Bangkok--29 May--IBM
IBM helps local companies of all sizes meet the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities in a new era defined by the cloud and Big Data. As the forces of a Smarter Planet (instrumentation, intelligence, interconnectedness) are fueling growth and innovation, cloud, analytics, social business, and mobile are not simply remaking computing, they are remaking business. This new era presents an opportunity for organizations to reshape the value they deliver, but cost, complexity and risk are standing in the way.
At IBM, we call it Smarter Computing — the IT infrastructure that enables the opportunities presented on a Smarter Planet. It’s an approach that leverages cloud to speed time to market and improve efficiency, that unlocks the power of data to deliver more actionable insight, and that secures critical information to reduce risk and enhance compliance.
- IBM continues to accelerate its strategy in big data, analytics and cloud, as Q1 2013 earnings just underscored: Business analytics grew 7 percent, and with strong global growth, Cloud revenue was up more than 70 percent. In 2012, IBM delivered double-digit growth in more than 30 growth market countries.
- To capitalize on this momentum, IBM is bringing big data and cloud to the masses with new offerings specifically designed for small and midsize businesses, and new enterprise systems that make it easier to analyze, provision and store big data in the cloud.
- At IBM, our purpose is to deliver clients an IT infrastructure that is ready now for what’s next. We do this by providing organizations with a unique combination of systems, software and services that deliver the industry’s broadest set of IT capabilities:
Cloud Ready IT infrastructure that speeds time to market and improves efficiency
Data Ready IT infrastructure that is responsive to business demands and delivers more actionable insights
Security ready IT infrastructure that protects critical information and reduces risk.
- To that end, IBM today is expanding its capabilities to more SMBs and enterprises, and in Growth Markets with 8 new Power systems, 3 new PureSystems, and new Storage Systems technologies to help businesses quickly and efficiently tackle big data and cloud computing.
How Smarter Computing can help
IBM’s Smarter Computing approach to IT helps clients of any size transform, grow and become more competitive by providing a choice of integrated and optimized systems for their workloads and IT environments, and on much more flexible terms.
Today, IT infrastructures must excel in three key domains in order to provide the flexibility, efficiency and agility required to position their organizations for success.
Cloud Ready: How to manage inflexible, siloed systems to improve business agility
1. Integrate to build an efficient IT infrastructure
Get cloud-ready by consolidating and virtualizing servers, storage and networking. This will help reduce operating and capital expenses, and streamline systems management.
2. Automate to improve speed and dexterity
Automation means faster deployment with Patterns and Integrated Systems Management. It can deliver self-service provisioning and automate IT service deployment.
3. Orchestrate to deliver IT without boundaries
Deploy IT services more rapidly and increase agility by managing multi-tenant environments. It can also help speed innovation through seamless orchestration.
Data Ready: How to spot trends, predict outcomes and take meaningful actions
1. Align data to provide a single, trusted source of the truth
Deliver a single, trusted source of information and provide secure access to unstructured data, though secure, virtualized file storage.
2. Anticipate using predictive analytics to model and anticipate customer or market behavior
Address scale and complexity through modeling of business trends and scenario simulations to predict business outcomes more accurately.
3. Act and incorporate advanced analytics into every aspect the business model.
Embed analytics to enable real-time decision making and take advantage of intelligent systems that can reason and learn.
Security Ready: How to improve the security of critical information and business processes
1. Data security & integrity
Protect and verify data at every stage with built-in security acrossthe entire stack.
2. Trusted identity & access management
Ensure that the right people have access to the right data at theright time and place through role based access controls.
3. Meet compliance requirements
Mitigate risks in real-time, and improve productivity with automated policy-based security compliance reporting and monitoring.
Expanding Reach to the Midmarket
SMBs in all industries are challenged to make sense of massive amounts of big data flowing from social media, mobile devices and sensors. They have an opportunity to capitalize on big data and cloud technologies. However, until now, a lack of skills and high costs have made adoption difficult.
IBM is removing these barriers for SMBs and large enterprises with new Power Systems, PureSystems, and Storage Systems that make it simpler and more affordable to apply analytics to big data and provision cloud services with minimal skills.
IBM is rolling out
- New Power Systems geared towards SMBs. All Power Systems come optimized for optional IBM business analytics and predictive analytics software. Our entry level systems are competitively priced to Oracle and HP offerings.
- For the first time, new POWER7+ microprocessor in entry level and midrange systems.
- new PowerLinux Systems. These are geared to open up cloud and big data workloads to Linux-based applications for both SMBs and enterprise clients.
- For the enterprise, IBM is delivering Power Systems 750 and 760: a new consolidation platform that automatically scales and provisions cloud and analytics workloads.
- Smaller version of the PureApplication system offers organizations with limited budgets and IT resources a “cloud in a box.” Consuming less space and power, it opens up new opportunities with SMBs and within growth markets -- without sacrificing performance.
- IBM PureFlex and Flex System Managed Service Provider Editions that will allow service providers to rapidly deliver cloud services and easily expand their infrastructure as their business grows.
Big Data and Cloud Systems
Today, IBM continues to meet the demands of this new market by rolling out several new PureSystems geared towards organizations looking to quickly embrace technology, such as cloud and big data, in these rapidly growing markets.
- New PureData for Analytics powered by the Netezza technology system, which features 50 percent greater data capacity per rack1 and is able to crunch data three times faster2.
- A new PureApplication on POWER7+ system provides larger organizations, like those in financial services and insurance, the ability to better manage and maintain applications in environments, including the cloud, where up time and performance are mission critical.
Big Data Storage in the Cloud
On the storage front, IBM is introducing a new software package that lets organizations set up secure, private storage clouds through which users can quickly, easily and cheaply store information over the internet.
- new IBM SmartCloud Storage Access program features a self-service portal that lets any user create an account, set up the amount of storage they need, and then start uploading files — all with just a few clicks and without the assistance of an IT administrator. It is designed for use with the IBM Storwize V7000 Unified virtualized storage system, the
- The IBM XIV Storage System, the enhanced high-speed storage systems with performance and energy capabilities that help customers tackle big data.
IBM Global Financing
While technology options for businesses are growing rapidly, companies are searching for strategic solutions to help them shift spending away from maintaining infrastructure to investing for growth. IBM Global Financing can help credit-qualified clients acquire IBM PureSystems, IBM Power Systems and Storage Systems with affordable payment programs that allow clients to keep their cash while accelerating return on investment and lowering total cost of ownership. Financing plans include flexible financing options on IBM Power Systems and IBM System Storage, including a 0% for up to 36 months on a Fair Market Value Lease or a 0%, 12-month financing on Power and Storage Systems or a 90-day payment deferral for IBM Flex and PureFlex System.
For more information on IBM Global Financing, please visit www.ibm.com/financing/.
For more information on IBM’s Smarter Computing initiative, visit: www.ibm.com/smarter-computing.