Most organizations are looking to the cloud to lower operating costs and free up IT staff time by offloading management chores to a provider. However, smart companies are also looking at ways data protection and business resiliency aspects of using the cloud can more efficiently ensure business continuity of data center operations. This site provides a wealth of information to get you started on the road to Smarter IT Services that can deliver measurable business results.
Data center consolidation restructures your IT costs for continued growth: New discovery tools determine logical and physical move dependencies to help limit risk
A more operationally efficient data center can provide the foundation for the future growth of the enterprise. This paper describes the challenges infrastructure managers face when relocating data centers, the tools available from IBM Research to help lessen the business risk of the move, and the services that IBM provides to plan and execute the move of applications, data and IT equipment. Read more >
Discovering hidden costs in your data centre – a CFO perspective
At the June 2010 meeting of top CFOs at the Financial Executives International (FEI) Canada annual conference, IBM had the opportunity to talk with more than 60 CFOs to determine how much business insight they have on their data centre costs. This paper describes how CFOs can help ensure a healthier bottom line by taking proactive steps today. Read more >
Enterprise modular data center: Increase flexibility while reducing costs Design and build more energy-efficient enterprise data centers with a proven and adaptable design
Design and build more energy-efficient enterprise data centers with a proven and adaptable design.CIOs have enabled growth by expanding IT capacity with new equipment that helps them meet the unrelenting capacity demands of a growing business. But what about the data center that supports the infrastructure? This paper describes how the enterprise modular data center can help your organization keep up with the growth and flexibility requirements of the business. Read more >
Extending the life of your existing data center assets
Built with the expectation that they would last 20 to 30 years, many older data centers are struggling to keep up. This paper describes the challenges data center managers face, and details how an IBM data center successfully leveraged integrated IT and facilities solutions to get more from existing investments. Read more >
IBM Data Center Networking: Planning for virtualization and cloud computing
The enterprise data center has evolved dramatically in recent years. However, the network has been widely viewed as the "plumbing" of the system– architected without much consideration for the type of device at the end point. This IBM Redbook covers the impact of server and storage consolidation, data center network virtualization and consolidation technologies, and much more. Read more >
MarketScope for Storage Services, North America, 2010
Gartner evaluates storage service providers on their innovation, service offerings, execution and other factors. This edition of MarketScope analyzes 10 storage service providers, and it aims to assist clients in identifying and selecting prospective storage service providers. This document is a useful starting point to identify and evaluate storage services from a variety of vendors. Read more >
Optimize your infrastructure with IBM Virtualization Solutions
Today, success demands agility. If your IT staff spends all of their time worrying about security, uptime and capacity problems, they won't be working with you to drive innovation. This paper describes IBM Server Optimization and Integration services–VMware server virtualization, a consulting-based solution that can help you determine the optimal placement of workloads within a VMware vSphere infrastructure deployment. Read more >
Preparing for an economic recovery: IT challenges and opportunities in positioning the business for growth.
As global business strategies place a new emphasis on growth, CIOs understand that IT needs to change versus return to the way it was prior to the economic down turn. This paper describes the solutions IBM offers that can enable companies to balance driving growth with cutting costs now while making their infrastructure safer and more efficient, flexible and innovative. Read more >
The Real World Value of the IBM XIV Storage System European User Experiences
Customer feedback shows that the IBM® XIV® storage system delivers absolutely predictable performance across the whole array, even when supporting unpredictable I/O workloads. This paper summarizes the real-life stories of six medium-sized enterprise European XIV users from their choice of the system through installation and into workload migration, live production and daily use. Read more >
Improving IT performance through Analytics based services
IT professionals are expected to provide new solutions for creating and answering opportunities while maintaining their infrastructure and working within the limitations of tight budgets and resources. Read this white paper to discover the services offered by IBM that can improve your IT agility and business outcomes without breaking the bank. Read more >
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