Deep Computing Capacity on Demand

Deep Computing Capacity on Demand Providing offsite utility computing resources to enable firms to respond more quickly to changing IT demands. Access to highly secure and scalable IBM computing on demand centers, up to 13,000 processors, choice of leading technologies (Intel® Xeon®, AMD Opteron™, IBM Power5+™) on a flexible basis (weekly, hourly, yearly).

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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® Deep Computing Capacity on Demand (DCCoD) can give your business the power and flexibility to handle your demanding computing needs. DCCoD 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 DCCoD and use the processors that you need to meet demand. With DCCoD 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. "When it came time to run our Symphony 3.1 benchmark, it quickly became obvious to us that the IBM Deep Computing Capacity on Demand (DCCoD) environment was the only game in town."
- Songnian Zhou, CEO, Chairman and Co-founder of Platform Computing