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The IBM Enterprise System Advantage - Running the World's Most Sophisticated Business Transactions

Businesses, governments and other organizations around the world rely on IBM enterprise servers to run their most sophisticated business transactions. These organizations cite IBM server leadership in security, reliability, consolidation, virtualization and energy efficiency.

It's why industry leaders, including all 50 of the world’s biggest banks, 22 of the top 25 U.S. retailers, and all ten of the world’s largest telecommunications companies have turned to powerful IBM systems that offer the highest levels of security and reliability, while reducing energy consumption and operating costs. Consider the market leadership of IBM enterprise systems:

According to Gartner in the third quarter of 2008 IBM was the leading vendor of servers costing more than $250,000 with 57.7 percent revenue share.
The analyst firm also pointed out that this portion of the market grew 10 percent in Q3 08 and IBM gained 5.1 points of market share, while all other vendors lost share in this category.

What sets IBM apart from the competition? IBM enterprise systems draw on decades of innovation and collaboration with the most advanced clients around the globe. IBM’s System z and POWER systems are the most powerful tools available to clients to reduce cost and complexity and improve security and reliability in data centers. Consider just a few of the advantages of IBM enterprise systems:

IBM POWER systems, fueled by the world’s fastest microprocessor, currently hold leadership positions in more than 70 performance benchmarks that are important to businesses, including transaction processing, Java and business solutions such as SAP.
An IBM System z10 EC has the equivalent capacity of nearly 1,500 x86 servers with an 85% smaller footprint and up to 85% lower energy costs.
A key capability of System z to consolidate these applications is Specialty Engines. In the third quarter, specialty MIPS grew over 120 percent as customers exploit the capabilities of System z to bring new Linux and Java applications to this highly efficient and cost effective platform.

These capabilities are important factors as clients increasingly turn to IBM enterprise systems to consolidate and manage mixed-application workloads. In less than one year, IBM has migrated more than 150 customers worldwide from competitive systems to IBM System z servers in industries such as Distribution, Financial Services, General Business and Public Sector. For Power Systems, IBM has migrated more than 1,300 customers worldwide over the last three years in industries such as Financial Services, Communications, Public Sector, and General Business.

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