Once again, midsize companies and IT managers are being forced to do more with less. Not only are new ways needed to cut costs, your business constantly must optimize the IT infrastructure to make it work for the future. Even with smaller budgets, midsize businesses need to work smarter to keep the company ahead and achieve business goals.
Aging System i® or System p® servers are growing more inefficient in comparison to today's POWER7 Express systems. The seemingly easy solution is to add an “inexpensive” HP or Dell server every time a new application is needed. This approach can lead to a server room with under-utilized systems and server sprawl.
Make smarter changes to simplify server rooms and management and lower operating costs while positioning your company for future business requirements by updating to a new POWER7 Express system today.
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- Move to efficient systems- selected tab,
- Optimize current IT
- Extend IT life
Consider more efficient systems
The Power Systems Express family (US) of offerings are attractively priced, whether running IBM i, Linux or AIX – or a combination of all three. The Power 710 (US) and Power 730 (US) are ideal infrastructure servers in dense 2U, one-two socket rack packages. The rack or tower Power 720 (US) and Power 740 (US) 4U models offer additional flexibility with large memory capacities and internal storage for distributed applications, midsize databases and consolidation. Express Editions of PowerVM (US) for virtualization and Systems Director (US) for systems management provide mission-critical qualities of service at affordable prices, and can be upgraded as your business grows. Use PowerHA SystemMirror (US) or Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms (US) for resiliency without downtime.
IBM offers simple upgrade paths to selected future-ready Power Systems Express servers (US) and software designed for midsize businesses. With IBM i License Transfer, Move up to i incentive (US), POWER7 Education and Service vouchers (US), and IBM Global Financing Power Systems Exchange (US), the cost to lease a new system can be less than maintenance and power costs alone!
The IBM i Edition Express for BladeCenter S (US) can help reduce costs by running IBM i AIX, and Linux applications on the PS700 blade server, and consolidation of Windows applications onto IBM System x blades in the same physical chassis. i Edition Express is fully integrated and priced less than a comparable HP blade solution with Windows Server, SQL Server, and VMware.1
IT has become integral to midsize businesses – even small companies have enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), e-commerce and other state-of-the art solutions. In partnership with industry-leading ISVs, IBM i Solution Editions (US) provide complete Power 720 (US) and Power 740 (US) based solutions for midsize businesses—to drive greater revenue, profits and customer satisfaction. Solution Edition packaging, system discounts and service vouchers help minimize risks associated with adopting new business technologies and reduce acquisition costs.
Optimize your current IT management
Midsize companies like GHY International are realizing extensive savings by consolidating IBM i,
Linux and AIX applications on a single, virtualized Express system.
IBM Systems Director enhancements allow managing AIX, Linux and i environments from a single browser interface, complementing the built-in
management capabilities of the integrated i environment.
"With PowerVM, we went from 95% to only 5% of our time managing or reacting to our environment. And, saved the business hundreds of thousands of dollars in licensing and application fees."
Nigel Fortlage, Vice President of IT, GHY International
Extend the life of your existing IT
Clients rely on the integrated IBM i operating environment (US) to provide a reliable, easy-to-manage, cost-effective IT foundation. IBM i provides quantifiable value – 41% lower TCO than comparable Windows/SQL Server or Linux/Oracle environments on competitive x86-based systems.2 Virtualizing the IBM i environment with PowerVM (US) can open new capacity and capabilities while preserving your investment in Power Systems. And, PowerHA SystemMirror (US) can be added to your environment to enable near-continuous application availability.
Power Systems also support AIX (US), providing 99.997% uptime – the best reliability of all UNIX, Linux and Windows platforms3. And, Linux (US). With three operating environments, Power Systems offers over 15,000 applications to choose from for new business needs.
In addition, Rational OpenAccess: RPG Edition (US) allows existing RPG applications to reach pervasive devices – imperative on a smarter planet. Rational developer tools (US) and compilers across all three operating environments help preserve your investment in developer skills.
1 Pricing comparison US List Prices (base model pricing as of 8/17/2010)
2 Value Proposition for IBM Power Systems Servers and IBM i: Minimizing Costs and Risks for Midsize Businesses (US), International Technology Group, Los Altos, California
3 ITIC 2009 Global Server Hardware & Server OS Reliability Survey Results (PDF, 1.3MB), July 2009.
