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IT and server optimization solutions
Solutions for small and medium business
Why IBM for small and midsized business IT optimization solutions
In today's difficult financial environment, small and midsized businesses are finding it more difficult to grow revenue. To sustain their business and compete for new opportunities, they must respond quickly to changing market demands. But the average midsized company spends about 80 percent of its IT budget on maintenance and operations, instead of new applications and technologies.
What we offer
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IBM IT Optimization solutions including consolidation, virtualization and energy efficiency reduce cost, complexity and help align IT resources with the strategic goals of the company.
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As an IT infrastructure (servers, storage, network equipment, applications and operating systems) grows, becoming larger and more complex, performance begins to decrease and costs increase. In today's economy, neither of these trends is good for a small or midsized company.
In a traditional environment, servers operate at only 5 to 15 percent of capacity. Virtualization helps address this server 'sprawl', improving utilization rates by as much as 80 percent.
Solutions
IBM BladeCenter and System x
These servers support virtualization solutions from industry-leading partners, including VMware, Microsoft, Red Hat and Novell, consolidating (and simplifying) a wide variety of workloads on a single server platform. System x are the only x86 servers in the industry to include a centralized virtualization management console at no additional charge.
IBM PowerVM Express Edition
PowerVM provides industrial strength virtualization technologies for AIX, System i and Linux operating systems on IBM Power Systems. PowerVM virtualizes processor and I/O resources for client partitions. This allows the IT infrastructure to adjust server capacity to meet changing workloads. This makes better use of assets, enhances infrastructure flexibility and reduces costs.
IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Entry Edition
The IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC) allows IT organizations to pool storage volumes from multiple disk systems into a single reservoir of capacity, enabling centralized management. By virtualizing the storage infrastructure, the complexity of the storage environment can be managed by the system, rather than by IT staff. This improves utilization, simplifies management and helps the IT staff be more productive.
Real world IT optimization
White Paper
Need more information? Download the following white papers. Simply complete the brief form and get the information you need to begin to simplify your IT infrastructure.
Server and Storage Virtualization
Realizing business value with IBM Systems and Storage
IT energy efficiency for small and midsized businesses: good for business and the environment
Other assets
Simplifying your IT infrastructure is a crucial step towards a more efficient business operation. It can help control IT costs, speed troubleshooting and facilitate new IT projects. Learn more:
Achieving IT infrastructure simplification
IT optimization: Driving infrastructure value
Time to talk IT optimization options. Call an IBM representative at 1-877 426-2223
With a simplified IT infrastructure, it is easier to manage IT resources (e.g., servers and storage, software, IT staff). It also speeds new application deployment. Integrate system and network management to further simplify troubleshooting and manage costs.
A simplified IT infrastructure helps avoid the increasing cost of trying to manage and maintain outdated and inefficient hardware and software. Newer infrastructure components most likely use less power and help control rising costs of power and cooling server rooms.
The result is, simply, a more reliable, manageable IT infrastructure.
Solutions
Server Consolidation Efficiency Study
This assessment service helps identify underutilized servers and suggests where consolidating workloads might improve the use of IT assets while maintaining service levels.
Scale out File Service (SoFS)
This service reduces the number of storage systems that an organization needs. That, in turn, can lower administrative costs and requires less energy for power and cooling. It also helps consolidate workloads to improve the use of storage assets while maintaining service levels.
Express Remote Managed Infrastructure Services
Remotely managed server environments simplify IT operations, allowing IT staff to work more efficiently. For example, it simplifies troubleshooting and minimizes IT risks by helping assure that server software is always up to date.
IBM Tivoli Monitoring Express
This IT optimization solution installs in 'one click' and allows small and midsized businesses to manage bottlenecks, performance impacts, and outages from a single centralized portal. It offers capabilities that used to be practical only for large enterprises.
IBM WebSphere Portal Express
Core portal services provide both employees and customers with timely information and access to applications, people and other content via a unified, consistent user interface, thus saving time and money.
IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express
This solution automates software distribution and installation to specified endpoints without the need for end-user action, reducing administrative overhead. It efficiently distributes assets and IT resources across the organization to create comprehensive maintenance rotations that help improve system availability and control cost.
Real world IT optimization
Case Study
Server and Storage Virtualization
Other assets
IT optimization for mid-sized businesses: Managing your IT costs and fueling company growth
Time to talk IT optimization options. Call an IBM representative at 1-877 426-2223
Implement an environmentally responsible protocol for disposal of outdated hardware and software assets. A 'green' IT infrastructure is not just a good idea. It makes good business sense. The benefits can include:
- Reduce operating costs and improve 'per watt' performance.
- Reduce energy consumption during times of reduced system usage.
- Reduce number of servers needed by the IT infrastructure.
- Manage unused IT assets more cost-effectively, while maintaining compliance with new information privacy laws and electronic waste disposal regulations.
Solutions
IBM BladeCenter and System x
These offerings can help sharply reduce energy consumption by the IT infrastructure (e.g., servers, racks, etc.). They help transform the world's business infrastructures into "green" data centers.
IBM Power 520, 550, 560 Express
These energy management solutions monitor and control energy usage. They can help you manage energy efficiency for data centers. IBM Power Systems include innovative solutions that support virtualization and server consolidation efforts and are proven to help conserve energy usage and manage costs.
IBM System Storage LTO Gen 4 Tape
These tape storage systems can reduce both the time required to backup and recover information and the physical storage capacity needed. This helps reduce energy costs and consumption, while also help IT managers cope with shorter and shorter backup windows.
Scalable, Modular Data Center
With an IT optimized data center, you can improve energy efficiency by as much as 30 percent compared to traditional data center. Computing capacity and space requirements can improve by as much as 10x the server capacity 'per rack'. The cost is typically 15 percent lower than traditional data center. And it can be deployed quickly—often in as little as 8 to 12 weeks.
IT Facilities Consolidation and Relocation Services
These services help meet application availability requirements and complete the relocation or consolidation within defined outage windows. They also minimize risk during system migration by using proven move techniques, tools and processes. And that can minimize downtime during relocation or consolidation projects.
Server Consolidation Efficiency Study
This study helps you establish a business case for qualifying server consolidation design and implementation. It helps determine if your data center complies with regulatory requirements. It points out how you might consolidate workloads to make better use of hardware assets, while maintaining service levels.
Real world IT optimization
Case Study
IT energy efficiency that's good for business and the environment
Realizing business value with IBM systems and storage
Other assets
The IT value model: Winning the business battle with the right IT nails
Time to talk IT optimization options. Call an IBM representative at 1-877 426-2223
