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Move up to IBM System z10 Enterprise Class for new levels of scalability, flexibility and performance

The Value of Moving to System z10 EC

IBM's System z10 Enterprise Class, featuring new levels of performance, flexibility and reliability, offers unprecedented capability and economic advantages. The z10EC provides the largest System z capacity in a single footprint — over three times the z990 footprint — with premiere server virtualization for provisioning and management.

With the System z10 EC, IBM delivers:

On demand capabilities for short term capacity spikes (On/Off CoD), capacity available for preset occurrences (CPE), and disaster events (CBU).
Superior performance for encryption with AES.
Significantly lower operating costs and total cost of ownership.
Reduced energy consumption.
A growing ecosystem of skills, solutions, and services.

	Read about the IBM System z10 Enterprise Class
	Join the System z community, IBM Destination z

IBM Mainframes just got even more cost competitive. Let us show you how with a custom consultation.

System z Platform Benefits and Details

Consult the following for additional information about the business benefits of the System z platform and the technologies that deliver those benefits:

	System z Community — IBM Destination z
	Business integration
	Business resiliency
	Infrastructure simplification
	Security
	Workload/systems management
	Service Oriented Archicture (SOA)

	Data serving
	Operating systems
	Software
	Specialty engines
	Storage
	Leasing and financing

Energy Efficiency

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Rising prices and environmental concerns are creating pressure to curb energy consumption within the data center. The capacity and power of z10 EC lets you consolidate up to thousands of servers onto virtual servers. Your data center can either run thousands of low utilization servers or consolidate on z10 EC.

For more see the IBM Green z web site

New Workloads on System z10 EC

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However you grow your business, z10 EC provides the flexibility you need to handle the new workloads with the:

Up to 70% more capacity and 3 times the available memory of the largest System z9 mainframe.
Capacity on demand to deliver the right capacity at the right time.
Specialty engines for attractive pricing alternatives.

For more about System z workload capabilities and new workloads running on System z, see:

Capacity on demand and business resiliency

IBM System z Solutions

System z Success Stories

System z10 EC and the New Enterprise Data Center

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Today's business opportunities, IT challenges, and potentially disruptive innovation are driving a transformation of the data center. The IBM vision for the future of the data center — the new enterprise data center — is designed to optimize service delivery and provide exceptional efficiency. The z10 EC can be the cornerstone of the new enterprise data center, helping to simplify infrastructure and provide powerful shared virtual resources while lowering cost of ownership.

Learn more about the new enterprise data center

Storage Information Infrastructure for System z10

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You need an information infrastructure you can trust to house the rapidly growing, business critical information of today and the future. IBM System Storage has a portfolio of solutions to help address the storage needs of IBM System z10 EC clients.

Find out more about IBM System Storage for System z

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