ESG: IBM x3650 M4 BD: System x Server for Big Data Analytics

The paper discusses the rise of Big Data and the importance of analytics for rapidly extracting insights from this data for improved business decisions. It outlines key market requirements for Big Data servers, and explains how the new System x3650 M4 BD includes the right performance, storage capacity, availability, and energy efficiency to meet the demands of Big Data analytics. It concludes by describing additional benefits that IBM brings to the Big Data market, such as the Big Data Systems Center with its panel of SMEs and offered services, and IBM InfoSphere Big Insights software.
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Strategic Server Refresh with IBM System x

This analyst paper by Edison Group addresses the strategic reasons why organizations need to refresh their servers, and how a server refresh with IBM System x® servers, powered by the latest Intel® Xeon® processors, delivers and supports solutions and capabilities needed by SMBs.

Intel, the Intel logo, Xeon and Xeon Inside are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.
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IBM NeXtScale System

Joe Clabby reviews the functionality and benefits of the new IBM NeXtScale System. The arrival of ultra-dense, hyper-scale designs such as IBM's NeXtScale System (NeXtScale) is changing system design dynamics in the HPC marketplace. NeXtScale is based on standard components (such as standard racks, networking, and memory). These servers can be serviced from the front. They are pretest-ed for reliability and are optimized for performance and efficiency. They are tuned to reduce energy waste. They can be pre-configured and pre-programmed to speed deployment and time to value.
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Seeding Clouds on Power Systems with IBM SmartCloud Entry

Although many organizations recognize the benefits of private clouds, they may need to progress gradually to sophisticated cloud deployments. IBM® SmartCloud™ Entry on IBM Power Systems™ servers fill this need for a scaled-down cloud solution. It leverages PowerVM virtualization software to enable quick and easy deployment of private clouds.
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Delivering enterprise solutions for a world on the move

IBM supports SAP clients with business consulting services with global implementation and outsourcing capabilities plus infrastructure of optimized servers (mainframe, POWER, x, Blade Center) and storage, DB2 database, Alloy, middleware and software. An innovation partner for SAP projects.
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Linux management: Recognizing the business value of Red Hat Satellite

This was a joint webcast with IDC Thursday July 25, 2013 presenting the results of their updated Red Hat Satellite ROI study. "Based on in-depth interviews with Red Hat Enterprise Linux users, Tim Grieser, program VP of system management software for IDC, will present a quantitative assessment of benefits - including business value and return on investment (ROI) - gained by using Red Hat Satellite to reduce costs while delivering high service quality to end users."
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Linux Management with Red Hat Satellite: Measuring Business Impact and ROI

This ROI study is based on data gathered from structured in-depth interviews with representatives from 10 IT organizations that are using Red Hat Network Satellite Server to manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments. Based on this study, the IT organizations experienced strong positive returns on their investments, yielding an average 338% ROI over a three-year period - over three times the initial investment.
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The Advantage of Leasing IBM Storwize V700 Storage Systems

Robert Frances Group believes IT executives should be employing the new generation of storage solutions that offer advanced storage management capabilities, like the IBM Storwize V7000 storage systems, in their target system environments. In that the total cost of ownership (TCO) differential between leasing and purchasing is minimal although the first-year savings impact is substantial, IT executives should seriously consider leasing the storage. Management should understand the value proposition of storage leasing and work with their storage vendor or third party lessor to structure a package that best meets their business and financial strategy.
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Strategic Server Refresh with IBM System x


This analyst paper by Edison Group addresses the strategic reasons why organizations need to refresh their servers, and how
a server refresh with IBM System x® servers, powered by the latest Intel® Xeon® processors, delivers and supports
solutions and capabilities needed by SMBs.

Intel, the Intel logo, Xeon and Xeon Inside are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.
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Storage: Economics Remains Crucial

IT managers and industry experts talk a lot about performance and capacity, but those are often only replacement terms for the real issue: economics. Storage decisions are only necessary because of economics - otherwise all data would be stored in main memory. With the data avalanche always looming and growing, two key trends are critical: simply storing less, and then tiering or caching what is ultimately stored.
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Integrated Computing Platforms: Infrastructure Builds for Tomorrow’s Data Center

Prior to server virtualization, IT landscapes were plagued by server sprawl and underutilized capacity, which were brought on by data growth and the one-application, one-server requirement. In order to meet growing capacity demands, organizations added servers until that demand began to outstrip the ability to achieve economies of scale. Server virtualization provided a consolidation and cost-containment solution by fundamentally parsing hardware and software and dynamically allocating resources throughout the environment. Initially driven by its ability to deliver on these core use cases, server virtualization continues to guide IT and business strategy.
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Small Business Server Solutions

"Business-Class Servers for a PC Budget," Edison Group covers in this whitepaper one socket servers. Including updates to Windows Small Business Server to help sell a bundle of Windows SBS and IBM servers. Use it to help promote the benefits of our entry-class servers.
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Providing the Best-of-Breed Private Cloud with NetApp and Windows Server 2012

Many organizations have adopted virtualization as a standard for server workloads. But virtualization has not proven to be the "game changer" many organizations had envisioned. IT departments face huge challenges related to server sprawl, which has actually increased with virtualization.

Although virtualization has brought benefits beyond the physical paradigm of one operating system per server, the true optimal infrastructure for organizations comes with adopting a private cloud infrastructure. Check out this white paper to learn the benefits you can reap by deploying just one private cloud solution.

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Blade Server Strategies: Optimizing the Data Center

Enterprise IT departments are being pulled in many directions today. Not only are they struggling to keep up with the staggering increase of network traffic in the data center, but also users are demanding new and updated systems to support the workloads that drive the business. Expectations of quality and service from IT are at an all-time high. Change is needed in the data center. Server blades play an important role in the transition to the modern, efficient data center.
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Building a Business Case for HP Blades Servers

Savvy IT professionals are finding that blade servers are less expensive than traditional rack servers for most new deployments, while also delivering improvements in agility, scalability and manageability. If your organization is deploying a new server farm or cluster for any reason - a newly virtualized application or a growing business initiative, perhaps - this is the time to consider blade servers as a cost-effective alternative to traditional rack servers. In most cases, you will find blade servers to be less expensive than rack servers for both the initial purchase as well as for long-term total cost of ownership (TCO).
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