The Era of Smarter Networking for Smarter Data centres (US)
The smarter data centre with improved economics of IT can be achieved by connecting servers and storage with a high-speed and intelligent network fabric that is smarter, faster, greener, open and easy to manage.
Flatten and converge the network (US)
IBM takes an open, standards-based approach to implement the latest advances in today’s flat, converged data centre network designs. IBM System Networking solutions enable clients to deploy a high-speed, low-latency Unified Fabric Architecture.
optimise and automate virtualisation (US)
Advanced virtualisation awareness reduces the cost and complexity of deploying physical and virtual data centre infrastructure.
Simplify management (US)
IBM data centre networks are easy to deploy, maintain, scale and virtualise, delivering the foundation of consolidated operations for dynamic infrastructure management.
Networking technologies
IBM Ethernet Switches and Routers provide speed and intelligence to the data centre network for converged and virtualised environments.
Network management
IBM System Networking software provides visibility, control and automation of all aspects of managing networks and service quality.
What we offer (US)
New offerings
- Juniper EX4500 10GbE Ethernet top-of-rack data centre switch providing virtual chassis consolidation solutions
- RackSwitch and BNT blade switches (US) with new BLADEOS 6.x which offer advanced features such as IPv6 and OpenFlow support, along with ultra-low latency and up to 84% better price/performance.
IBM System Networking at work
King’s College London medical researchers, who specialise in the field of genetics, strive to better understand the causes of a range of serious health issues including skin disease, diabetes and cancer. Such research depends heavily on an IBM iDataPlex High Performance Computing system with IBM BNT RackSwitch G8124 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches for maximising compute processing power to deliver data analysis in the fastest possible time.
“Since the HPC solution has been introduced, data calculation and processing can be done more quickly and efficiently bringing greater speed, storage and intelligence to the network. The IBM BNT RackSwitch G8124 switches are playing a key role in meeting our high speed networking requirements.”
– Don Lokuadassuriyage, Cluster Administrator at King's College London
Networking services
New design and implementation services added to an extensive networking services portfolio help optimise networks for IT consolidation and virtualisation initiatives.
Security and Business Resiliency
A full suite of network security technologies, professional and managed network security services, and consulting and managed services for network resiliency.
Connect with VP of System Networking
Spotlight
- New Lippis Report Video Cast on System Networking
- Lippis Report Whitepaper: Low-Latency Solution for HFT by IBM and Mellanox
- Learn About Advantages and Uses of OpenFlow from our VP of Product Management, Dan Tuchler (US)
- Save on your Data centre. Find out how much (US)
- Webinar: The Data centre Network-The Future is Now
- Tolly Competitive Test Report: IBM BNT RackSwitch G8264 (433KB)
