Smarter computing sets the new standard for efficiency
Leading organizations of all sizes have applied smarter computing concepts to reduce deployment times and improve performance. With smarter computing, you can harness big data to unlock insights to make informed business decisions. You can transform the way you do business and improve operational efficiency through cloud computing. You can conserve data center floor space, reduce energy consumption and lower labor costs.
Accelerate your journey to smarter computing
- Expect more from storage and your storage provider—unmatched ease of use, scalability and flexibility—with new IBM Storage capabilities
- Accelerate deployment and maximize efficiency with IBM cloud infrastructure solutions
- Reduce the cost of business analytics and improve reporting performance with new integrated analytics solutions
- Achieve superior economics with new optimized systems that are tuned to the task for businesses of all sizes
Storage
Expect more from your storage and your storage provider
You need to manage costs, improve efficiency and keep up with your competitors. You need storage systems designed to deliver consistently higher performance and support higher disk utilization—without complexity. In this important announcement IBM delivers storage systems that can help your business analyze, adapt to, and improve application performance with unmatched ease of use.
Easily integrate file and block storage with the new Storwize V7000 Unified
The world's most powerful midrange storage system adds integrated file support
Expect your storage to automatically analyze, adapt to and improve application performance
Adapt to changing application and workload requirements—with little or no administrator intervention
Always have the files you need—whenever you need them, wherever you are
Allow data to move to the user. In other clouds, users have to chase their data.
SONAS with IBM Active Cloud Engine
Learn more about these and other new announcements from IBM Storage
Cloud
Accelerate deployment and maximize efficiency with IBM cloud and virtualization solutions
Ease private cloud deployment with affordable entry level cloud solutions
- IBM Starter Kit for Cloud x86 Edition
- IBM Starter Kit for Cloud Power Edition
- IBM zEnterprise Starter Edition for Cloud
- IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud
Scale cloud file systems more efficiently with IBM Active Cloud Engine
Implement your cloud-ready virtual infrastructures through IBM Systems Director VMControl 2.4, with advanced virtualization management capabilities
Improve private cloud networking speed, intelligence, and TCO with IBM System Networking. Get new persistence of connectivity for VM Migration using standards-based VMready on existing switches & the new 40Gb RackSwitch G8316.
Reduce the cost of cloud security and compliance in virtualized datacenters
Optimized systems
Improve results with new optimized systems—tuned to the task for businesses of all sizes
Simplify management of optimized systems with IBM Systems Director 6.3 to increase staff productivity by up to 20%1
Accelerate big data analytics projects, the Power 780 now offers up to 96 POWER7 processor cores, enhanced I/O, and double the memory. Deliver up to 2X throughput within the same physical and energy footprint with the enhanced, flexible and affordable Power Express and Power 770 servers.
Take advantage of server-class dependability, serviceability and security in entry priced systems for small and medium businesses
Get greater flexibility and choice in deploying workloads with select IBM System x blade support for Windows integrated into zEnterprise
Flatten your network and aggregate multiple racks of servers with the high-speed 40Gb Ethernet RackSwitch G8316
1Source: Codorniu case study
Contact IBM
- Call IBM 1-866-883-8901
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Announcement resources
Video: Introduction to the announcement
Get a quick overview of how the new capabilities can accelerate your journey to smarter computing (01:11min)
Interview: Executives discuss the announcement
IBM executives discuss smarter computing, cloud and the exciting capabilities in this announcement (04:15min)
Demo: Introducing IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
Take a tour of the features and benefits on the new Storwize V7000 Unified
Video: Private Storage Cloud
IBM executive Dan Galvan and featured Gartner analyst Stan Zaffos dispel the hype around Private Storage Cloud environments
Analyst report: ITG cost/benefit case
Comparing costs for DS8800 and EMC VMAX systems
Video: Cloud solutions
Explore how IBM solutions can help you transition to cloud (04:11min)
Video: Analytics and cloud
Deliver analytics and cloud services faster, with higher quality and superior economics with Power Systems (05:26 min)
Analyst paper: Clabby
IBM BladeCenter Foundation vs. Cisco UCS: A price and value discussion (PDF, 1.6MB)
Analyst paper: IDC
End-to-end virtualization: A holistic approach for a dynamic environment
Tool: workload simulator
Evaluate your infrastructure and see the potential cost savings
Webinar: IBM Systems Director
A single pane of glass for simplified, integrated management
Switching TCO comparison
Save on your data center network. Learn how much.
IBM PureSystems - The first in a new family of expert integrated systems
Announcing IBM PowerLinux - Optimized to securely control x86 server sprawl
Expect more from your storage and your storage provider
- Easily integrate file and block storage with the new Storwize V7000 Unified
- Always have the files you need—whenever you need them, wherever you are—with IBM Active Cloud
- Maintain consistently high application performance and now store 50% more data with IBM XIV
- Improve storage efficiency, throughput, and capacity with IBM System Storage DS8800
- More Storage offerings
Highly reliable systems and solutions that are easy to deploy, use and manage
The IBM zEnterprise™ system features a unique design that embraces multiple technology platforms integrated within a centrally managed single system.
IBM System Networking expands its portfolio for public and private clouds
The integrating force in smarter computing delivers new cloud-ready capabilities that improve system utilization and increase staff productivity
- Learn more about simplified virtualization management with IBM Systems Director VMControl 2.4
- IBM Systems Director: Optimized and simplified management of IT infrastructures (1MB)
- Learn how IBM Systems Director 6.3 simplifies management of optimized systems
- Download this white paper from Stratecast to learn more about IBM systems management
- A Stratecast webinar with Jeff Cotrupe describes how IBM Systems Director addresses IT complexity, lack of integration and cost.
- Learn more about Systems Software
Analytics
Deliver business analytics and reporting services faster with affordable entry-level solutions
Implement advanced, cost-effective analytics with new systems designed for departmental analytics
Achieve higher performance and faster query response times
