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Industry solutions
Reference architectures: IBM industry roadmaps enable business transformation
IBM understands the cost and complexity associated with deploying industry solutions and maintaining IT infrastructures. We leverage a wealth of skills to enable your transformation toward becoming a more efficient, on demand business. Within the company, our servers, storage, software and services all contribute. When combined with the work of our partners, these elements create a value net to deliver solution roadmaps that enable on demand business transformation. IBM eServer System z is central to this change.

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System z offers:
  • A suite of consolidation and simplification tools, services and offerings
  • Reference architectures for the financial services sector, including core banking and financial markets
  • A live "bank of the future" architecture and demonstration
In the future, System z will offer reference architectures for these sectors:
  • Insurance
  • Government
  • Industrial

Contact your IBM sales representative or Business Partner for more information on how you can take advantage.


 
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