IBM Server Implementation Services for Cloud - Linux on z/VM (private cloud) assists clients to plan, design, and implement a Linux-based private cloud infrastructure on z/VM in a System z environment
IBM United States Services Announcement 612-029July 24, 2012
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IBM® Server Implementation Services for Cloud - Linux™ on z/VM® (private cloud) assists clients in planning, designing, and implementing a Linux-based private cloud infrastructure on System z® . This service assists you in implementing a flexible and cost-efficient cloud environment that can be ideal for workloads on the System z platform.
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Businesses are exploring new revenue opportunities and creating innovative services while at the same time, desiring to reduce operational and cost inefficiencies, and improve the agility of their IT environment. A cloud environment can help you to meet these challenges with a range of capabilities, helping you to accelerate time to market for new services. Deploying a comprehensive cloud platform on System z requires hardware and software implementation skills. IBM can help by providing the IBM Server Implementation Services for Cloud - Linux on z/VM (private cloud) offering to ease the transition to a cloud environment on System z with Linux hosted by z/VM .
For a description of this new service offering, refer to the Description section of this announcement.
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- Hardware
- IBM zEnterprise® 196 (z196)
- IBM zEnterprise 114 (z114)
- IBM System z10® Enterprise Class ( z10™ EC)
- IBM System z10 Business Class ( z10 BC)
- IBM System z9® Enterprise Class ( z9® EC)
- IBM System z9 Business Class ( z9 BC)
- Software
- Currently supported releases of z/VM
- Supported releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z
- Supported releases of Novell SLES on System z
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September 25, 2012
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IBM Server Implementation Services for Cloud - Linux on z/VM (private cloud) is designed to assist you in designing and implementing a flexible, cost-efficient cloud environment that can be ideal for basic workloads on the System z platform. A customized contract allows you to acquire services according to your needs, budget, and pace of implementation. The scope can include enablement of the virtualization capabilities of System z , z/VM , and Linux , standardization and automation of processes, on-demand provisioning and deprovisioning of dynamically scalable virtualized resources, implementation of a self-service portal interface and the corresponding catalog, testing, and deployment.
A cloud infrastructure can help you reduce IT costs and complexities while supporting revenue generation through quicker development and deployment of products and services, enabling you to remain competitive in a difficult economy.
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Business Partner information
If you are a Direct Reseller - System Reseller acquiring products from IBM , you may link directly to Business Partner information for this announcement. A PartnerWorld® ID and password are required (use IBM ID).
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For pricing information, contact your IBM representative or IBM Business Partner.
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