IT Optimization

IT optimization is high on the list of critical business requirements. IBM System z represents a class of enterprise computing that enables IT optimization to gain advanced business value with superior qualities of service at a lower cost than competitive alternatives.

Especially the new zEnterprise System with integrated IBM BladeCenter technology and advanced System z facilities provides a level of IT optimization and consolidation that is unmatched in the industry.

IT optimization can serve as a roadmap for building a smarter infrastructure. At the heart of the optimization efforts is the simplification and streamlining of core and strategic business processes, while leveraging existing assets, increasing efficiency and reducing costs.

If your IT infrastructure has become a complex set of disparate, even if virtualized, application landscape across many servers and server architectures, then you owe it to yourself to ask serious questions like: "Where will you deploy the next application?" or "Where will you physically put the next server?" or "Is there a simpler way to manage this?"

Think about the new zEnterprise capabilities that simplify and optimize the effort of running applications across a mix of server architectures for optimal application placement, cross-system workload governance and business responsiveness. You can run an application environment that spans z/OS, Linux on System z, AIX on POWER and Linux on System x¹ under a single management umbrella, provided with the zEnterprise Unified Resource Manager.

IT optimization with a zEnterprise provides large-scale consolidation capabilities through its Linux environment, end-to-end virtualization and management services for the “best fit” architecture with a level of simplicity never before experienced.

Customer success stories

• Svenska Handelsbanken puts IBM System z at the heart of operations

  “The reality of System z is much more attractive than people perceive, and our installation at Handelsbanken proves that it is a practical, manageable, resilient and cost-effective platform for business systems of all kinds,” says Håkan Sandström, Senior Vice President - Sourcing and Vendor Management at Handelsbanken. Handelsbanken considers IBM System z as a strategic platform, and plans to use it to support its core banking systems and online services for the future.

• Baldor consolidates hundreds of servers and cuts IT and energy cost

  Baldor runs its core SAP landscape on an IBM System z10 Enterprise Class. Its IBM DB2 databases run in IBM z/OS partitions, while 70 z/VM partitions provide Linux environments that act as SAP application servers. “This consolidation exercise has basically reduced the size of our data center by 50 percent,” says Mark Shackelford, VP - Information Services, Baldor. “This has also dramatically reduced the power and cooling requirements of our infrastructure—cutting electricity costs by 60 percent.”

• EFiS EDI Finance Service AG moves to Linux on IBM System z ... Supporting mission-critical applications and services

  Thanks to the IBM System z platforms, virtualization technologies and Linux for System z, EFiS EDI Finance Service AG successfully consolidated its environment. By retiring unnecessary and underperforming hardware, the company was able to double processing speeds and optimize its data center.