The Era of Smarter Networking for Smarter Data Centres
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. IBM System Networking solutions:
Flatten and converge your 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.
What we offer
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Expert Integrated Systems
Introducing the world's first family of systems with integrated expertise on April 11, 2012
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Network Management
IBM System Networking software provides visibility, control and automation of all aspects of managing networks and service quality.
Network Services
New design and implementation services added to an extensive networking services portfolio help optimise networks for IT consolidation and virtualisation initiatives.
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- Learn about our offerings announced on June 4th (US)
Is your IT infrastructure smart enough for the future?
Watch IBM's webcast "Smarter Computing in the New Era of IT".
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.
- IBM Internet Security Systems services and Proventia security products (US)
- IBM Resiliency Consulting (US)
- IBM Managed Resiliency (US)
