In IBM announced enhancements across its systems portfolio that is designed to help organizations adopt cloud computing as they build toward Software Defined Environments (SDE).
Enhancements to IBMs Smarter Storage line of flash, disk and tape systems give clients faster access to business critical information and Big Data insights. New High Performance Computing solutions bring HPC capabilities to mainstream servers to help more clients crunch their ever-mounting volumes of data faster.
New capabilities added to the IBM target="_blank">PureSystems family expert integrated systems are designed to help clients reduce the security risks often faced when deploying cloud solutions, as well as enable quick recovery and restoration after disasters. A new mobile solution based on IBM Worklight server on PureSystems for both Power and x86 was created to accelerate clients access to millions of mobile users by allowing mobile applications to be deployed in as little as 30minutes.
Cloud computing and Big Data analytics are playing key roles in helping organizations lower operating expenses, improve efficiencies, and increase productivity, saidAjay Mittal, Director, Systems & Technology Group, IBM India/ South Asia. But theyre also enabling greater and faster access to business insights, which is fundamentally transforming the ways in which organizations, public and private, are interacting with, learning from, and supporting their customers.
Smarter Storage for New Era of Computing
In addition to rolling out its new target="_blank">XIV advanced storage systems for 33 percent more capacity in the same space, and new capabilities to XIV that let clients send large volumes of data between systems through the cloud without performance degradation.
IBM also enhanced its Easy Tier technology, which automatically moves data to the most effective storage tier in a storage system for faster performance and greater efficiency. The new Easy Tier Server function helps boost performance even further by caching the hottest, most-frequently accessed data to the EXP30 Ultra SSD I/O Drawer on IBM Power Systems. When these servers are used in conjunction with the target="_blank">IBM DS8870 Storage System, the new Easy Tier Server capabilities can help boost storage performance by up to five times.
Other updates to the storage line include:
IBM Linear Tape File System Enterprise Editionis based on LTFS Library Edition, but lets clients use tape storage as a separate tier for greater management and access. The system is a cost-effective and easy-to-deploy data solution thats ideal for Web 2.0 applications. It is integrated with the IBM GPFS file system and can help lower storage and archive costs up to 90 percent.
IBM FlashSystemseries was released today. Announced in April, the series of all-Flash appliances has been enhanced to deliver less than 1/10 the cost per transaction while using 4 percent of the energy and 2 percent of the space compared to hybrid disk and flash systems.
IBM target="_blank">Power Systems for Industry
IBM rolled out nine new Power Systems offerings, each providing advanced capabilities in target="_blank">cloud computing.
Five packaged solutions for the target="_blank">new industry-themed solutions that combine IBM Power Systems with specialized software to meet big data and analytics needs unique to specific industries. For healthcare, the new solutions are designed to improve patient care and experience, reduce healthcare costs and maximize health resource utilization; while the retail solution is geared toward helping retailers provide customers with more personalized shopping experiences.
Three additional solutions provide organizations in any industry sector with advanced computing capabilities including target="_blank">open platform for choice, both cloud solutions manage industry-standard Linux, AIX and IBM i operating system environments.
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the IBM i operating system, IBM introduced the target="_blank">Power 740 server, this special solution edition includes a no-charge IBM i 7.1 processor license and three service vouchers.
PureFlex, Cloud, and Big Data
As part of today's announcement, IBM is adding new solutions for target="_blank">analytics that will build on the strong global momentum of PureSystems. Since its introduction a year ago, more than 4,000 PureSystems have shipped to organizations in more than 90 countries, with wide adoption in key growth markets and by Managed Service Providers (MSPs) who are building cloud datacenters with PureFlex at their core.
The new offerings include:
IBM PureFlex Solution for Cloud Backup and Recovery- This new solution incorporates specialized patterns based on Tivoli Storage Manager, Microsoft Hyper-V and the SAP Business Suite to help clients reduce the security risks they often face when deploying cloud solutions. In the event of a site disaster, data can be restored to operating status in minutes and most applications will be able to recover to operation in minutes;
The IBM Mobile Application Platform Pattern- A mobile solution based on IBM Worklight server on PureSystems for both Power and x86 that can accelerate client access to millions of mobile users by allowing new mobile solutions to be deployed in as little as 30-40 minutes;
IBM Connections Patternthat will allow clients to deploy their social business platform on IBM PureSystems.
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