Cloud computing promotes a new dialogue between business and IT decision makers. It allows decision makers to define business service requirements first and then decide how to balance the use of shared, internal virtualized IT resources and external public services most cost-effectively while maintaining required levels of cost, performance, security, and business resilience. This focus
Cloud computing offers to change the way we use computing with the promise of significant economic and efficiency benefits. The speed of adoption depends on how trust in new cloud models can be established. Trust needs to be achieved, especially when data is stored in new ways and in new locations, including for example different
Proven cloud or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) computing solutions such as IBM’s Computing on Demand (CoD) are very attractive for many commercial enterprises especially in today’s environment of flat or shrinking IT budgets. With a spectrum of flexible offerings and pricing models, IBM’s CoD solution provides secure, affordable, elastic, and risk-free access to IT
As companies throughout the world examine the business value of Cloud computing, it is important to understand how Cloud can lower IT expenses. Understanding how long it takes until your business can recoup the investment it made in Cloud Computing is the “payback” period. In today’s economic environment, this is a critical component of any
In recent years, cloud computing environments have beengaining popularity. In the IBMGlobal CIO Study 2009, when asked about their most important visionary initiatives, cloud computing was cited by more than one-third of CIOs as being among the most important. The many inherent benefits of a cloud environment make it attractive to organizations looking to speed
Leverage POS data to understand sales patterns, customer preferences and buying patterns to create targeted and profitable promotions. In today’s highly competitive world, retailers struggle to differentiate themselves via their product offerings and by how they promote products to customers across all channels. Smart retailers deploy effective targeted product offerings which can generate significant revenues;
With a growing business and exponentially increasing amounts of electronic data, the ageing IT infrastructure at Adam Architecture was groaning, affecting productivity within the practice. Solution IBM Business Partner ABS Digital worked closely with Adam Architecture to design and implement a flexible, integrated IT platform based on IBM System x® servers and IBM System Storage™.
As one of the fastest growing mail order clothes retailers in the UK, Boden’s rapid expansion was putting pressure on its IT infrastructure. Achieving the required levels of resiliency was becoming expensive and there was little scope for expansion to meet new business opportunities and maintain high levels of customer service. IBM Business Partner Qcubed
HIT decided to adopt a global outsourced solution for data centre managed services, migrating elements of its server infrastructure from Dallas, Texas, to the UK. That meant relocating and upgrading hardware while maintaining 100% performance levels throughout, and calling for the dependable expertise that only IBM could provide. Drawing on IBM’s unique experience and skill
Ageing servers and an IT environment that had grown organically over time, meant Specialised Travel’s systems were becoming unstable. Regular server reboots and downtime were impacting staff productivity and, ultimately the bottom line. IBM Business Partner, Unilink Systems worked closely with Specialised Travel to design and implement a resilient, consolidated server environment based around IBM