IBM has used the Storwize architecture to produce multiple storage systems across different usage segments to meet different customer needs. The ability to scale with a common underlying architecture has proven to deliver multiple benefits to IBM customers. Features developed for high-end enterprise systems now meet customer needs in other, more price conscious segments. The leverage from a common base for systems helps reduce development and support costs which are reflected in product costs for customers. The Storwize architecture also builds on Intel-based hardware, which provides continued advances with each new generation yet retains the same fundamental architecture. Read this paper to learn about the variety of system types in the Storwize family, including enterprise storage virtualization, storage systems, and storage integrated with servers helps to address diverse customer requirements with consistent function and ease of use.

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.

What if you could implement a more dynamic end-user delivery model that allows you to utilize all the devices while maintaining control and rapidly deploying new applications and services to better serve your customers' IBM® SmartCloud® Desktop Infrastructure for Citrix® VDI-in-a-Box is simple all-in-one virtual desktop infrastructure software, built on IBM System x® servers and powered by the latest Intel® Xeon® processors, that can help you quickly implement desktop virtualization to drive productivity while lowering your IT costs.
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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.

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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.

Today's small and midsized data centers need to provide the same seamless delivery of IT services as the ones of major enterprises. With Storwize V3700, IBM has tailored one system specifically to address the block storage needs of the smaller data center, with functions derived from IBM's high-end storage platforms. This paper shows how the innovative and enhanced Storwize V3700 has helped change the storage paradigm by using an IBM-developed platform.

The ubiquity of mobile devices is transforming the ways that business gets done in today's world. IBM has the services that can help go beyond supporting devices to achieve a flexible, powerful mobile enterprise.

Building a mobile collaboration or bring-your-own-device solution requires three things: mobile applications, the mobile devices themselves and the network that underpins them both. Often, the network and its capabilities take a back seat to applications and devices - which can ultimately lead to poor performance or an inflexible infrastructure. Find out how to develop the type of network that truly supports mobile devices, applications and unified communications programs, thereby establishing the foundation for stronger mobile solutions.