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Clear results for the on demand world
Reduced IT budgets, increasing security threats, proliferating islands of information cut off from the people who need it: these are just a few of the obstacles facing organizations as they strive to respond to customer needs and market opportunities.
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Enter Linux on IBM System z. It can help transform your business into a true on demand environment which includes:
- Reducing the costs of operating and managing the IT environment
- Lowering the skill requirements and increase productivity and efficiency
- Growing and quickly adapting the IT environment to satisfy new business needs without growing staff or assets
- Ensuring that their business is secure and continuously available, avoiding increased complexity as the IT environment grows
Linux workload, integrating with existing data and applications on z/OS, z/VSE or z/VM, can naturally complement these environments and can provide improvements to qualities of service, system management and performance.
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Linux on System z can help lower your total cost of ownership (TCO). Whether you are a small, medium or large enterprise, over time, Linux on System z can be a boon to your bottom line in a variety of ways: |
Possible savings on staffing:
Consolidating multiple servers onto a single System z server running multiple virtual Linux servers can mean less labor required for system management and maintenance. The centralized system management and autonomic computing capabilities of Linux on System z can also help cut down on the errors and workload-balancing tasks that otherwise can eat up countless IT staff hours.
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Possible savings on software:
Because Linux is an open operating system, you may be able to implement your core business applications on Linux on System z, helping you from getting locked into costly licenses for proprietary software. Consider also that Linux software is usually priced on a per-engine basis. Since a single System z server can run multiple Linux applications on a single engine, your licensing costs can be reduced by consolidating servers onto a System z server.
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Possible savings on business continuity:
Linux on System z can give you the ability to scale up and out–on demand–to meet spikes in server activity, helping to minimize costly transaction delays and potentially devastating system crashes. With a suite of built-in features, System z servers can rapidly respond to, or even anticipate, threats to system health, helping to prevent budget-sapping downtime.
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Possible savings on hardware:
Is your server farm growing out of control? Linux running on System z can help you on your infrastructure simplification. The System z virtualization capabilities can allow you to consolidate hundreds of Linux servers onto a single server and deploy these virtual servers in a matter of minutes. Fewer servers can also mean additional savings in physical space and heating, air conditioning and electricity costs.
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