving utilization of IT assets and managing costs
- Introduce and integrate new business applications and systems into existing IT infrastructure
Our IT optimization solutions are based on flexible, open architectures that offer features such as virtualization, automation and energy efficiency designed to make computing resources more manageable and flexible.
Benefits
Our IT optimization solutions can help you manage existing technology more effectively and efficiently, while integrating future technology seamlessly. These solutions can help you:
- Reduce outages caused by human error
- Reduce IT environment complexity to improve flexibility for future needs
- Increase IT responsiveness
- Speed up implementation and integration of new resources
- Increase reliability and security
- Reduce costs
Next steps
Simplify
- IBM Power 520 Express
- IBM Power 550 Express
- IBM Power 560 Express
- IBM BladeCenter® JS12 Express
- IBM BladeCenter® LS22 Express
- IBM BladeCenter LS42 Express
- IBM SurePOSTM 100 Express
- IBM System StorageTM N3300/N3600 Express
- IBM System StorageTM TS2900 Tape Autoloader Express
- IBM System Storage 7214 Tape and DVD Enclosure Express
- IBM Bladecenter Business Express
- IBM BladeCenter Server Consolidation
- BladeCenter S Chassis
- IBM SAN Volume Controller
- IBM System Storage™
- IBM System x™ BladeCenter Virtualization
- IBM N Series
- IBM Platform Integration and Deployment Services
- IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Express
- IBM WebSphere® Portal Express
- IBM Global Asset Recovery Services (GARS)
- IBM CommonStore for Lotus Domino® / Exchange server
- IBM Managed Hosting
- IBM ISS Managed Services
Operational efficiency
- IBM Express Implementation Services for Storage Consolidation
- IBM Express IT Strategy Assessment
- IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT
- IBM Tivoli Monitoring Express
- IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express
- IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment
- System i Integration with BladeCenter and System x
Retain and grow
Learn more
Find out more about solutions that help you optimize your IT infrastructure.
- IBM Power Systems: A single, energy efficient and easy-to-deploy platform for all of your UNIX®, Linux® and IBM i applications
- Achieving IT infrastructure simplification
- The IT value model: Winning the business battle with the right IT nails
- IT optimization: Driving infrastructure value
- IT optimization for mid-sized businesses: Managing your IT costs and fueling company growth
- Quickly isolate, diagnose and fix transaction performance problems within your business-critical application
- Business impact of outsourcing—a fact-based analysis
Need help finding a solution?
We'll work with you to understand your needs, determine the best options and find the IBM and/or Business Partner that is right for you. Contact the Express Advantage Concierge, a team of specialists dedicated to mid-sized business at 1-877-IBM-ACCESS (426-2223).
