Server migration for midsized business

Migrate. Don′t hibernate. IBM Systems Migration Assurance for Midsized Business.

IBM has the experience and skill to help with your server migration
If you're considering server migration, but do not know where to start - IBM can help. With IBM and its Business partners, you gain access to a highly trained team that can assess your current situation, discuss your business objectives and develop a solution to fit your needs that includes implementation and continued support. IBM believes there is no one-size-fits-all system that can adequately meet the varied needs of today's business. IBM offers a range of systems and storage that offer you the choice of technology, performance, scalability, operating system, and more so you have the flexibility to meet the needs of your business.

FEATURED TOPIC: IBM Systems Migration Assurance for Midsized Business
If your IT environment is complex and costly and your current vendor roadmap is unclear, take advantage of our complimentary migration assessment tools, highly experienced system migration experts, and comprehensive financing options.

IBM Systems Migration Assurance is the key to bringing everything together and unlocking new opportunities for you in the current environment. This suite of tools helps you analyze the business risks, understand the financial benefits and select a proven roadmap to migrate to a platform that’s just right for your purposes. IBM is a vendor that will be with you through every step of the migration process—from the initial decision to the business case to the implementation plan.

"IBM has a reputation of being there for its customers. It was the logical choice for us."
—Dave Bossi, Vice President, Information Technology, Adecco Group North America

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IBM offerings can help reduce cost, manage risk and improve service

VIRTUALIZATION and CONSOLIDATION

IBM Power Systems	IBM BladeCenter and System x with VMWare	IBM Systems Storage DS5020 Express	IBM San Volume Controller Entry Edition (SVC EE)
IBM PowerVM™ provides industrial-strength virtualization technologies for IBM AIX®, IBM i and Linux® operating systems on IBM Power Systems™, enabling you to utilize the full capacity of processors and memory in virtual environments. PowerVM allows you to consolidate applications, servers and virtualization system resources, and provide a more flexible, dynamic IT infrastructure. Learn more	IBM offers the broadest portfolio of industry-standard IBM System x® and IBM BladeCenter® servers to help you lower IT costs and deliver benefits such as: Increased server utilization Reduced system management complexity Lower power and cooling costs Reduced demand for data center floor space Lower IT total cost of ownership Learn more	In a continuing effort to provide storage solutions that are designed to provide low total cost of ownership (TCO), high performance, robust functionality and unparalleled ease of use, IBM recently announced the IBM System Storage™ DS5020 Express storage server. Next-generation 8 Gbps Fibre Channel connections that enable cost savings and infrastructure simplification Balanced performance well-suited for virtualization and consolidation Self-encrypting drives secure data throughout your drive’s lifecycle Support for intermixing FC/FDE/SATA drives enables cost effective tiered storage Learn more	Provides enterprise-class storage virtualization in a more affordable package for mid-sized businesses. SVC EE simplifies management of storage infrastructure, tiered storage, and advanced copy functions for storage systems. Provides a single easy-to-use point of control even as your storage needs grow Helps improve productivity of administration staff Learn more

BUSINESS CONTINUITY – HIGH AVAILABLITY, BACKUP, RECOVERY

IBM Power Systems	IBM Comprehensive Data Protection Solution Express	IBM Systems Storage DS5020 Express
IBM PowerHA™ Delivers high availability solutions for UNIX®, Linux and IBM i (IBM i5/OS®), helping you protect critical business applications from outages—planned or unplanned. IBM Capacity Backup for Power is designed to support your disaster recovery and high availability needs. This solution requires at least two systems. If one system is not available the other one takes over. Learn more	This solution consists of Tivoli FastBack, System x3550 server and IBM DS3000 Express/DS4000 Express/DS5000 series storage. It helps reduce the business impact of virtually any data loss by recovering Microsoft Windows operating system–based data and applications nearly instantly, from virtually any previous point in time, from wherever your data is stored. This turnkey solution can be added into each of your remote offices, and a similar system can be used in the central office to consolidate backups from the remote offices. Learn more	Offers a choice of multiple redundant array of independent disks (RAID) levels and redundant, hot-swappable components to help you maintain data availability and security. . Powerful dynamic capabilities go beyond respond and recover to help protect data and prevent failure. Benefit from enterprise-class disaster recovery strategies and point-in-time copying with IBM FlashCopy® solutions. Learn more

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

IBM Power Systems	IBM BladeCenter and System x	IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager
The IBM Power 520, 550 and 560 Express servers can provide you with the technology foundation to manage your business efficiently and cost-effectively. Power Systems energy management solutions: Monitor and control energy usage to help you manage server room energy efficiency as well as performance, reliability and availability Include innovative solutions which support virtualization and server consolidation efforts proven to help conserve energy usage and manage costs. Learn more	IBM offers the broadest portfolio of industry-standard IBM System x and IBM BladeCenter servers that can help you lower IT costs and deliver benefits such as: Increased server utilization Reduced system management complexity Lower power and cooling costs Reduced demand for server room floor space Lower IT total cost of ownership. Learn more	IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™ helps you understand exact power and cooling costs, manage the efficiency of your current environment and reduce energy costs. This solution: Enables platform monitoring and reporting of energy usage across supported servers Helps you understand how energy is used within the server room, and provides the insight required to optimize servers and their workloads for the best performance. Learn more.

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*Server migration resources*
Tools	Brochures/Papers	Success stories	Areas of interest
Virtualization kit - Collection of white papers and briefs on IBM Power Systems, BladeCenter, System x, Storage offerings	IBM Systems Migration Assurance for Midsized Business (PDF, 145KB) - Suite of tools to analyze business risks, understand financial benefits and select a proven roadmap for migration	IBM client success with PowerVM - The virtualization platform for IBM Power Systems	IBM Small and Medium Business Center - IT solutions for midsized companies
IBM Systems Consolidation Evaluation Tool (link resides outside of ibm.com) - Provides a high level analysis of the estimated potential consolidation savings by switching to IBM systems and storage	Move to IBM (PDF, 314KB) - IBM offers a wide array of products and services that can help organizations build a dynamic infrastructure and gain a competitive advantage	Client successes with IBM in the midmarket - Case studies proving IBM’s value to small and medium businesses every day	IBM Financing - IBM can help you with financing options so you can compete and succeed on a smarter planet
IBM Security Assessment Tool (link resides outside of ibm.com) - Helps you to identify the IT Security strategies, capabilities, and technologies used by companies with best-in-class performance	IBM System Storage: the future of your business is already here there is no time like now to capitalize on the proven innovation and storage leadership of IBM to drive better value to your bottom line	Top Midmarket Innovators Report (PDF, 613KB) - Midsized companies demonstrate how IBM delivers benefits to reduce cost and add value	IBM Minibook: Green IT for Dummies - Companies of all sizes can hone in on ways to make their processes greener
IBM BladeCenter Readiness Tool - Are blades right for you?	Storage Buying Criteria for Small/Medium Enterprises (PDF, 496KB) - This Clabby Analytics white paper takes a closer look at the 5 major buying criteria of the small and medium enterprise		Ugly IT Videos - Does your IT infrastructure suffer from similar problems?
IBM Green ROI Tool - Compare your company's approach Green IT challenges with industry best practices	Creating a Smarter Planet with a Dynamic Infrastructure: How Midsized Companies can Change the Game (PDF, 838KB)		IBM Migration Factory - A service to help with all your migration needs
Assess your dynamic infrastructure needs - Identify initial focus areas and next steps			ForwardView e-Magazine - Stay on top of the issues that matter to midsized business