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IBM's Global Architectural Imperative (GAI) is the strategy IBM is following to implement full globalization within IBM hardware and software. |
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| IBM products following the globalization architecture deliver a variety of customer benefits:
- Multilingual applications
Use a single server to support applications in different languages and applications that support multiple languages simultaneously, reducing the cost and time to develop and deploy applications worldwide
- Flexibility
Design a network and deploy servers based on load and resources rather than language support requirements since any server can support all the languages
- Lower cost of ownership
Use the same version and patch level of a product throughout the world, reducing the cost of support, maintenance, and training
- Consistent data handling
Use multiple IBM products with the assurance that each product will handle the data (collation, date/time format) in the same way and consistent with established industry standards
- Shorter time to market
IBM's current target is for all Natural Language Versions (NLVs) to be delivered within 60 days of the English product release. Many multinational customers will not deploy a product until all the NLVs are available. The architecture imperatives described on this page, in particular the single executable and localization packs, greatly shorten the time it takes to deliver all the NLV's
- Consistent delivery of maintenance releases, updates, fixpacks, patches
The single executable model improves on the current model by allowing executables to be delivered independently of the translation so that new translated versions are needed only when there are changes to the product's user interface
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