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Migration case studies

Read how IBM has boosted application performance for a wide range of companies including Scotmid, Colgate-Palmolive, JAB ANSTOETZ, Energen Corporation, Aviza Technology, and FranklinCovey. Learn More.

IBM delivers an efficient IT solution for Unión de Cervecerías Peruanas Backus y Johnston SAA
The company replaced legacy HP servers with the IBM BladeCenter H chassis, BladeCenter HS21 blades running Linux®, and two System x3755 servers running Microsoft® Windows®, enabling all business applications to run on a consolidated infrastructure. The solution ensures high availability for critical applications.


Murray Goulburn solves growth and flexibility challenges with IBM
Murray Goulburn migrated from seven Sun servers to a single IBM Power Systems server, taking advantage of virtualization capabilities to introduce a high-performance, flexible landscape that solved the processing performance issues.





Scotmid readies for expansion by consolidating and virtualizing with a complete IBM solution
This case study shows how Scottish retailer Scotmid replaced an aging HP infrastructure with IBM System x, IBM System p, and IBM System Storage hardware, then virtualized the company’s mission-critical applications with VMware, enabling new levels of IT performance and flexibility.


Recent migration stories

  • Burmeister & Wain Energy A/S virtualizes IT with IBM BladeCenter

    Deploying a server virtualization solution that includes IBM BladeCenter® and IBM Storage System™ DS4300, improved Burmeister & Wain's performance and provided the flexibility and scalability for future growth.


  • AfriSam reduces processing time and cuts costs with SAP and IBM System p 570

    AfriSam upgraded to the SAP ERP 6.0 application and migrated from its existing HP hardware to IBM System p 570 servers. Implementing SAP reduced month-end processing cycle times by 2 days. IBM hardware reduced total cost of acquisition by 35 per cent and delivers more than 44 per cent better performance.


  • Energen achieves half-million dollar savings with IBM System p5 570

    Energen replaced 20 Sun servers with two System p5 570 servers, each with eight IBM POWER5+ processors running IBM AIX. Energen virtualized the SAP software environment into logical partitions on the p5-570s, enabling multiple systems to share the same processing and I/O resources.


  • Baylor College of Medicine

    Baylor College of Medicine consolidated 32 legacy Sun servers on three IBM Power 570 servers with IBM POWER processor-based technology, migrating from UNIX to IBM AIX and virtualizing critical workloads such as SAP with IBM PowerVM.


  • Interview with Jim Sloan, Application Technology Director, Dow Jones Indexes

    Dow Jones Indexes recently analyzed its strategic needs and direction, and chose to migrate to IBM System p for its computational needs.


    Note: Customer examples cited represent how some customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved. Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics will vary depending on individual customer configurations and conditions.

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