Hosted VDI - IBM Smart Business Server 2

ID#: 44901

Solution name:	Hosted VDI - IBM Smart Business Server 2
Solution description:	Hosted VDI on IBM Smart Business Server, with custom optional components, and all edition starting at $24.95/mo. Includes complete management and backups, securely accessible over the Internet. Ready made desktops for businesses include productivity desktop (MS Office suite), developer desktop (IDEs), designer desktop.
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Hosted IBM Smart Business Server solutions for VDI.

Platforms:

Intel/AMD systems: SUSE Linux (64 bit)

Options:

Windows 7
Windows XP
Microsoft Office, Visio, Project
IBM Rational, Optim Studio
Backups
24/7 support
Unlimited storage size

Pricing:

Shared instance at $24.95/mo
Full dedicated VDI server starting at $249.95/mo

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Functional details
- Virtual Desktop
- Shared Drive
- Backups
- Directory Integration
- Integrated online/offline and branch office deployment
- Gold (Master) Image Management
- Unified Management
- Scalable KVM Hypervisor with memory sharing
Business problem
With a hosted IBM VDI, customers can address
- the escalating cost of managing PC's
- reducing capital expenditure (CAPEX)
- managing the rollout of new software versions and OS versions
- reducing the risk exposure from unsecured systems
- support flex work and home office initiatives while maintaining data security
in a flexible, on premise, hosted (SaaS), or combined infrastructure.
Business opportunity
Our hosted IBM Smart Business Server solution enables companies to
- Enable their employees access their workspace from any device as if it were their own PC in the office
- Extend PC life and decrease cost of maintenance
- Administer desktop policy and and security centrally
- Dramatically lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of today's desktop management and achieve a positive ROI in substantially less time then other IT projects
Return on investment

IBM® integrates into one platform all VDI related needs. When accessing the IBM Smart Business Server as a SaaS solution, customers do not need to purchase different solutions and integrate them, as it is the case with competing vendors. As a result, the deployment is simplified and the time to achieve ROI is dramatically reduced.
Competitive advantage
- Fast deployment with ready to run, usage based subscription pricing
- Increased productivity by enabling employees to access workspace from any device as it were their desktop PC
- Better value by reducing time and skill strain on in house IT staff
- Extended PC life and decrease the cost of maintenance
- Dramatically reduced total cost of ownership, and faster ROI then typical IT projects
- Reliability with 24/7/365 NOC monitoring, and autonomic features for self managing, self protecting and self healing
- Increased overall organizational agility
Industries

Aerospace & Defense Industry
   Aerospace
   Defense
   Ship Building
Automotive Industry
   Automotive OEMs (Manuf of Cars, Light Trucks, Motorbikes)
   Automotive Suppliers
   Distributors, Importers, Retailers
   Heavy Equipment
Banking Industry
   Banking - Other
   Banking - Global Customer Management
Chemicals & Petroleum Industry
   Chemicals & Life Sciences
   Petroleum
Computer Services Industry
   Business Recovery Services
   Computer Leasing and Rental
   Computer Maintenance & Services
   DP Education
   Outsourcing
   Prepackaged Software
   System Integration
Consumer Products Industry
   CP - Beverages & Tobacco
   CP - Food Manufacturing
   CP - General Processing
   CP - Household / Health & Beauty
Education Industry
   Basic/Secondary Education
   Higher Education
Electronics Industry
   Electronics
   Technology Systems and Microelectronics
Energy & Utilities Industry
   Combo Electric/Gas
   Electric
   Electric and Gas Energy Services Traders
   Gas
   Waste
   Water
Financial Markets Industry
   Financial Markets - Global Customer Management
   Financial Markets - Other
Government Central/Federal industry
   Defense and National Security
   Environ., Transp. & Pub. Works
   Finance and Administration
   Postal
   Public Safety and Justice
   Scientific
   Social Services
Government, State/Provincial/Local Industry
   Env/Trans/PubWrks, City/Mun.
   Env/Trans/PubWrks, County/Shire
   Env/Trans/PubWrks, Spec. Dist.
   Env/Trans/PubWrks, State/Prov.
   Fin. & Admin, City/Municipal
   Fin. & Admin, County/Shire
   Fin. & Admin, Special District
   Fin. & Admin, State/Prov./Reg.
   Other Government
   PS & Justice, City/Municipal
   PS & Justice, County/Shire
   PS & Justice, Special District
   PS & Justice, State/Prov./Reg.
   Soc. Services, City/Municipal
   Soc. Services, County/Shire
   Soc. Services, State/Prov/Reg.
Healthcare Industry
   Alternate Healthcare
   Health Plans / Payors
   Healthcare Other
   Integrated Healthcare Systems / Hospitals
   Pharmaceuticals
   Physicians / Clinics
Industrial Products Industry
   Construction/Architecture/Engineering
   Fabrication & Assembly
   Forest Products
   Metals
   Mining
   Other Process
   Textiles
Insurance Industry
   Insurance Carriers - Life & Asset Management (L&AM)
   Insurance Carriers - Property & Casualty (P&C)
   Insurance Intermediaries
   Other Insurance, N.E.C.
Life Sciences Industry
   Pharmaceuticals
Media & Entertainment Industry
   Advertising
   Associations
   Broadcast
   Cable
   Entertainment
   Printing & Publishing
   Sports
Professional Services Industry
   Accounting and Auditing
   Business Services
   Legal Services
   Management Consulting
   Marketing & Public Opinion Research
Retail Industry
   Retail - Apparel Manufacturing
   Retail - Department Stores
   Retail - Direct Marketing
   Retail - Retail Food
   Retail - Food Services
   Retail - Hard Goods
   Retail- Hospitality
   Retail - Mass Merchants
   Retail - Pharmacy/Drug
   Retail - Specialty
Telecommunications Industry
   Broadband
   Wireless
   Telecommunications
Travel & Transportation Industry
   Airports
   Car Rental
   Freight Airlines
   Freight Forwarders & Arrangers
   Freight Services
   Gaming
   Global Dist. Systems / CRS
   Hospitality
   Lodging
   Passenger Airlines
   Passenger Water Transportation
   Post Operations
   Rail
   Shipping
   Tour Operations and Arrangers
   Travel Agencies
   Truck Rental and Leasing
   Trucking
   Urban Transportation
Wholesale Distribution & Services Industry
   Wholesale - Food/Food Svc/Drug
   Wholesale - General Trading Co.
   Wholesale - Non-Durables
   Wholesale - Durables
   Wholesale - Services
Solution areas

Education
   IT Infrastructure and Services
Energy and Utilities
   Infrastructure and Systems Management
Media and Entertainment
   Infrastructure Systems and Management
Cross industry
   Business Process Management and Integration
      Employee Services
   Computer Services
      Client Consolidation
      Host management
      Provisioning
      Security
      Systems Management
   Dynamic Infrastructure/Smarter Planet
      Information Infrastructure
      Virtualization
   Emerging Technologies
      Green IT - Energy Efficiency
   On Demand Operating Environment
      Automation
      Information and data integration
      Virtualization
   Science and Technology
      Data Management
   Surveillance and security
      Application and Process Security
      Data and Information Security
      Governance, Risk and Compliance
      Identity and Access Management
      Safety, Security and Privacy
   System and data management
      Data Protection and Recovery
Customer size

Very Small Business (Less than 50 employees)
Small Business (50 to 99 employees)
Midmarket Business (100 to 499 employees)
Midmarket Business (500 to 1000 employees)
Large Business (greater than 1000 employees)
Languages supported

English
Countries/regions available for distribution

Africa

Algeria , Angola , Benin , Botswana , Bouvet Island , Burkina Faso , Burundi , Cameroon , Cape Verde , Central African Republic , Chad , Comoros , Congo , Congo, The Democratic Republic of the , Côte d'Ivoire , Djibouti , Equatorial Guinea , Eritrea , Ethiopia , Gabon , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Kenya , Lesotho , Liberia , Madagascar , Malawi , Mali , Mauritania , Mauritius , Mayotte , Morocco , Mozambique , Namibia , Niger , Nigeria , Rwanda , Réunion , Senegal , Seychelles , Sierra Leone , Somalia , South Africa , Swaziland , São Tome and Principe , Tanzania, United Republic of , Togo , Tunisia , Uganda , Western Sahara , Zambia , Zimbabwe

Americas

Anguilla , Antigua and Barbuda , Argentina , Aruba , Bahamas , Barbados , Belize , Bermuda , Bolivia , Brazil , Canada , Cayman Islands , Chile , Colombia , Costa Rica , Dominica , Dominican Republic , Ecuador , El Salvador , Falkland Islands (Malvinas) , French Guiana , Greenland , Grenada , Guadeloupe , Guatemala , Guyana , Haiti , Honduras , Jamaica , Martinique , Mexico , Montserrat , Netherlands Antilles , Nicaragua , Panama , Paraguay , Peru , Puerto Rico , Saint Kitts and Nevis , Saint Lucia , Saint Pierre and Miquelon , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines , South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands , Suriname , Trinidad and Tobago , Turks and Caicos Islands , United States , Uruguay , Venezuela , Virgin Islands, British , Virgin Islands, U.S.

Asia Pacific

American Samoa , Australia , Azerbaijan , Bangladesh , Bhutan , British Indian Ocean Territory , Brunei Darussalam , Cambodia , China , Christmas Island , Cocos (Keeling) Islands , Cook Islands , Fiji , French Polynesia , Guam , Hong Kong S.A.R. of China , India , Indonesia , Japan , Kazakhstan , Kiribati , Korea, Republic of , Kyrgyzstan , Lao People's Democratic Republic , Macao S.A.R. of China , Malaysia , Marshall Islands , Micronesia, Federated States of , Mongolia , Myanmar , Nepal , New Caledonia , New Zealand , Norfolk Island , Northern Mariana Islands , Palau , Papua New Guinea , Philippines , Samoa , Singapore , Sri Lanka , Taiwan , Tajikistan , Thailand , Timor-Leste , Turkmenistan , Viet Nam

Europe

Åland Islands , Albania , Andorra , Armenia , Austria , Belarus , Belgium , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Croatia , Cyprus , Czech Republic , Denmark , Estonia , Faroe Islands , Finland , France , Georgia , Germany , Gibraltar , Greece , Holy See (Vatican City State) , Hungary , Iceland , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Liechtenstein , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Macedonia, The former Yugoslav Republic of , Malta , Moldova, Republic of , Monaco , Montenegro , Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Russian Federation , San Marino , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Svalbard and Jan Mayen , Sweden , Switzerland , Turkey , Ukraine , United Kingdom , Uzbekistan

Middle East

Afghanistan , Bahrain , Egypt , Iraq , Israel , Jordan , Kuwait , Lebanon , Oman , Pakistan , Palestinian Territory, Occupied , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , United Arab Emirates , Yemen

Other

Antarctica , French Southern Territories , Heard Island and McDonald Islands , Maldives , Nauru , Niue , Pitcairn , Saint Helena , Solomon Islands , Tokelau , Tonga , Tuvalu , United States Minor Outlying Islands , Vanuatu , Wallis and Futuna
Available from these resellers

Alacrinet Consulting Services
   530 Lytton Avenue, Second Floor
   Palo Alto ,  CA   94301
   United States
Contact name Tom Simmons
   Phone +1-303-249-3495
   E-mail Tom.Simmons@alacrinet.com

Key Information Systems, Inc.
   21700 Oxnard St
   Suite 250
   Woodland Hills ,  CA   91367
   United States
Contact name Carlos Culebro
   Phone +1-303-791-4187
   E-mail cculebro@keyinfo.com

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Hosted VDI on IBM Smart Business Server (493KB)	Jun 11, 2011	Education Products Services Sales Platform Summary Value Proposition

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Hardware/OS platforms

SLES11
IBM System x (xSeries)
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Software

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Storage devices

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