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IBM TotalStorage storage area network solution

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The goal
Compete more effectively as a service provider
Data is the backbone of your business. What are you doing to have it where you need it, when you need it? Lost data, too many servers, power outages, difficulty with data sharing—the IBM TotalStorage® storage area network (SAN) solution can help you face these business challenges.

The advantage
Optimize the value of your business information
IBM has the experience that can help your company manage growing storage demands to remain competitive:
  • IBM Storage has pioneered every significant development since it invented magnetic disk storage more than four decades ago.
  • We invented and continue to invent much of the industry’s most advanced storage technology.
  • We invest close to US$6 billion (US$5.6 billion in 2001) in research and development annually.

The benefits
Access, share and protect data
IBM Global Services can help you meet your organization’s financial and strategic goals by integrating complex networks into cost-effective storage solutions:
  • Protect high-priority business applications and objectives.
  • Build customer loyalty with high-availability features.
  • improve operational effectiveness with open, flexible, integrated solutions.
  • Accommodate your business as it evolves.
  • Reduce costs through improved storage asset utilization.
  • Lower operating costs and maintain a competitive edge.
  • Protect important data assets through integrated backup and recovery tools.

The ROI
Optimize your IT investments
The IBM TotalStorage storage area network solution can help you and your Internet data center customers:
  • Grow your business with flat or declining budgets.
  • Reduce operations costs by consolidating storage.
  • Lower your total cost of ownership with open technology.
  • Address skills shortage or reduce IT required skills.
  • Support unpredictable, explosive IT growth.



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