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Cloud computing, consolidation/virtualization and integrated computing systems strain existing data center networks. IBM solutions help re-configure networks for greatly improved performance.

Wikibon conducted in-depth interviews with organizations that had achieved Big Data success and high rates of returns. These interviews determined an important generality: that Big Data winners focused on operationalizing and automating their Big Data projects. They used Inline Analytics to drive algorithms that directly connected to and facilitated automatic change in the operational systems-of-record. These algorithms were usually developed and supported by data tables derived using Deep Data Analytics from Big Data Hadoop systems and/or data warehouses. Instead of focusing on enlightening the few with pretty historical graphs, successful players focused on changing the operational systems for everybody and managed the feedback and improvement process from the company as a whole.

You need a database designed to control both the infrastructure and personnel costs that form the IT budget. The next generation of IBM DB2 helps organizations get more value from their big data to improve their IT economics. Major innovations provide out-of-the-box performance gains that go beyond the limitations of in-memory-only systems to support decision making at the speed of business.

In order to derive business value from Big Data, practitioners must have the means to quickly (as in sub-milliseconds) analyze data, derive actionable insights from that analysis, and execute the recommended actions. While Hadoop is ideal for storing and processing large volumes of data affordably, it is less suited to this type of real-time operational analytics, or Inline Analytics. For these types of workloads, a different style of computing is required. The answer is in-memory databases.

This IT Managers Journal looks at many aspects of data governance including policy, business rules and standards, and offers best-practice advice as to what steps the enterprise should be taking today to ensure business units are getting the maximum value out of enterprise data while further ensuring compliance with security, regulatory and technology mandates. This ITMJ looks at processes and tools that help manage and leverage value of data governance with minimal impact on today’s data-heavy business practices.

Memorial Hermann Health System deployed IBM FlashSystem storage, which provides physicians with ultra-fast access to the information they need to make the best treatment decisions. A 96 percent reduction in power consumption also unlocks cost savings for this not-for-profit organization.

Bookmaker Paddy Power supports annual growth rates of up to 45 percent by enabling near-linear scalability of its storage infrastructure with the IBM FlashSystem 840. The solution improves application performance by 1,200 percent in some cases, and will deliver an 18-month ROI.

This paper discusses how migrating IBM DB2 components to the IBM FlashSystem 820/840 or the Flash Adapter 90 will enhance the performance of database-centric applications such as IBM InfoSphere Identity Insight. Flash will help reduce bottlenecks, optimize applications and boost performance.

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This InfoWorld white paper introduces the concept that additional factors beyond purchase price affect storage solution economics, including power consumption, cooling, density, and performance, then explores how FlashSystem translates the advantages of flash into customer value.

This IBM® Redpaper™ publication explains how to select an IBM FlashSystem™ or solid-state drive (SSD) solution. It describes why and when to use FlashSystem products, and reviews total cost of ownership (TCO), economics, performance, scalability, power, and cooling. Read this guide for information about selecting the correct solution (SSD or flash technology).

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Using a detailed, in-depth cost analysis model validated by actual customer interviews, this Economic Value Validation white paper from ESG demonstrates how IBM FlashSystem is less expensive than equivalent disk-based enterprise storage systems.

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This analyst paper examines how Power architecture provides the scalability to leverage and support expanding needs of organizations to accommodate more users and more data.

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This Application Performance Management Forrester Research study captures insight into the benefits and challenges with today’s IT monitoring solutions as well as the types of monitoring features that will help meet application performance and availability expectations.

With IBM MobileFirst Platform, which is a more comprehensive Mobile Application Development Platform (MADP), you can build, test and integrate native mobile applications and help enable a security-rich environment for mobile interaction.

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Mobility is driving benefits in organizations, but the road to becoming a mobile company is not easy. This leaves companies looking to the outside for help, and Managed Service Providers are able to deliver mobility to organizations that lack the necessary skills and resources.