Smarter computing sets the new standard for efficiency
Leading organisations 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 centre floor space, reduce energy consumption and lower labour 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 maximise 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 optimised 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 utilisation—without complexity. In this important announcement IBM delivers storage systems that can help your business analyse, 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 analyse, 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 maximise efficiency with IBM cloud and virtualisation 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 (US)
IBM zEnterprise Starter Edition for Cloud
IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud (US)
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 virtualisation 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 virtualised data centres
Optimised systems
Improve results with new optimised systems—tuned to the task for businesses of all sizes
Simplify management of optimised 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
1 Source: Codorniu case study (US)
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
Announcement resources
Demo: Introducing IBM Storwize V7000 Unified (US)
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 paper: ITG cost/benefit case (US)
Comparing costs for DS8800 and EMC VMAX systems
Video: Analytics and cloud (05:26min)
Deliver analytics and cloud services faster, with higher quality and superior economics with Power Systems
Analyst paper: Clabby (US) (PDF, 1.6MB)
IBM BladeCenter Foundation vs. Cisco UCS: A Price and Value Discussion
Analyst paper: IDC (US)
End-to-end virtualization: A holistic approach for a dynamic environment
Tool: workload simulator (US)
Evaluate your infrastructure and see the potential cost savings
Webinar: IBM Systems Director (US)
A single pane of glass for simplified, integrated management
Switching TCO comparison (US)
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Announcement videos
Introduction to the announcement
Get a quick overview of how these new capabilities can accelerate your journey to smarter computing (1min)
IBM Executives discuss the announcement
IBM Systems Group executives discuss Smarter Computing, cloud and the exciting capabilities in this announcement