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IBM's Smarter Planet initiative focuses on helping people and organizations meet the unprecedented challenges of a faster-changing world, by bringing a new level of intelligence to how the world works.
IBM System z® empowers organizations by delivering:
- advanced virtualization, provisioning and automation capabilities, enabling rapid adjustment of capacity to business needs
- near-real-time analytics, for faster delivery of critical information and analysis
- dynamic, flexible business processes and models, helping organizations work smarter
- uniquely powerful and comprehensive resource management to meet environmental and sustainability objectives
Across industries and geographies, System z solutions deliver value in all four of the critical areas that make up the Smarter Planet initiative – Dynamic Infrastructure, New Intelligence, Smart Work, and Green and Beyond – helping organizations become more efficient, productive and responsive:
- Transzap, Inc. serves more than 69,000 users across 6,800 companies. By virtualizing its critical applications on Linux on System z, Transzap has a platform that supports its dynamic Java and Oracle® environments, providing higher levels of uptime for their customers.
- Bank of New Zealand recovered 30% of its datacenter floor space, reduced power consumption by 38%, and is on track for an expected 20% ROI over the life of the platform. As a provider of a comprehensive suite of software as a service to the global oil and gas industry,
On the subsequent tabs, you'll find more examples of how clients are leveraging System z as a smarter technology platform to meet today's – and tomorrow's – IT and business needs.
For more information, download the brochure, "Building a Smarter Planet with IBM System z" (PDF, 432KB).

