IBM System Storage

Smarter Storage
for data and cloud

Get actionable insights faster.
Build a more efficient, adaptive infrastructure.

 

Smarter Storage for data and cloud

Get actionable insights faster. Build a more efficient, adaptive infrastructure.

Flash: The tipping point for systems

 

Flash: The tipping point for systems

See how IBM flash is delivering extreme performance, macro efficiency and enterprise reliability

What you need from
storage – and less

47% less admin time, up to 80% less disk space
and 30% less capacity growth

 

What you need from storage – and less


47% less admin time, up to 80% less disk space and 30% less capacity growth

Cloud ready. Data ready. Security ready.

A Smarter Planet is generating an explosion of data, which is increasingly more important to your business. IBM Smarter Storage for Smarter Computing offers storage solutions such as the new IBM FlashSystem family and the IBM Storwize family to help you get actionable insights from your data and become more competitive.

Cloud hosting with flash

Cost effective without sacrificing performance

Scalable, high-value architecture

The IBM Storwize family

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Spotlights

  • Open invitation (US)

    Learn about the future of technology and the benefits of migrating to IBM

  • STORAGE AWARDS. THE STORRIES IX. WINNER. Storage Product of the Year.

    IBM Storwize V7000 Unified wins Storage Product of the year 2012


IBM Storwize v7000. Real-time Compression GUARANTEE. Learn more.

Systems

IBM offers a broad systems and storage portfolio combined with decades of experience solving real business problems. With x86, POWER and mainframe systems, disk, tape and network storage systems, IBM can offer the right combination of systems to meet the challenges of your business.

Storage

Storage efficiency is more vital than ever. Your disk utilization rate may be as low as 20% — while the amount of data you are required to store is exploding. IBM Storage can help.

Networking

The smarter data center 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 takes an open, standards-based approach to implement the latest advances in today’s flat, converged data center network designs.

Software

IBM's comprehensive Systems Software solutions help to centralize, streamline and automate your physical and virtual infrastructure, allowing you to optimise workloads and increase your ability to deliver IT services that align with business goals. Let us show you how IBM Systems Software helps you realize the value of IBM smarter computing, by allowing a more effective use of the advanced features in IBM hardware and operating systems.

Integrated solutions

The reality is that you need an IT infrastructure designed for data, tuned to the task and managed in the cloud. If your IT staff spends all of their time managing IT, they won’t be working with you to drive innovation. You need your infrastructure to help you in the marketplace, to help you innovate, to help you be more competitive, to help you succeed.

Systems-related services

IBM Systems-related services offers a full range of services to help design, develop, integrate, optimise, validate and deploy comprehensive solutions that support On Demand Business.

Client references

Clarks steps into IBM XIV and IBM Power 770 for SAP and more

Vissensa delivers savings to clients through flexible cloud services

Axtel achieves significant storage efficiency benefits with XIV and SAP

IHK-GfI boosts performance and delivers multimillion savings with DS8000

Canucks Sports & Entertainment wins with IBM Storwize V7000

Healthcare gets better - Customers discuss how Siemens and IBM offer value with XIV

EllisDon builds clouds with IBM XIV

Ricoh manages data growth with IBM storage virtualization solutions

Ricoh manages data growth with IBM storage virtualization solutions


Meet the Experts

Nick Woods

European Flashsystem Executive

European Sales Director for IBM Flash Optimised Storage Solutions at IBM.

Nick now leads the European integration and sales for Texas Memory Systems (TMS). TMS is now an IBM Company with innovotive flash optmised storage being the fastest in the world. Nick is enabling the IBM Company and IBM Channel Partners in Europe to sell TMS products. TMS is available NOW and the most mature Flash optimised storage environment in the market today, being available since 1978!


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Simon Chambers

XIV Sales Lead UK and Ireland

Simon is a recognised expert in XIV Storage Solutions. He is an active tweeter and speaker.

Simon has been an IBMer for 29 years, and a member of the IBM storage team since 1997, working in both hardware and software direct and indirect sales roles. Since July 2009, Simon has worked within the XIV team initially as XIV channel manager for UK & Ireland (UKI), and more recently as the Commercial Manager and Sales lead for the XIV brand in UKI.


Jon Laycock

XIV Technical Lead for UK and Ireland

Jon is a recognised expert in XIV Storage Solutions. He is an active tweeter and speaker.

Jon celebrated a decade of IBM storage during 2011 - in which time he has worked on all facets of storage, from pre-sales design and architecture to implementation and training. Since July 2009, Jon has worked within the XIV team, initially as XIV Technical Enablement Manager for UKI Business Partners, and latterly as the XIV UKI technical lead covering Business Partners and customers alike."


Alan Nash

DS8000 Product Manager for IBM Storage Sales - UK and Ireland

Alan is an evangelist for IBM DS8000 Enterprise Storage Solutions and regularly presents to customers and IBM Business Partners on IBM's premier storage product.

Alan has been an IBM'er for almost thirteen years in the STG team working numerous sales roles with Power & multiple brand roles including storage from 2005.

From the beginning of 2012 Alan has been the DS8000 Product Manager for UK & Ireland for STG which involves working with customers, IBM sellers, Business Partners, the wider IBM client teams and IBM Strategic Outsourcing teams.


Peter McNamara

Data Protection & Retention Systems Sales Manager

Peter is a recognised expert in IBM Data Protection & Retention Systems, with 20 years IBM experience in this area

Peter joined IBM in 1983, and after various sales and management roles has focused on IBM Data Protection & Retention Systems (ie physical and virtual tape) since 1993 in various National and European roles.
He is currently IBM's Data Protection & Retention Systems Sales Manager for the UK & Ireland, responsible for IBM's revenue and profit from the DP&R Systems product line, working with IBM's own and IBM's channel sales and technical personnel.
He is regarded as the IBM SME for DP&R, in which capacity he has presented at various UK and European conferences, and been quoted in a number of press articles.


Matthew Fordham

Mid-Range Disk Leader for UK and Ireland

Matt advises businesses how to use IBM technology to gain an advantage.

Matt Fordham is 14 year IBM veteran of using IBM solutions to enable businesses to respond to the changing trends and pressures, in particular server and storage virtualisation technology. This includes helping Customers to do more with less, but also educating Business Partners on how to help their customers and take these solutions to market.


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