IBM System z advantages

IBM zEnterprise: The Gold standard in enterprise computing

IBM mainframes have a strong heritage in enterprise computing and the zEnterprise system further extends System z’s industry leading capabilities to deliver today’s gold standard in Enterprise computing.

System z brings together 35+ years of development and leadership in virtualization, workload management and huge I/O throughput. These combine to deliver the highest levels of operational efficiency and systems utilization that maximize ROI and deliver large scale consolidation with some of the lowest operational costs in the industry.

System z is also highly secure and has been awarded some of the highest levels of security certification in the industry, excelling at user identification and authorization, access control, virus protection and encryption.

System z is a strong contributor to green computing. With a highly energy efficient design, System z delivers a highly scalable service from a single system. This is combined with unmatched virtualization and workload management to deliver near 100% utilization of resources for a multiple workload environment. The result, the ability to consolidate up to hundreds of distributed workloads on to a single System z, reducing energy consumption and facilities requirements by up to 80%.

System z platform and systems management capabilities are designed to help businesses take control. They gain an end-to-end picture across the systems and the multiple workloads on those systems that enable informed decisions, improved control optimized use and redeployment of resources for optimal efficiency and effectiveness. This is achieved with lower labor costs due to advanced automation and systems self-management.

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IBM provides world-class IBM mainframe technology to help today's enterprises respond quickly to evolving business conditions and with extreme flexibility. From automation to advanced virtualization technologies and open industry standards, IBM mainframes help deliver competitive advantages for enterprises contributing and succeeding on a smarter planet.

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IBM System z supports multiple operation systems:

Through its hybrid computing capability, IBM zEnterprise with IBM zEnterprise BladeCenter® Extension (zBX) also supports IBM® AIX® on Power, Microsoft Windows® and Linux® on System x®

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IBM's technology, solutions and industry expertise can help you find the competitive edge with a sharper understanding of your customers. Our System z solutions combine the foundation of IBM hardware, software and middleware with flexible financing and packaging options to help your business meet and overcome the challenges of doing business in the on demand world. IBM can help you develop a customer-centric view—and assist you in delivering the right solution and the right products.