The advantages of IBMSystem z—such as stability,advanced virtualization technologies, high security, and easy management—give usconfidence that we are prepared for any future challenge,” say Karl GrosseVogelsang, CTO of gkd-el.
The Smart/RRSAF solution in combination with the IBM System z9 technology provides us with not only an excellent batch-processing system, but also a cutting-edge information services environment for our diverse and demanding businesses. -Scott D. Cusanek, Director, I/S Infrastructure Services, Arizona Public Service
Johannes Schlentzek, IT Manager at Wessels+Müller: “Together with our employees, we intend to be one of the most high-performing companies in the field of parts supply and delivery and will do all we can to maintain this position.
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IBM System z is recognized for its scalability, availability and security. System z is a robust platform that has the power and flexibility to meet the needs of today's most demanding environments while providing investment protection and value well into the future. Read what our clients are saying.
Transzap
"We intend to deliver a 99.9% application uptime guarantee to our customer base, thanks to the availability characteristics of System z." - Peter Flanagan, CEO of Transzap, Inc.
- University of Arkansas
“The IBM System z platform is a lifeblood technology platform: banks, retail outlets and large corporations have been using it for their most critical information systems for the past 40 years, and they will continue to do so,” said David Douglas, Director of the University of Arkansas Enterprise Systems.
- Nationwide
"We anticipate saving approximately US$15 million over three years, he says. "We're seeing dramatic improvements across the board. An 80 percent reduction in environmental costs including power, cooling and floor space; hardware and OS support efforts cut in half; Web hosting monthly costs also cut in half through capacity optimization and overall server utilization running at 85 to 90 percent." Buzz Woeckener, manager of Linux, Nationwide
- dm-drogerie markt
"The maturity and technical sophistication of the System z platform is second to none, and IBM is the only supplier with the expertise to unite SAP applications with mainframe technologies."
Mr. Christian Stäblein, IT Production Manager FILIADATA GmbH - Belarusian Railways
"In our opinion, only IBM System z could reliably handle the enormous number of transactions and offer permanent availability. Equally, System z was the only platform that could handle unpredictable peaks in demand without any risk of failure.” Igor Otliga, Data Centre Manager at Belarusian Railways
- Ball State University
"Now, there’s no need for additional hardware because configuring additional Linux instances on IBM System z is quick and easy. Furthermore, we are not adding to our cooling overhead, our electricity costs, or the complexity of our disaster recovery efforts. We are just adding to our capacity on the industry leading platform for scalability.” Charles Tuite, Lead Enterprise Content Management Architect, Ball State University
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