Computing on Demand
IBM Computing on Demand (CoD) - the leading cloud computing enterprise solution - provides flexible computing power - by the hour, week or year, global access to CoD centers, and the security you can depend on. By off-loading transactions to CoD, you can scale your infrastructure without further capital investments helping to reduce costs and improve your competitive advantage.
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Computing Capacity vs the Bottom Line
When it comes to computing power, more is usually better. More power can mean finishing projects faster, the ability to handle multiple projects at the same time, and maximizing employee productivity for greater total output. Unfortunately, like most business resources, the unlimited demand for computing capacity must be reconciled with the inflexible limitations of real-world budgets. Purchase or maintain inadequate capacity and the entire business could end up waiting for the computers to complete critical operations. On the other hand, if you end up with too much capacity the idle computing power can represent an expensive inefficiency and capital that might have been applied to other business-critical areas. So, how can you accommodate peaks and valleys in computing demand without a large, inefficient, capital investment?
Power on Tap
IBM® Computing on Demand (CoD) can give your business the power and flexibility to handle your demanding computing needs. CoD members leverage a security-rich supercomputing environment that can be used like in-house hardware, but without the capital commitment. If your computing demands exceed in-house capacity, you can shift the excess workload to CoD and use the processors that you need to meet demand. With CoD you can get the extra power that you may need and you only have to pay for the capacity that you use. Peaks and valleys may still exist, but IBM can help smooth them out.
“IBM’s Computing on Demand centers are an effective way for client’s to tap into the power of supercomputers,” said Stephen Remondi, president and CEO of Exa Corp., “when customers use our PowerFLOW® on Demand they immediately realize the value a turn-key service can have for their business."
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