Cloud and IT Optimisation

Ease and scale the transition from virtualisation to cloud service delivery. Cloud Service Delivery and Management Whitepaper (3.67MB)

Adapt and thrive

More than ever, users want access to IT services when and where they need them. The cloud promises a way to efficiently meet this need. But it often comes with hidden costs and risks. That’s because managing the cloud can be more difficult as virtualisation of resources can obscure visibility and hinder control. This can translate to higher administration costs and unknown vulnerabilities.

IBM Tivoli software can help you navigate this shift, adapt to the changes it brings and successfully satisfy your users while balancing these costs and risks. Tivoli software provides you the tools to ensure you maintain visibility, control and automation across your cloud including:

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Enhance IT agility and optimize the trade-offs of cost, risk and innovation in the delivery and management of services.

IBM SmartCloud Foundation is a set of technologies for building and managing virtualised infrastructures and private and hybrid clouds. Together these technologies can help build a fully functional cloud management system that aids business transformation and new service delivery. Individually, these technologies can help nearly any cloud project make quick and incremental progress towards a longer term cloud strategy.

IBM SmartCloud Provisioning

IBM SmartCloud Provisioning, a true IaaS solution, reduces costs and offers near-zero downtime and automated recovery.

IBM SmartCloud Monitoring

IBM SmartCloud Monitoring helps monitor & optimise virtual infrastructure + virtual servers within, ensuring high availability & policy-driven placement of critical workloads.

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments

Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments protects virtual machines by offloading backup workloads to a centralised server and enabling near-instant recovery

IBM Workload Deployer

Workload Deployer speeds application deployment to cloud and virtualisation environments

IBM Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager

IBM Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager Enterprise Edition accurately assesses shared computing resource usage.

IBM Security Identity and Access Assurance

IBM Security Identity and Access Assurance software administers, protects and monitors user access to resources and provides compliance auditing.

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Cloud Computing Use Cases

This white paper is a product of the Cloud Standards Customer Council1 (CSCC) and documents a collection of high priority use cases for both the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud computing service models. In general, use cases highlight the benefits of cloud computing and are key to identifying specific technical requirements including the need for open standards that promote portability and interoperability.

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Analyst Report

Thirty-six percent of enterprise IT leaders surveyed said that implementing a private cloud is a high or critical priority for 2012, but Forrester research suggests that most of these companies aren’t operationally ready to make this transition and need to take key operational improvement steps to get there. Read this technology adoption paper and learn about how enterprises are starting their journey to private cloud.

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Cloud Computing on a Smarter Planet

As our planet gets smarter - more instrumented, interconnected and intelligent--the underlying infrastructure needs to capture and analyse increasing amounts of data, deliver results to more users and respond faster across all devices without a corresponding increase in budget. Read IBM's point of view on how cloud is more than just rethinking IT, it's about reinventing business.

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Private Cloud for Dummies eBook

Whether public, private, or hybrid, cloud computing is becoming an increasingly integral part of many companies’ business and technology strategy. Many companies want to be able to have pools of computing resources based on a self-service model where the company owns and operates those resources. Private Cloud For Dummies, IBM Limited Edition, helps put the private cloud model of computing into perspective for both business and technical leaders. Download your free copy today!

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IBM SmartCloud Foundation offers some of the most advanced technologies and architectures, designed and built by leading cloud experts. By connecting with like-minded leaders in cloud management, you can enhance your professional development, identify ways to improve efficiencies in your organisation and position yourself to be a thought leader in cloud computing. Get connected with your Colleagues and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social networks to stay up on the latest IBM news and information that's important to you.

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