IBM System x Success stories

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Number Title Date
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Major network update for Online Backup Company ... Massive performance boost from new IBM System Networking solution

With annual growth rates of 90 to 100 percent, The Online Backup Company needed a network and server platform to grow with their new software. Six IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8264 switches were installed across three locations and connected using IBM BladeCenter Virtu...
17 May 2013
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Sarenet transforms its third-party IT and cloud services ... IBM business partner Antisa SA provides new infrastructure and network solution

IBM Business Partner Antisa proposed a system upgrade to increase flexibility and availability, and lower maintenance, latency and energy consumption. New IBM server assets were deployed, along with IBM network switches that support Sarenet’s future plans for virtualization.
16 May 2013
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STIAL Delice Danone cuts backup time in half and minimizes business risk ... With an advanced virtual tape library and deduplication solution from IBM

Faced with slow and unreliable tape backups, STIAL deployed an IBM System Storage ProtecTIER TS7650 virtual tape library with data deduplication technology. The solution cuts backup time from more than 24 hours to just 13 hours and speeds recovery by a factor of more than th...
15 May 2013
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Durham University plays a starring role in computational cosmology ... Building a powerful and efficient cluster for big data research projects with IBM System x iDataPlex

Durham University’s Institute of Computational Cosmology used IBM iDataPlex technologies to build COSMA5, a new high-performance computing (HPC) cluster for data-intensive research projects in cosmology and astronomy. COSMA5 also plays a crucial role in the UK’s DiRAC-2 HPC ...
15 May 2013
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Nissha Printing gains detailed, real-time cost control with SAP HANA

The company chose to implement the SAP HANA platform, and worked to deploy the IBM Systems solution for SAP HANA, based on IBM System x 3950 X5 servers.
14 May 2013
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Start-up Zetark kickstarts its enterprise cloud storage business with IBM ... Deploying a fully integrated infrastructure with Linux, StorHouse and KVM in just two weeks

Start-up Zetark chose IBM PureFlex System™ as its strategic platform for enterprise cloud storage services, achieving full deployment in two weeks instead of the anticipated two months for a conventional infrastructure.
14 May 2013
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RWGV boosts business performance ... Accelerating access to business information with IBM technology

RWGV partnered with IBM Global Technology Services to complete a broad infrastructure renewal project, deploying a storage area network based on IBM Storwize V7000 systems and implementing IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for back-ups and automated data protection. The new solutio...
13 May 2013
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ARBURG Client Reference Video

Arburg wanted to drive down operational costs for its core IT Services. It selected the IBM zEnterprise System for scalability, reliability and availability which provided cost savings, energy savings and improvements across manufacturing processes.
10 May 2013
9.

UNIMINUTO makes its educational dreams come true with an agile, integrated IBM and SAP solution

UNMINUTO sought to move towards a more modern computing infrastructure, and chose to introduce integrated SAP ERP solutions. As part of the program to enable the growth and development of new teaching programs and facilitate financial operations, UNIMINUTO migrated the data ...
08 May 2013
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UNO creates deeper, faster market-winning analysis with IBM and SAP

To provide management and sales teams with faster, more accurate data analysis and reporting, UNO decided to implement SAP Business Planning and Consolidation and SAP NetWeaver BW, both powered by SAP HANA. Working with IBM Business Partner Metric Technology, the company dep...
08 May 2013
11.

US Tennis Association – US Open Tennis Championships

By using predictive analytics to provide deep, insight into match play and performance as it unfolds on the court, fans always know which player has the edge at the US Open.
07 May 2013
12.

MetaPack keeps its growing business on track ... Moving software delivery into the cloud with IBM and Critical Impact

MetaPack worked with Critical Impact to develop a flexible cloud platform for hosting its software solutions, based on IBM® BladeCenter® and System x® 3650 class servers, and IBM Storwize® V7000
01 May 2013
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AXIANS deploys a cloud-ready platform for a fast-changing market ... Growing revenues with flexible, innovative cloud solutions built on the IBM PureFlex System

To support a shift in its business model away from traditional reselling towards cloud-hosting services, AXIANS deployed the IBM PureFlex System, delivered with pre-integrated compute, storage, networking and management components.
22 Apr 2013
14.

Ramboll cuts simulation processing time by 85 percent ... Driving business growth with high-performance computing from IBM and Gridcore

Ramboll engaged IBM Business Partner Gridcore to deploy a high-performance computing solution based on IBM BladeCenter HS23 servers. The solution enables the resource-hungry simulations that its clients’ projects require to be completed up to eight times faster – allowing th...
18 Apr 2013
15.

Altus IT transforms its cloud-computing services ... Improving flexibility and availability with IBM Flex System and innovative KVM technology

Altus Information Technologies deployed an IBM Flex System solution, along with innovative KVM technology, to enable clients to save up to 75 percent with new cloud-computing services - while also improving its own operational efficiency and lowering its total cost of owners...
17 Apr 2013
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A large railway company lays the track for new business opportunities

The company set out to standardize its information systems, removing layers of complexity, cutting administration and maintenance costs, and creating a centralized data store that can be interrogated and analyzed.
12 Apr 2013
17.

Avcilar Municipality cuts transaction speeds and technology costs ... Integrated IBM Flex System solution boosts performance and improves efficiency

The district implemented a solution from the IBM® PureSystemsTM family to cut transaction speeds and technology costs
12 Apr 2013
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Ricca S.r.l. raises the bar for SaaS in Southern Italy to win new business ... Helping its clients reduce their IT operational costs by deploying new cloud services

IT services provider Ricca S.r.l. realized that it could boost efficiency by offering software services hosted in the cloud, and chose to implement a cloud-ready IBM Flex System solution, with IBM Storwize V7000 storage and IBM Flex System Manager software.
08 Apr 2013
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Uttarakhand Power Corporation Ltd. powers up a smarter network ... Cutting costs and improving network health with an IBM solution built on Smarter Computing principles

Uttarakhand Power Corporation Ltd. transformed its operations, cut costs and reduced power outages after modernizing its network with a system that monitors consumption levels, detects network weaknesses and predicts where fraud is most likely to occur.
08 Apr 2013
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Rudolph AG creates a flexible and reliable global cloud with IBM ... Providing highly secure private cloud environments for customers

To help its global customers build and test Java EE applications, Rudolph AG deployed a private cloud based on IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 class servers running VMware. The company can rapidly create complex virtual landscapes for customers on the reliable and powerful IBM ...
04 Apr 2013
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CADMOS accelerates supercomputing storage with IBM ... Deploying an innovative IBM System x storage solution with enormous bandwidth

CADMOS deployed an innovative IBM GPFS Native RAID solution based on the IBM System x GPFS Storage Server to provide efficient, reliable, high-bandwidth scratch storage for its Blue Gene/Q supercomputer. The solution can re-build disks 20 times faster than a conventional RAI...
04 Apr 2013
22.

Aramys builds flexible cloud-based solutions with IBM ... Innovating by deploying IBM systems to transform the business model and deliver resilient services

Aramys deployed an IBM Flex System solution featuring the advanced IBM Flex System Manager console for easy administration. The IBM solution provides a fully virtualized infrastructure that facilitates the development of new SaaS, PaaS and IaaS services.
27 Mar 2013
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Tracewell Systems offers IBM PureFlex capabilities beyond the back office ... Fitting powerful, scalable, efficient technology into a wide variety of environments

Tracewell Systems needed a next-generation, high-speed computing platform to help its military and commercial clients deploy IBM PureFlex technology in small and rugged form factors that fit into harsh or unusual environments beyond the back office.
27 Mar 2013
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Expro minimises business risk ... Increasing backup success rates to over 97 percent

Expro deployed Tectrade Helix Protect, a “backup-as-a-service” solution built on IBM technologies. Helix Protect combines the performance of an on-premise solution with the flexibility of a fully managed service.
21 Mar 2013
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Swiss retailer Migros spots consumer trends in real time with SAP HANA

The group’s central IT service unit, Migros IT Services (MITS), implemented SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse on HANA based on IBM System x3950 X5 Workload Optimized Solution to enable lightning-fast response to queries of its sales data.
21 Mar 2013
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Databalance B.V. - PureFlex client reference video

Cloud services provider Databalance removes constraints on growth by deploying a highly compact IBM PureFlex System, delivered with pre-integrated computing, storage, systems management and networking components, in rented data center space within just three days.
21 Mar 2013
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WIdO AOK gains a deeper understanding of healthcare trends ... Helping to deliver high-quality, cost-effective healthcare

WIdO implemented an IBM Smart Analytics System 2050 solution, a comprehensive, integrated and optimised platform for high-performance analytics that can be adapted and expanded at any time to accommodate changing analysis requirements.
19 Mar 2013
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Soon Chun Hyang Hospital augments its care experience ... Preparing scan results 95 percent faster with a smarter approach to patient data

Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital implemented an integrated medical records solution to deliver an excellent care experience to its patients - enabling the hospital to prepare patient scan data for physicians 95 percent faster.
19 Mar 2013
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Bonhams auction house banishes antique servers ... Improving reliability and control with IBM System x and innovative KVM technology

Bonhams, an international auction house, boosted its disaster recovery and remote management capabilities with IBM System x servers, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.1 with KVM technology, Acronis Backup & Recovery software and IBM System Storage DS3524.
15 Mar 2013
30.

Jet Airways India ... Advanced analytics helps enable rapid decision making for better efficiency and regulation compliance

Advanced analytics helps enable rapid decision making for better efficiency and regulation compliance
13 Mar 2013
31.

winnovation helps customers make better business decisions with SAP and IBM

winnovation implemented SAP HANA with the IBM Systems solution for SAP HANA. Reports that previously took hours now take minutes.
04 Mar 2013
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Databalance preserves its position as a leader in cloud hosting services ... Moving fast on opportunities with innovative solutions from IBM

Cloud services provider Databalance removes constraints on growth by deploying a highly compact IBM PureFlex System, delivered with pre-integrated computing, storage, systems management and networking components, in rented data center space within just three days.
04 Mar 2013
33.

Alchemy Systems takes service delivery to the cloud ... Supporting efficient operations with IBM technology

Alchemy Systems developed a versatile cloud platform, based on virtualized IBM® System x® 3650 class servers and the IBM Storwize® V7000, that supports a variety of hosted services, offered on a full SaaS basis.
28 Feb 2013
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Speicher M1 puts its business in the limelight ... With an IBM private cloud powering its end-to-end media asset management solution

Speicher M1 filled a gap in the market by developing a cloud-based platform for storing, managing and distributing digital media, built on IBM server and storage hardware, which provides integrated, cost-effective asset management.
28 Feb 2013
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Cyber Network gears up for growth in the cloud ... Deploying a scalable and flexible infrastructure from IBM

Cyber Network in Switzerland deployed twin IBM Flex System solutions in each of its Geneva data centers, incorporating IBM Flex System Manager software and IBM Storwize V7000 virtualized storage, creating a flexible private cloud for banking and financial services industry c...
25 Feb 2013
36.

Brocade ... Accelerates big data analytics with IBM

Through the delivery of solutions based on IBM and Brocade technologies, companies are gaining a cost-effective, scalable and high-performance big data platform to help uncover new business opportunities.
25 Feb 2013
37.

The University of Washington gains advantage ... With a high-performance, flexible, scalable IBM server and storage solution

The University of Washington deploys a high-performance computing solution using IBM BladeCenter HS22 and HS23 servers, IBM System x 3650 class servers, IBM System Storage DS5300 and IBM General Parallel File System to enable advanced research and aid in faculty recruitment.
20 Feb 2013
38.

Robert Heath Heating powers more flexible, strategic operations ... Supporting business growth with IBM systems

Virtualized IBM System x3650 class servers offer the flexibility needed to support a growing business. Smart IBM Systems Director software helps to lessen administrative burden on IT staff.
19 Feb 2013
39.

China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company surges into new markets with IBM and SAP

COSCO Net (Beijing) Co., Ltd. implemented SAP ERP applications for finance at its datacenters in China, Europe, America and Japan – consolidating COSCO’s business operations to the company headquarters.
14 Feb 2013
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Major Wall Street firm shrinks IT costs ... Increasing flexibility while cutting tens of millions in annual costs with IBM Technical Computing

A major Wall Street bank deployed a compute and data grid based on IBM Platform Symphony and 6,000 nodes of IBM System x iDataPlex. The solution matches the previous grid’s performance with just one quarter the hardware, saving tens of millions of dollars annually in CAPEX a...
11 Feb 2013
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VALECARD - IBM Client Reference Video

VALECARD sought a solution for disaster recovery, cloud computing and improved performance. After implementing IBM PureFlex System Enterprise technology, the company cut operational costs by up to 30 percent, delivered products on the cloud and enhanced overall performance.
10 Feb 2013
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CMC brings its revolutionary collections services to the UK market ... With a private cloud solution from Vissensa, based on trusted IBM technology

When Collections Marketing Center (CMC) prepared to extend its innovative collections management platform – FlexCollect – to financial institutions in the UK, the company worked with Vissensa to develop a private managed cloud platform, based on reliable IBM technology, to s...
08 Feb 2013
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Sogeti - IBM Client Reference Video

Sogeti sought an integrated, security-rich, demand-based and easy-to-maintain infrastructure that would help reduce labor and associated costs while speeding time to market. After implementing IBM PureFlex System technology, the company reduced costs and accelerated business...
05 Feb 2013
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Sogeti speeds time to market and cuts costs with IBM solution ... IBM PureFlex System technology helps reduce its five infrastructures to just one

Sogeti sought an integrated, security-rich, demand-based and easy-to-maintain infrastructure that would help reduce labor and associated costs while speeding time to market. After implementing IBM PureFlex System technology, the company reduced costs and accelerated business...
05 Feb 2013
45.

Eisai gains real-time control of global subsidiaries with IBM and SAP

Partnered with IBM Global Business Services to integrate its global business functions to a common SAP ERP platform, starting with Eisai Pharmatechnology and Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd. in India.
04 Feb 2013
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VALECARD slashes operational costs by up to 30 percent ... IBM PureFlex System technology provides cloud capabilities, high availability and disaster recovery

VALECARD sought a solution for disaster recovery, cloud computing and improved performance. After implementing IBM PureFlex System Enterprise technology, the company cut operational costs by up to 30 percent, delivered products on the cloud and enhanced overall performance.
30 Jan 2013
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Front-Safe A/S ... Reduces backup storage footprint by 30 percent with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager software

Cloud backup service provider, Front-safe A/S, reduces its storage footprint by 30 percent and power and cooling costs by 30 - 40 percent with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager software.
28 Jan 2013
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City Region of Eindhoven

A regional government in the Netherlands pilots a traffic-management solution that collects and analyzes data from car and road sensors in near-real time, providing authorities with critical information they need to quickly resolve traffic issues.
24 Jan 2013
49.

Agriauto Industries drives towards better business success with SAP and IBM

Agriauto engaged IBM Global Business Services to deploy SAP ERP, SAP ERP Financials and SAP ERP Human Capital Management applications supported by IBM BladeCenter, System x and System Storage technologies.
08 Jan 2013
50.

HagaZiekenhuis supports digitized healthcare with IBM technology ... Dramatically reducing costs by applying Smarter Computing principles

Dutch healthcare provider Haga replaced an aging IT infrastructure with a fully virtualized, mirrored solution based on IBM Power Systems and System x server technology, supported by System Storage devices and Tivoli software. The solution cuts floorspace requirements and ma...
04 Jan 2013
51.

IT-Informatik boosts competitiveness, cuts operating costs by 50 percent

IT-Informatik chose a full virtualization strategy, based on IBM® PowerLinux™ servers with IBM PowerVM® virtualization and Live Partition Mobility, to manage its SAP hosting services.
03 Jan 2013
52.

New Institute for Urban Planning of the Republic of Srpska ... Gains flexibility and reliability with IBM System x and innovative KVM technology

The Bosnian New Institute for Urban Planning of the Republic of Srpska chose a secure, scalable system including IBM System x 3650 servers, innovative KVM technology and IBM System Storage to protect its data and intellectual property and to increase employee productivity.
02 Jan 2013
53.

Werner & Mertz increased business agility by implementing a fully virtualized private cloud with SAP and IBM

Werner & Mertz relies on SAP solutions for business management. To achieve its business objectives, the company decided to bring its SAP systems in house and deploy a fully virtualized private cloud designed and implemented by IBM Business Partner c.a.r.u.s. Information Tech...
22 Dec 2012
54.

TelecityGroup Finland finds cloud is the way to grow ... Offering smarter customer services with help from IBM and ICT Group Oy

Leading Finnish managed service provider TelecityGroup Finland wanted to support business growth and offer its customers the freedom to provision their own virtual environments. The company implemented a private cloud based on an IBM Flex System, facilitating the creation of...
20 Dec 2012
55.

University of Groningen breaks new ground in scientific research ... With high-performance technology from IBM

The University of Groningen partnered with IBM® Global Technology Services® to build the Target platform: a state-of-the-art infrastructure for processing and storing vast amounts of data. The solution leverages IBM RackSwitch™ technology for optimal network performance.
18 Dec 2012
56.

i-Layer deploys a secure, high-performance, cost-effective cloud ... Using IBM BladeCenter, IBM System x and KVM virtualization technology

IBM Business Partner i-Layer deploys IBM BladeCenter and IBM System x servers running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with KVM technology to expand its IBM resale business to meet customer demand for secure, high-performance, cost-effective cloud solutions and hosted cloud serv...
17 Dec 2012
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Universidad de Cantabria supports the European scientific community ... With a supercomputing solution from IBM

Implemented a supercomputing solution based on IBM® System x® servers featuring Intel® Xeon® processors, IBM System Storage® devices and IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS™) software.
14 Dec 2012
58.

CANCOM IT Solutions finds the solution to growing pains ... Making savings and increasing productivity with IBM technology

CANCOM IT Solutions facilitated reliable access to its cloud services from all locations by deploying IBM RackSwitch G8052 technology. The company also implemented an IBM PureFlex System with Flex System x240 and p460 compute nodes connected via IBM Flex System Fabric switch...
13 Dec 2012
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Healthcare IT Solutions improves collaboration between healthcare professionals

Healthcare IT Solutions partnered with IBM to deploy a managed private cloud solution, based on IBM® System x® 3550 servers and IBM Storwize® V7000 storage systems, with IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager for backups. The solution could be easily scaled up to meet growing customer ...
11 Dec 2012
60.

Redstone enables sixty-fold capacity increase without expanding footprint

Solution provider Redstone expanded its data center capacity by sixty-fold within the same physical footprint by introducing a comprehensive virtualization strategy, based on a combination of IBM Flex System and virtualization technologies from VMware.
07 Dec 2012
61.

Jet Airways India

Jet Airways India uses advanced analytics to calculate and report aircraft emissions, enabling rapid decision making for buying carbon credits and allowances, avoiding fines and even grounding planes to comply with new European Union regulations.
05 Dec 2012
62.

Suffolk Life reengineers its IT to cut costs and promote growth ... Teaming with IBM to virtualize its data center and help secure a competitive advantage

Suffolk Life was running out of available floor space as well as power and cooling capacity in its data center, limiting growth potential. The business teamed with IBM Global Technology Services - Integrated Technology Services to reengineer and virtualize its server environ...
05 Dec 2012
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Rock-solid reliability with SAP Banking applications on IBM zEnterprise

Banks around the world rely on IBM zEnterprise servers to process critical business transactions. The reliability and performance provided by the zEnterprise platform translates into a better customer experience for credit card payments, ATM terminals, online banking and oth...
04 Dec 2012
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Peach John Co., Ltd

A retail and mail-order company for women’s apparel and lingerie uses a multichannel marketing solution to personalize its email campaigns, applying sophisticated behavioral analysis to customers to gain a comprehensive understanding of what they want.
03 Dec 2012
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Vissensa - IBM Client Reference Video

Hosting services provider Vissensa delivers million-dollar savings to clients through its Vissensa Solution Exchange platform, based on a fully virtualized environment of IBM BladeCenter, System x and Storwize technology, managed with IBM Tivoli software.
30 Nov 2012
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Battelle

This scientific institution is preparing the world for the advent of the smart power grid that delivers constant energy-pricing feedback to help optimize the system and better integrate renewable resources.
30 Nov 2012
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Helsana boosts efficiency through standardization

Working with IBM and IBM Business Partner WAREX AG, Helsana consolidated its legacy systems from different vendors with different processor architectures on IBM System x®3850 X5 and IBM System x3690 X5 servers with Intel Xeon processors as standardized platform to operate it...
27 Nov 2012
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China Merchants Bank New York branch ... Banks on virtual desktop infrastructure with IBM System x, Linux and innovative KVM technology

China Merchants Bank New York branch needed a secure, efficient way for employees to access two physically isolated networks while minimizing IT administration and expenses. An IBM solution helped reduce its number of workstations, save licensing costs, and speed storage per...
21 Nov 2012
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Töpfer GmbH boosts productivity ... New networking, server and storage solution improves overall performance

To support its new security solution and virtualized server landscape, Töpfer worked with IBM Business Partner Wittmann EDV-Systeme to implement IBM® System Networking RackSwitch™ G8052, IBM System x® 3690 X5 server and IBM System Storage® DS5324 storage technology.
19 Nov 2012
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Fragrance company fashions real-time insights on business and sales with SAP HANA

The company chose to implement the SAP HANA database, selecting the IBM Systems solution for SAP HANA based on IBM System x3690 X5 Workload Optimized Solution for SAP HANA, powered by Intel Xeon E-2870 processors.
14 Nov 2012
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Colgate-Palmolive selects SAP HANA to improve the speed of business analytics with IBM and SAP

Working as a team with SAP, IBM Business Partner Micro Strategies and IBM, Colgate is building a solution based on the SAP Accelerated Trade Promotion Planning application and SAP HANA.
12 Nov 2012
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CCR accelerates computations by a factor of 900 ... Improving the modeling of natural disasters with a solution from IBM

French insurer CCR needed a more powerful computational cluster to model the financial impact of simulated natural disasters, so worked with IBM to redesign its data center and deploy a cluster of 40 IBM System x3550 class servers, with an IBM Storwize V7000 virtualized disk...
07 Nov 2012
73.

Webb virtualizes and innovates with flexible infrastructure ... Providing a high-performance, cost-effective, scalable solution based on IBM BladeCenter with KVM

Webb, a Brazilian supply chain management company, faced growing software-testing demands and needed a new, cost-efficient infrastructure with improved flexibility and performance. By deploying an IBM BladeCenter with KVM solution, Webb saved significant costs, space and tim...
05 Nov 2012
74.

itelligence AG helps customers to react in real-time ... In-memory processing improves business management

Working with IBM and SAP, itelligence recommends and deploys IBM Systems solution for SAP HANA, enabling customers to experience the benefits of in-memory computing. Compared with traditional systems, the IBM Systems solution for SAP HANA increases performance of business wa...
05 Nov 2012
75.

endlessplace launches a seamless cloud backup service ... Harnessing enterprise-class backup technologies from IBM and Front-safe

The company installed IBM® Tivoli® Storage Manager at its UK data centre, and partnered with Danish online backup provider and IBM Business Partner Front-safe.
31 Oct 2012
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Marist College gets the most out of its cloud environment ... Efficiently providing advanced business analytics capabilities for education and research

Marist College needed a cost-effective way to provide analytics capabilities for education and research. Working with IBM, the college implemented an IBM SmartCloud solution that used its existing cloud infrastructure to deliver business analytics while reducing administrati...
31 Oct 2012
77.

Battelle ... Helping reduce energy costs and enhancing power grid reliability and performance

A nonprofit scientific institute in the United States spearheads a bold experiment in electric power conservation using IBM InfoSphere Streams software and the IBM Netezza High Capacity Appliance to test demand response supported by dynamic, demand-driven pricing models.
31 Oct 2012
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Cyprus Ministry of Health improves hospital services with IBM and SAP

The Ministry engaged IBM and SAP to implement the Integrated Healthcare Information System (IHCIS) – one of the largest healthcare IT projects in Cyprus. The solution combines the SAP for Healthcare Solution Portfolio running on high-performance IBM System x servers with oth...
24 Oct 2012
79.

Interface protects against data loss ... Transforming data recovery for business-critical applications with IBM technology

Interface moves to a dual data center concept based on IBM Power 740 Express servers and IBM Storwize V7000 disk systems to protect against data loss for business-critical applications, including the company’s Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne financial management environment.
17 Oct 2012
80.

Saint Gobain finds the right material for business growth ... With SAP and IBM

Working with SAP and IBM® Global Business Services®, Saint Gobain implemented the AGILE global template across company locations in Italy.
16 Oct 2012
81.

The Hartree Centre ... Helping the UK business sector harness high-performance computing and contributing to “grand challenge” science

The Hartree Centre’s mission is to help UK businesses take advantage of high-performance computing and to tackle “grand challenge” science projects. To this end, the centre is working closely with IBM to build some of the world’s most powerful supercomputers and provide supp...
11 Oct 2012
82.

The University of Groningen ... Pushes the boundaries of scientific research with a high performance computing solution from IBM

The University of Groningen partnered with IBM Global Technology Services to implement a state-of-the-art data processing and storage infrastructure for its Target project. The highly flexible environment delivers extremely high throughput levels and excellent resource utili...
10 Oct 2012
83.

Mahatransco transforms electricity transmission uptime to reach 99 percent with IBM and SAP

Working with IBM Global Business Services, the company implemented a comprehensive suite of SAP software on IBM Power Systems and IBM System x servers. IBM DB2 and IBM WebSphere Portal Express were also deployed. The implementation included the setup of a new data center and...
08 Oct 2012
84.

SLTN ... Reduces cloud and virtualization management costs with IBM SmartCloud Provisioning and KVM

Leveraging IBM hardware, software and storage technologies, SLTN can deliver new cloud services to clients in days and dynamically provision virtual machines in seconds
05 Oct 2012
85.

National Electronics and Computer Technology Center ... Provides scientific research and development for Thailand with high-performance computing

Thailand's National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC) required a high-performance computing solution to support a wide range of scientific research and development. NECTEC implemented a solution with IBM System x iDataPlex servers, IBM System Storage DS3000...
02 Oct 2012
86.

BookingShow finds the right ticket for a reliable online shopping experience

Working with IBM Business Partner H.S. Systems, BookingShow implemented a solution based on IBM System x 3650 class servers, an IBM System Storage DS3200 device, and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack software.
26 Sep 2012
87.

ARBURG gains efficiency – Standardization and integration with SAP on IBM zEnterprise

Selected IBM DB2® for z/OS® on IBM zEnterprise Server, taking advantage of the reliability and scalability of the IBM zEnterprise® 114 server, the IBM z/OS operating system, IBM WebSphere MQ software and existing platform expertise
24 Sep 2012
88.

Mahesh Sahakari Bank Ltd., Pune ... Gains nearly 100 percent data availability with IBM DB2 for 24×7 banking

One of the top 100 urban cooperative banks in India gains 24×7 availability of core banking data with IBM DB2
21 Sep 2012
89.

Financial Software Limited transforms service delivery ... With a dual-site, hosted private cloud solution from Techgate plc

Working with IBM Business Partner Techgate plc, FSL migrated its applications from physical servers to a fully managed private cloud solution running on IBM® System x® servers, virtualised by VMware vSphere 5. VMware Site Recovery Manager is used to protect the primary cloud...
21 Sep 2012
90.

PTT Public Company Limited upgrades to high performance computing ... Providing scalable performance and energy efficiency with IBM System x iDataPlex

PTT Public Company Limited, a large oil and gas company in Thailand, needed to upgrade its system used for running simulation software and needed to reduce typical simulation times. PTT deployed an IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 class server to add significant efficiency to si...
04 Sep 2012
91.

Proginov bolsters service levels for its hosted environments ... Investing in IBM Flex System to boost availability and performance

Proginov deployed an IBM® Flex System™ solution based on 26 IBM Flex System x240 compute nodes across two IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis, with IBM Flex System Manager and IBM Storwize® V7000 virtualized storage systems.
04 Sep 2012
92.

Goweb

Headquartered in Milan, Italy, Goweb is a business-to-business marketing company that specializes in designing innovative marketing products and services for the web. Recently, the company has been especially focused on developing innovative Web 2.0 solutions for its custome...
31 Aug 2012
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Medical University of South Carolina - IBM Client Reference Video

Medical University of South Carolina implemented IBM System x3850 X5 and IBM BladeCenter HX5 servers across multiple clinical environments, eliminating a clinical and financial transaction backlog and supporting better patient care while reducing costs.
29 Aug 2012
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Valogix LLC taps a new supply of customers with IBM ... Using IBM server hardware and middleware to support new cloud-based inventory management services

After years of planning, IBM Business Partner Valogix LLC wanted to launch new cloud-based versions of its inventory management offerings. The organization teamed with IBM to bundle its solutions with IBM servers and applications under a Software as a Service operating model...
24 Aug 2012
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Vissensa delivers savings to clients through flexible cloud services

Hosting services provider Vissensa delivers million-dollar savings to clients through its Vissensa Solution Exchange platform, based on a fully virtualized environment of IBM BladeCenter, System x and Storwize technology, managed with IBM Tivoli software.
24 Aug 2012
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Patronato De Liberados maximizes availability and security ... Moving to a virtualized IBM System x solution

Argentinian parole board Patronato de Liberados implements two IBM System x3650 class servers virtualized using Microsoft Hyper-V, to minimize the risks derived from hardware failure and mitigate against loss of service to the government.
23 Aug 2012
97.

TDC Hosting enters the emerging cloud market ... Offering new services supported by IBM technology

The company deploys IBM System x® 3550 M4 servers powered by the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 family rack by rack as needed to meet growing demand for services, supporting a mixed environment of Linux and Windows operating systems.
21 Aug 2012
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University of Oklahoma provides storage for academic research ... With a high-capacity, cost-effective archiving solution from IBM

The University of Oklahoma needed a high-capacity storage solution to support academic research projects and the immense amounts of accompanying data, including projects producing terabytes of data per day. The university selected an IBM solution that was both cost-effective...
10 Aug 2012
99.

Edith Cowan University looks into the future ... Planning ahead for student load and boosting student retention through predictive analytics

ECU commenced building a comprehensive data warehouse and deployed a suite of IBM Business Analytics software to support reporting, operational planning, and sophisticated predictive analysis. Support was provided by IBM Business Analytics Software Services and IBM Business ...
31 Jul 2012
100.

North Lincolnshire Council builds a resilient IT platform ... Accelerating backups by 66 percent with a solution from IBM and Tectrade

The council engaged Tectrade to design and implement a new disk-based backup architecture based on the latest version of IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager on an IBM System x3650 server, connected to an IBM System Storage® DCS3700 disk array.
30 Jul 2012
101.

Knauber Group modernises corporate management ... Flexibility and self-service for all departments with IBM Cognos Business Intelligence

Together with Knauber Group, IBM carried out a migration to the latest version of IBM Cognos® Business Intelligence. With the help of tailor-made dashboards and an intuitive user interface, about 20 professional specialists now manage all five Knauber Group companies.
30 Jul 2012
102.

Ping An Insurance lays the foundation for business growth ... Exceeding service level agreements by 20 percent with high performance from IBM System x

Ping An Insurance needed to improve its customer services – but its legacy hardware was holding it back. The company consolidated its distributed physical environment with virtualized IBM System x3850 X5 and System x3650 servers. Thanks to the new solution, Ping An has excee...
27 Jul 2012
103.

Usha International Limited reduces data load time 90 percent ... Deploying the IBM Systems solution for SAP HANA

UIL implemented SAP HANA software and selected the IBM Systems solution for SAP HANA based on IBM System x® 3690 X5 and x3950 X5 Workload Optimized servers.
26 Jul 2012
104.

SAPERION embraces cloud services to stay one step ahead of the competition

Berlin-based software development company SAPERION AG adopted an IBM SmartCloud Enterprise environment to support demonstration and test environments and as the first step towards delivering services to customers through a Software as a Service (SaaS) model.
24 Jul 2012
105.

EXA Corporation creates a secure and resilient private cloud ... Uses IBM cloud reference architecture, security solutions and HaaS

EXA uses IBM Security Virtual Server Protection for VMware and IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager to secure a hybrid cloud environment that combines external data centers and public cloud services.
30 Jun 2012
106.

LV 1871 cuts complexity and boosts performance ... With advanced storage and server virtualization from IBM

To support the rapid development of new services, German insurer LV 1871 virtualized its data storage infrastructure using IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller and deployed IBM System Storage disk arrays. This flexible solution increased capacity without increasing energ...
28 Jun 2012
107.

Housing Works ... Reduces backup and restore times by more than 90 percent

Housing Works reduces backup and restore times by more than 90 percent and expands the number of systems protected fourfold when it works with CHATR Data Solutions to implement a STORServer appliance based on IBM technology.
28 Jun 2012
108.

The Hartree Centre leads the way in data-intensive computing

To support both general computing and Big Data projects, the Hartree Centre deployed Blue Wonder, an IBM System x iDataPlex cluster comprising 8,192 Intel Xeon E5-2670 processor cores.
25 Jun 2012
109.

Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) - IBM Client Reference Video

Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) in Munich needed a new high-performance computing solution that could deliver superb performance while conserving energy to save costs. The IBM solution saves LRZ $1.2 million annually in energy costs while delivering 50 times more computi...
21 Jun 2012
110.

Astaro – a Sophos company implements easy cloud integration ... Connecting local and cloud solutions flexibly with IBM

Astaro implemented IBM WebSphere® Cast Iron® Cloud Integration as a virtual appliance to connect its local ERP system to its cloud-based CRM system. Astaro can now synchronise customer, product and sales data between the two systems seamlessly.
20 Jun 2012
111.

Bancoomeva

A financial organization reduces process time for loans to as little as 30 minutes by changing the game for how loans are processed—from risk analysis to verification and authentication.
19 Jun 2012
112.

Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) taps IBM ... For energy-conscious, high-performance computing research

Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) in Munich needed a new high-performance computing solution that could deliver superb performance while conserving energy to save costs. The IBM solution saves LRZ $1.2 million annually in energy costs while delivering 50 times more computi...
17 Jun 2012
113.

Anna Aluminium gains the capacity to grow ... Processing customer orders 94 percent faster with IBM and SAP

Anna Aluminium implemented SAP® ERP with SAP DBA Cockpit software and IBM DB2®, running on IBM System x® 3650 class servers with intelligent Intel® Xeon® processors, connected to an IBM Storwize® V7000 Unified Disk System.
07 Jun 2012
114.

Leading North American electronics manufacturer optimizes operations with IBM and SAP

The electronics manufacturer chose to consolidate its SAP applications to three IBM Power Systems™ servers, and virtualize other systems to an IBM System x® 3850 server running VMware. IBM DB2® provides information management for the SAP applications.
01 Jun 2012
115.

Hector Lariveé boosts infrastructure capabilities and uptime ... With IBM System x3690 X5 servers running virtualization software

Hector Lariveé needed a powerful, highly available computing system to keep their produce distribution business running smoothly - from order processing to shipment tracking to IT apps - and they exceeded these goals with two IBM System x3690 X5 servers and IBM System Storag...
15 May 2012
116.

Virtustream builds a cloud computing platform with a difference ... Based on smarter computing solutions from IBM

IBM solutions are at the center of Virtustream’s Cloud platform, including IBM® System x® 3650 class servers running VMware virtualization augmented with IBM Systems Director and an extensive suite of IBM Tivoli® software.
09 May 2012
117.

Macronix International Co., Ltd.

A leading semiconductor producer in Taiwan raises the stakes in the quality game, significantly reducing product defects and spoilage, when it implements a solution that can proactively detect and correct common production problems.
27 Apr 2012
118.

L&T–CASE engineers faster production ... With SAP and IBM

L&T-CASE chose to implement integrated SAP ERP software to manage the complete production and financial administration process, based on IBM System x® 3650 class servers.
18 Apr 2012
119.

Uberlândia Refrescos transforms operations with SAP and IBM

Uberlândia Refrescos wished to migrate to SAP software, the standard business solution for Coca-Cola companies. The company selected IBM BladeCenter technology for its SAP applications.
18 Apr 2012
120.

University of Leipzig accelerates medical research with IBM ... Advanced storage from IBM for improved research capabilities

The University of Leipzig deployed an IBM Storwize V7000 storage system to provide high-performance storage for infrastructure services and complex research workloads. The institute cut data loading processes by more than 60 percent, and the storage footprint by 25 percent.
09 Apr 2012
121.

Gompute harnesses sophisticated IBM high performance computing ... Driving complex simulations within the cloud

Gompute created a cluster based on 336 IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 M3 nodes to deliver huge computational power to its clients. IBM GPFS is used to ensure high-speed access to the large amount of data Gompute’s clients need to drive their simulations.
03 Apr 2012
122.

MASSIVE sheds new light on complex research ... Delivering faster data analysis and visualization from hybrid architecture

The Multi-modal Australian ScienceS Imaging and Visualization Environment (MASSIVE) comprises two IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 clusters with both CPUs and GPUs. The solution enables real-time previews and analysis of imaging data.
02 Apr 2012
123.

Television Broadcasts Limited ... A Hong Kong television broadcaster is using sophisticated analytics to analyze its station's viewers and greatly increase the effectiveness of its advertising promotions.

A Hong Kong television broadcaster is using sophisticated analytics to analyze its station's viewers and greatly increase the effectiveness of its advertising promotions.
31 Mar 2012
124.

Melbourne University and IBM fast-track health research ... Studying human disease with the IBM Blue Gene supercomputer series

The University of Melbourne deployed an IBM Blue Gene/P supercomputer, an IBM Blue Gene/Q supercomputer and an IBM System x iDataPlex, as well as providing key personnel to help Victorian researchers.
30 Mar 2012
125.

Cardinal Research Cluster takes flight at University of Louisville ... With a high-performance IBM System x iDataPlex solution

The University of Louisville implemented an IBM System x iDataPlex solution to power a diverse array of high-performance computing workloads ranging from cancer research to the development of new solar cell technology.
28 Mar 2012
126.

McGill University expanding the frontiers of science ... With an IBM iDataPlex and QLogic solution

McGill University implemented IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 servers as the foundation of a flexible, scalable high-performance computing facility serving researchers across Canada.
20 Mar 2012
127.

Sumerian accelerates the delivery of sophisticated analytics services ... Achieving consistently fast performance across a wide range of analytical tasks with IBM storage and servers

Working with IBM and Barrachd, Sumerian moved from a SAN architecture based on traditional disk systems to the IBM XIV Storage System platform, and replaced a pair of aging servers with new IBM System x3850 X5 servers.
09 Mar 2012
128.

SPCC provides an end-to-end design and build service ... With SAP on IBM hardware

By implementing SAP® Business All-in-One for Engineering, Construction & Operations on IBM® System x®, IBM DB2® for Linux, UNIX and Windows, and IBM System Storage® technology, SPCC has created a solution that combines decentralized end-to-end project management with central...
06 Mar 2012
129.

Dutch Cloud BV ... Delivers highly available, cost-efficient cloud services

Dutch Cloud supports sixfold increase in monthly revenue while keeping operational costs flat when it uses highly flexible and reliable IBM software, systems and storage technologies.
06 Mar 2012
130.

TCCT of Thailand relies on IBM XIV Storage

By selecting IBM XIV Storage System as its strategic platform for data storage for SAP ERP, TCCT improved performance by 20 percent while reducing capital and operational costs. The solution also reduces complexity, improves scalability and enables rapid disaster recovery.
26 Feb 2012
131.

Fairleigh Dickinson University makes the grade with IBM System x

This case study shows how Fairleigh Dickinson University worked with IBM to deploy three IBM System x servers featuring Intel Xeon multicore processors to enable a robust new data center with virtualization and disaster recovery capabilities.
23 Feb 2012
132.

Beckmann Technologies - IBM Client Reference Video

Beckmann Technologies and BlueLink Diagnostic Solutions creates innovative remote diagnostic tools helping to repair sophisticated automobile components with powerful IBM System x technology.
16 Feb 2012
133.

Hindustan Motors Limited increases performance by 75 percent with IBM and SAP

Working with IBM, Hindustan Motors refreshed its legacy HP infrastructure with IBM Power Systems and IBM System x servers to support the latest version of SAP ERP.
15 Feb 2012
134.

Beckmann Technologies creates innovative remote diagnostic tools ... Helping repair sophisticated automobile components with powerful IBM System x technology

Consolidated from more than 25 Dell servers to a single IBM System x® 3630 M3 server with two six-core Intel® Xeon® 5670 processors, 48 GB of RAM and 28 TB of disk.
14 Feb 2012
135.

Open Futures stays one step ahead of market competitors ... Using IBM System x and BladeCenter to power its algorithmic trading platform

Open Futures refreshed its IBM System x® infrastructure, adding 14 IBM System x3550 M3 and six x3650 M3 servers, each with two six-core Intel® Xeon® processors, plus eight IBM BladeCenter® HS22 servers.
09 Feb 2012
136.

The University of Bonn boosts genetics research ... With a high-performance cluster computing solution from IBM

Deployed a new Linux cluster on IBM BladeCenter® with LS42 and HS22 servers; implemented IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS™), two IBM System Storage® DS3400 disk arrays and an IBM System Storage DCS3700.
09 Feb 2012
137.

Medical University of South Carolina ... Alleviating performance problems with IBM System x and BladeCenter solutions

This case study shows how the Medical University of South Carolina implemented IBM System x3850 X5 and IBM BladeCenter HX5 servers across multiple clinical environments, eliminating a clinical and financial transaction backlog and supporting better patient care while reducin...
03 Feb 2012
138.

MacromatiX rings up smart IT growth ... With IBM BladeCenter H and System x

This case study shows how MacromatiX boosted the availability and uptime of its cloud-based retail services with a solution that includes IBM BladeCenter H and IBM System x using Intel Xeon processors.
27 Jan 2012
139.

Bishop Company drives up growth and profitability ... Building a smarter e-commerce platform with IBM and Zobrist

Bishop engaged Zobrist to implement eZcommerce, a complete e-commerce solution based on IBM WebSphere® Commerce. The system empowers business users, ensures long-term support, and provides scalability for future needs.
18 Jan 2012
140.

Gwinnett County gains award-winning insight into school performance ... With IBM Predictive Analytics solutions

GCPS deployed IBM® SPSS® Predictive Analytics software to provide insight into student and school performance, normalized to take into account the negative effects of indicators such as the proportion of economically disadvantaged students at a given school.
16 Jan 2012
141.

KÖTTER Services gets proactive with data center management ... Monitoring a heterogeneous server landscape with IBM Systems Director

KÖTTER Services has implemented IBM Systems Director and configured it to provide automated monitoring of components within its IBM BladeCenter, Power Systems and System x servers.
29 Dec 2011
142.

A Chinese municipal government delivers service in the cloud ... IBM WebSphere CloudBurst and IBM Rational help reduce data center overhead

A city government in China creates a private cloud environment to support its software outsourcing business and petroleum-related service providers when it works with IBM Global Technology Services - Integrated Technology Services to implement an IBM CloudBurst solution, wit...
28 Dec 2011
143.

Li Ning Sports Goods ... A sporting goods retailer in China transforms its website into a tool for capturing personal and shopping data, using this unprecedented visitor demographic and behavioral intelligence to launch precision-guided marketing initiatives

A sporting goods retailer in China transforms its website into a tool for capturing personal and shopping data with a next-generation IBM WebSphere Commerce-based solution. The solution allows the company to use sophisticated visitor demographic and behavioral intelligence t...
28 Dec 2011
144.

TerraEchos ... Streaming data technology supports covert intelligence and surveillance sensor systems

A U.S. Department of Energy lab needed to protect its critical environment and infrastructure. IBM and IBM Business Partner, TerraEchos, Inc., delivered a real-time, data streaming solution to detect, classify, locate and track potential threats to secure lab perimeters and ...
27 Dec 2011
145.

A EINS I.T. GmbH boosts reliability and legal compliance ... Software-as-a-service solution 21st Mall has become the leading e-marketplace for the IT industry

The company A EINS I.T. GmbH needed an efficient, legally compliant and internationally extendible e-commerce platform for its customers, without having to worry about the hardware infrastructure. 21st Mall hosts and runs the commercial platform from the IBM Computing Centre...
21 Dec 2011
146.

Burda Digital Systems gains flexibility, reliability and availability with IBM systems

Working with IBM and IBM Business Partner PROFI Engineering Systems, Burda Digital Systems implemented IBM BladeCenter servers and IBM System x3650 M3 servers supported by a virtualized storage solution based on an IBM SAN Volume Controller stretched cluster connected to IBM...
21 Dec 2011
147.

A medical device manufacturer spreads information to save lives

Major medical device manufacturer gains a competitive advantage and provides revolutionary improvements to cardiac patient care through a remote Patient Care Network. IBM Global Business Services is their innovation partner engaged in the design, development, and implementat...
21 Dec 2011
148.

Städtische Werke Magdeburg cuts storage costs by 50 percent per gigabyte

The company now operates an easy-to-manage, high-availability storage area network spanning across two sites. IBM Power Systems servers running AIX, and IBM System x servers running Microsoft Windows Server and Linux operating systems on a VMware virtualization layer, both a...
16 Dec 2011
149.

RSA – Italian branch of RSA Group ... RSA uses an intelligent and adaptive security intrusion prevention solution to decrease attacks by 40 percent and stop internal and external data theft

A major insurance company in Italy prevents data theft and gains customer trust and confidence when it engages IBM Business Partner HT S.R.L. to implement IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System solutions and an IBM System x3755 server running on the Microsoft Windo...
09 Dec 2011
150.

Chickasaw Nation Division of Commerce drives decision-making ... Supporting rapid growth with business analytics solutions from IBM and Kurt Salmon

CNDC deployed a range of IBM® Business Analytics solutions for financial analysis, planning and forecasting. It also harnessed an application built on the IBM Cognos® platform that provides specific insight into hospitality and gaming-related revenue areas.
08 Dec 2011
151.

Superior Manufacturing gets set to wipe the floor with the competition ... Using instant sales data to guide business decision-making

Working with IBM Business Partner One Point Solutions, Superior Manufacturing Group implemented IBM® Cognos® Express and integrated it with in-house applications built on its long-established IBM Informix platform.
07 Dec 2011
152.

Chulalongkorn University - IBM Client Reference Video

Chulalongkorn University Deployed 76 IBM® System x® iDataPlex® dx360 M3 servers with Intel® Xeon® processors and Mellanox InfiniBand high-speed interconnects, linked to an IBM System Storage® DS3500 with 24 TB capacity.
06 Dec 2011
153.

UM2 and HPC@LR create a multi-talented supercomputer ... With smarter computing from IBM

IBM Business Partner Serviware helped UM2 develop a highly flexible, first-of-its-kind supercomputer that unites four different processor architectures – each ideally suited to a different type of workload – into a coherent system, delivering huge computational power.
05 Dec 2011
154.

Chulalongkorn University accelerates scientific research ... With IBM High Performance Computing

Deployed 76 IBM® System x® iDataPlex® dx360 M3 servers with Intel® Xeon® processors and Mellanox InfiniBand high-speed interconnects, linked to an IBM System Storage® DS3500 with 24 TB capacity.
01 Dec 2011
155.

Oncor powers up storage capacity and flexibility, cuts complexity ... Provisioning new services in minutes with IBM XIV

Implemented nine IBM® XIV® Storage Systems, each with a full 79 TB of capacity, as the start-point in a scalable, robust, high-performance architecture that will ultimately handle up to 2 PB of data.
30 Nov 2011
156.

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol ... Smarter Planet Leadership Series Case Study: Smarter baggage handling helps passenger volume take off

As part of a broad transformation program aimed at increasing process capacity to 70 million passenger bags annually, Schiphol implemented a baggage management solution that can trace any luggage item through the pipeline in real time
30 Nov 2011
157.

Vestas Video ... Vestas chooses Infosphere Big Insights for a better tomorrow

Headquartered in Denmark, Vestas, the world leader in modern energy, selected InfoSphere Big Insights and IBM storage to build a wind library that ultimately will hold 24 petabytes of information about worldwide wind patterns; to help the company's clients choose the best si...
28 Nov 2011
158.

IBM deploys Tivoli Endpoint Manager internally ... Achieves a substantial reduction in endpoint security issues

Tivoli Endpoint Manager helps IBM remediate security issues across 500,000+ endpoints and save millions.
23 Nov 2011
159.

Chilean Red Cross (Cruz Roja Chilena)

A humanitarian organization in Chile reinvents the way it orchestrates disaster response efforts and gains higher levels of efficiency in mobilizing people and resources when it engages IBM Global Technology Services to implement IBM System x servers running Red Hat Enterpri...
16 Nov 2011
160.

Brown University studies the world’s scientific problems ... With an IBM System x iDataPlex and ScaleMP vSMP Foundation for Cloud solution

This case study shows how Brown University implemented a new high-performance computing solution which included 16 IBM System x iDataPlex servers and ScaleMP vSMP Foundation for Cloud, enabling new levels of research capabilities at the school.
16 Nov 2011
161.

Roland-Garros 2011: 26 years of partnership ... Smarter computing from IBM helps turn the simple action of hitting a ball over a net into an event that captivates millions of people worldwide

IBM solutions help to capture, analyze and distribute data on every aspect of the French Open. From scores to schedules to player statistics and serve speeds, a vast sea of data is captured and collated in real time for officials, media and fans, both in the arena and around...
14 Nov 2011
162.

Los Alamos National Laboratory ... Expanding scientific research with IBM System x and ScaleMP

This case study shows how Los Alamos National Laboratory implemented four IBM System x3850 X5 servers and ScaleMP vSMP Foundation to serve as a pilot program to enable new areas of scientific graphing research.
11 Nov 2011
163.

IHK-GfI boosts performance and delivers multimillion savings ... Optimizing response times and ensuring system scalability and data security with IBM DS8700

IHK-Gfl implemented IBM® System Storage® DS8000® series arrays and IBM ProtecTIER® to improve data storage performance and ensure greater availability, security and scalability.
04 Nov 2011
164.

Kantana Animation Studios - IBM Client Reference Video

Kantana Animation Studios of Thailand implemented an IBM System x iDataPlex system running the Intel Xeon processor 5600 series, a solution that enables the studio to leverage green computing to make a film about preserving the environment.
30 Oct 2011
165.

Farmers Cooperative Company - IBM Client Reference Video

Farmers Cooperative Company in Iowa used an array of IBM solutions, including BladeCenter S, BladeCenter H, HS21, HS22, HS22V servers and a System x3550 M3 server, to improve performance, storage and reliability across a highly distributed infrastructure.
30 Oct 2011
166.

Vestas ... Turning climate into capital with big data

A wind energy company in Denmark is reducing the time to analyze petabytes of data from several weeks to 15 minutes to improve the accuracy of wind turbine placement when it implements an IBM big data solution.
27 Oct 2011
167.

Kantana makes a green movie with IBM high-performance computing

This case study shows how Kantana Animation Studios of Thailand implemented an IBM System x iDataPlex system running the Intel Xeon processor 5600 series, a solution that enables the studio to leverage green computing to make a film about preserving the environment.
27 Oct 2011
168.

Farmers Cooperative sows growth with IBM BladeCenter

This case study shows how Farmers Cooperative Company in Iowa used an array of IBM solutions, including BladeCenter S, BladeCenter H, HS21, HS22, HS22V servers and a System x3550 M3 server, to improve performance, storage and reliability across a highly distributed infrastru...
26 Oct 2011
169.

IHK-GfI - IBM Client Reference Video

HK-Gfl implemented IBM® System Storage® DS8000® series arrays and IBM ProtecTIER® to improve data storage performance and ensure greater availability, security and scalability.
26 Oct 2011
170.

VWS Westgarth refreshes its server landscape ... Cutting-edge IT with IBM BladeCenter and Celerity

VWS engaged IBM Premier Business Partner Celerity to create a new infrastructure. It implemented IBM® System x3650 and x3550 servers alongside a fully loaded IBM BladeCenter® HS22, linked to an IBM System Storage® DS3500.
24 Oct 2011
171.

EDEKA Südwest gains flexibility and improves SAP application performance

Working with IBM and IBM Business Partner FRITZ & MACZIOL, EDEKA Südwest implemented 45 rack-mounted IBM System x servers and 100 IBM BladeCenter blades powered by Intel Xeon processors in two data centers to run 62 SAP application systems. EDEKA Südwest chose IBM System x38...
13 Oct 2011
172.

EllisDon constructs a mission-critical cloud ... With the IBM XIV Storage System at the heart of a virtualized VMware infrastructure

Worked with IBM to deploy a private cloud solution comprising IBM System x® servers running VMware vSphere virtualization technology, with virtualized data storage on IBM XIV® Storage System.
10 Oct 2011
173.

EllisDon - IBM Client Reference Video

EllisDon worked with IBM to deploy a private cloud solution comprising IBM System x® servers running VMware vSphere virtualization technology, with virtualized data storage on IBM XIV® Storage System.
10 Oct 2011
174.

Nihon Matai consolidates SAP applications from 20 to six servers, cuts costs by 30 percent

Using Microsoft Hyper-V™ virtualization on IBM System x3550 M2 servers to run multiple instances of Windows Server 2008 R2, it was possible to consolidate the entire former infrastructure to just six physical systems.
04 Oct 2011
175.

Pratibha Syntex chooses IBM for its SAP landscape ... Deploying IBM System x and BladeCenter servers to create a robust and scalable infrastructure

Deployed two IBM® System x® 3650 servers and seven IBM BladeCenter® servers, connected to an IBM System Storage® DS4700 Express with IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager for data backup and recovery.
30 Sep 2011
176.

Potsdam Institute for Climate Change fine-tunes weather forecasting ... With cloud-based solution from IBM

The Institute worked with IBM® to implement a turnkey solution that would improve performance and efficiency, whilst delivering scalability. The organization chose a multi-system hardware architecture, optimized for each workload requirement, to support the multiple environm...
23 Sep 2011
177.

Go Voyages sails in front of the competition ... With smarter computing from IBM

Go Voyages relies on a set of around 100 IBM® System x® servers to deliver front-office and consumer-facing web access to its holiday packages, linked to IBM Power® servers that deliver high-speed cache services and connections to all four worldwide travel reservation system...
22 Sep 2011
178.

Jadran Galenski Laboratorij ... By consolidating and analyzing both external market and internal planning data, this European pharma company gains a 360-degree view of its production environment, enabling it to predict and respond quickly to fluctuations and changes

By consolidating and analyzing both external market and internal planning data, this European pharma company gains a 360 degree view of its production environment, enabling it to predict and respond quickly to fluctuations and changes
16 Sep 2011
179.

Eurotours boosts email security and productivity with automated encryption ... COC IT-Services implements easy-to-use, flexible IBM Lotus Protector

Working with IBM Business Partner COC IT-Services and IBM, Eurotours implemented IBM Lotus Protector for Mail Encryption in a virtualised environment. The encryption solution enables Eurotours’ employees to communicate securely with all customers and business partners.
14 Sep 2011
180.

King's College London - IBM Client Reference Video

Medical researchers at the National Institute for Health Research and King's College London used IBM System x iDataPlex high performance computing with IBM BNT RackSwitch G8124 10 Gigabit Ethernet to more quickly analyze, store and archive vast quantities of data.
11 Sep 2011
181.

La Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM) ... UDEM is using an asset management solution to dramatically improve maintenance efficiency throughout its facilities, providing quick corrective action and a more effective allocation of labor

A university in Mexico implements an asset management solution based on IBM Maximo Asset Management and Maximo Mobile Work Manager to integrate updated information on assets, plans and maintenance orders and allow real-time interaction and information exchange between all ma...
15 Aug 2011
182.

Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute ... Leadership Series: Applying advanced analytics to better treat hereditary diseases.

SMART IS…Genetic insights gained through analytics. At the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute in Bologna, Italy, Dr. Luca Sangiorgi leads a team that is using the latest analytical tools to better understand the complex interplay of genetic factors in hereditary bone diseases.
05 Aug 2011
183.

CHT/BEZEMA realigns worldwide group reporting and consolidation with IBM Cognos TM1

IBM® Cognos® TM1® enables uniform sales reporting, exact planning and (in collaboration with elKomKons) financial consolidation for the CHT/BEZEMA group.
05 Aug 2011
184.

North York General Hospital ... A Canadian community hospital is using real-time analytics to improve patient outcomes and develop a deeper understanding of the operational factors driving its business

A hospital in Canada improves patient outcomes and develops a deep understanding of its own performance factors when it engages the IBM Software Group Lab Services and IBM Business Partners Connect CT and NewComp to customize and implement the IBM InfoSphere Clinical Analyti...
04 Aug 2011
185.

Bucheon City ... A Korean city is using intelligent video analytics to provide real-time traffic information to drivers, conduct traffic surveillance and improve city roads

A growing city in Korea gets a better grip on traffic volumes and incidents when it engages IBM Global Technology Services - Integrated Technology Services and IBM Business Partner Ilgeun Infra Co., Ltd. to implement an IBM Smart Vision Suite solution comprising IBM DB2 and ...
03 Aug 2011
186.

King’s College London Uses IBM BNT RackSwitch for HPC

Medical researchers at the National Institute for Health Research and King's College London used IBM System x iDataPlex high performance computing with IBM BNT RackSwitch G8124 10 Gigabit Ethernet to more quickly analyze, store and archive vast quantities of data.
22 Jul 2011
187.

The Chilean Red Cross improves disaster response ... Boosting humanitarian relief efforts with IBM System x and Lotus

IBM donated IBM® System x® 3250 M2 and IBM System x3250 M3 servers powered by Intel® Xeon® Processors, running Red Hat Enterprise Linux. IBM is also implementing Sahana and IBM Lotus® software.
22 Jul 2011
188.

Automercados Plaza’s ... Increases revenue by 30 percent with greater insight into operations

Automercados Plaza’s realized a nearly 30 percent increase in revenue and a US$7 million increase in annual profitability when it worked with IBM Premier Business Partner, IT Consultings, to deploy SAP and IBM InfoSphere Information Server software.
15 Jul 2011
189.

The Ruppigonia Solodorensis association enters a new online era ... Improving membership retention with IBM WebSphere Application Server Express and masc ag

The Ruppigonia Solodorensis association implemented a customised masc-ima web-based solution, designed and implemented by IBM® Business Partner masc ag and comprising IBM WebSphere® Application Server Express and IBM DB2® Express Edition software.
13 Jul 2011
190.

Korea Exchange Bank’s London Office improves disaster readiness ... With a Managed Resiliency solution from IBM Global Technology Services

IBM Global Technology Services designed and built a virtualised recovery environment in one of its UK data centres, enabling the rapid recovery of replicated systems and an easy return to the original production environment when the disaster scenario is over.
11 Jul 2011
191.

Koyou Lease Co., Ltd. ... This equipment leasing company implements an RFID tracking solution that enables it to configure new rental options and services demanded by its customers while improving revenue, reducing loss from theft and lowering safety-stock requirements

This Japanese equipment leasing company implements an RFID tracking solution that enables it to configure new rental options and services demanded by its customers while improving revenue, reducing loss from theft and lowering safety-stock requirements
30 Jun 2011
192.

HEROLD powers its rapidly growing information business ... With IBM BladeCenter HX5 and IBM System x3850 X5 servers hosted by IBM

IBM provided a hosted solution built on IBM BladeCenter HX5 and IBM System x3850 X5 servers, powered by the latest Intel® Xeon® processors, with the ability to ramp capacity up and down.
30 Jun 2011
193.

HEROLD Business Data - IBM Client Reference Video

Needing to deliver fast and reliable information services across multiple channels, HEROLD chose a hosted IBM infrastructure solution built on IBM BladeCenter HX5 and IBM System x3850 X5 servers, offering high performance and flexible capacity-based pricing.
30 Jun 2011
194.

Nattura Labs ensures high availability and reduces costs by migrating SAP Business All-in-One to IBM Power and IBM System x

Nattura Labs switched from an HP environment to two IBM Power servers and IBM System x and upgraded its SAP Business All-in-One software to provide a highly available, reliable and robust infrastructure. The IBM solution enables Nattura Labs to create a solid IT backbone and...
29 Jun 2011
195.

Gachon University Gil Hospital ... A leading hospital in Korea implemented a business intelligence solution that reduces drug-related risks for patients by using analytics to provide more accurate information for physicians—and patients

A leading hospital in Korea implemented a business intelligence solution that reduces drug-related risks for patients by using analytics to provide more accurate information for physicians—and patients
29 Jun 2011
196.

Eni S.p.A. ... The ability to analyze real-time market and production information takes the guesswork out of knowing which opportunities this oil refiner should capture to maximize revenue and stay ahead of the competition

The ability to analyze real-time market and production information with IBM ILOG takes the guesswork out of knowing which opportunities this oil refiner should capture to maximize revenue and stay ahead of the competition
27 Jun 2011
197.

Chinese Academy of Sciences - IBM Client Reference Video

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has created a cloud storage solution featuring an IBM XIV Storage System and IBM Scale out File Services. The solution combines high I/O performance and availability with easy management and low total cost of ownership.
22 Jun 2011
198.

Computer Network Info. Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences ... Robust IBM XIV storage solution empowers and safeguards China’s inroads in science

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has created a cloud storage solution featuring an IBM XIV Storage System and IBM Scale out File Services. The solution combines high I/O performance and availability with easy management and low total cost of ownership.
22 Jun 2011
199.

Medio’s analytics transform mobile data into business action ... IBM System x and Intel Xeon processors helps take the guesswork out of CRM

This case study shows how Medio Systems worked with IBM to deploy 60 IBM System x servers featuring Intel Xeon multicore processors, powering the company’s data-intensive predictive analytics solution and enabling it to be offered as a scalable and cost-effective cloud-based...
15 Jun 2011
200.

Höganäs reduces its backup window by more than 95 percent ... Enabling continuous data protection for key systems with a leading-edge storage solution from IBM and H2O Data

Working with H2O Data, an IBM Business Partner, Höganäs implemented IBM® Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack®. The solution enables Höganäs to perform frequent incremental snapshot backups of more than 80 VMware servers.
06 Jun 2011
201.

UM2 and HPC@LR create a hybrid supercomputer ... With IBM System x iDataPlex and IBM BladeCenter

Working with SERVIWARE, HPC@LR deployed a hybrid supercomputer based on 84 IBM® System x® iDataPlex® dx360 M3 nodes, four IBM BladeCenter® QS22 blades and one BladeCenter PS702 Express blade.
02 Jun 2011
202.

Institute For Applied Telemedicine (IFAT) ... Smarter Planet Video

Interview with Heinrich Koertke, Director, Institute For Applied Telemedicine (IFAT) Heart & Diabetes Centre NRW
31 May 2011
203.

The Argonne National Laboratory reaches for the sky with IBM ... Using iDataPlex to power advanced scientific research

Argonne created Magellan, based on 560 IBM® System x® iDataPlex® dx360 M3 compute nodes with Mellanox ConnectX InfiniBand networking, running three software stacks to test the viability of cloud computing for science.
26 May 2011
204.

Mamee Double Decker discovers the sweet spot for business control with SAP and IBM

Mamee worked with IBM Global Business Services to roll out new SAP functionality, most importantly SAP ERP production planning, to link up the manufacturing plants and their beverages arm. IBM also helped to roll out SAP ERP to the beverages plant in Kuantan, and implement S...
26 May 2011
205.

Creating more power in less space with smarter computing

Mac Guff transformed its infrastructure into a smarter computing solution designed to deliver massive processing power while being energy, cooling and space efficient.
23 May 2011
206.

Durham University gains new insight into the evolution of the universe ... Building an eco-friendly high-performance computing cluster for cosmology research with IBM System x iDataPlex

Working with OCF and IBM, the Institute for Computational Cosmology at Durham University designed and deployed COSMA4, a 25 teraflop cluster based on water-cooled IBM® System x® iDataPlex® servers with 2,640 Intel Xeon cores. IBM System Storage® DS3500 hardware provides 610 ...
06 May 2011
207.

Albaad wipes away international business management challenges with SAP and IBM

Albaad refreshed its server infrastructure, selecting IBM System x including x3650 M2, x3550 M3, x3550 and x3400 servers, powered by Intel Xeon 5000 series processors, IBM System Storage disk and tape data storage. The infrastructure runs SAP ERP solutions hosted, maintained...
28 Apr 2011
208.

City and County Healthcare Group consolidates servers ... Building a cloud-ready infrastructure with IBM System x and System Storage technologies

Great Benefit, an IBM® Business Partner, helped the IT team consolidate more than 30 HP production servers onto just seven IBM System x3650 servers, hosted at a Virtustream data centre.
27 Apr 2011
209.

IBM Poughkeepsie Green Data Center ... Achieving data center infrastructure efficiency (DCiE) of 84 percent

IBM Poughkeepsie Green Data Center achieves data center infrastructure efficiency (DCiE) of 84 percent when it applies IBM systems, software and technologies to reduce energy consumption and improve operations.
30 Mar 2011
210.

IBM positions itself as a cloud leader with a state-of-the-art data center

The IBM Research Triangle Park (RTP) Leadership Data Center in North Carolina is one of the greenest, most sophisticated data centers in the world. This state-of-the-art facility is engineered to help clients from around the world operate smarter businesses, organizations an...
29 Mar 2011
211.

Transforming demand generation, boosting responses up to sixfold ... IBM Unica empowers customers, accelerates key marketing processes, improves marketing performance

IBM needed to fundamentally transform the way it generates demand and manages customer responses and leads, accelerating its marketing processes, improving visibility and increasing response rates. To meet its goals, IBM implemented a new marketing platform based on integrat...
29 Mar 2011
212.

Edelia ... Monitoring energy usage in near real-time, via direct communication from Edelia, enables consumers to control consumption and reduce their carbon footprint

French energy services company launches a complex energy consumption monitoring and management solution that benefits both consumers and operators through remote monitoring of, and communication about, consumer energy consumption
25 Mar 2011
213.

Florida Tech accelerates research with an IBM iDataPlex solution

This case study shows how the Florida Institute of Technology, a leading science and engineering university, worked with IBM Systems and Technology Group and IBM Global Financing to deploy an IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 M2 as the centerpiece of its high-performance computin...
24 Mar 2011
214.

Prague Airport takes off with a new IBM Systems solution

This case study shows how Prague Airport, a leading transportation hub in central Europe, worked with IBM Business Partner AutoCont CZ to develop and deploy a new IT infrastructure solution that improved operational efficiency and business resiliency while reducing operating...
10 Mar 2011
215.

Acxiom transforms marketing services with the help of IBM

This case study shows how Acxiom created a cloud computing environment on the high-performance IBM® eX5 enterprise portfolio, a solution that enabled the company to retain key customers and capture new business as a result of outstanding cost/performance, rapid time to marke...
25 Feb 2011
216.

Architecting an IT transformation for increased business innovation

By integrating systems onto a single IBM Power® footprint and implementing systems management capabilities from IBM, GHY brought all of its IT elements together onto a single platform. GHY was also able to move from two separate backup systems to just one, minimizing the exp...
24 Feb 2011
217.

Go Voyages ... An online travel company in France upgrades its pre-existing IT infrastructure to support business growth, improve performance levels and attract new clients

An online travel company in France supports business growth while improving performance levels and attracting new clients when it updates its IT infrastructure with IBM Power Systems, IBM System x, IBM System Storage, IBM Cognos and IBM InfoSphere technologies
10 Feb 2011
218.

RealPlus accelerates online real estate listings service ... Gains 20 percent performance improvement with IBM Informix 11.5

RealPlus has had a trouble-free 25-year history running its applications on Informix. Working with IBM Business Partners One Point Solutions and Unique Systems, RealPlus today uses Informix 11.5 for high performance, reliable and hassle-free delivery of its real estate servi...
10 Feb 2011
219.

Casa Oliveira toasts greater business insight with SAP and IBM Global Technology Services

Casa Oliveira engaged IBM GBS and GTS to design, implement and host an environment based on SAP ERP, including Financials (FI), Controlling (CO) Materials Management (MM), Inventory Management (IM) and Sales & Distribution (SD) modules. The SAP ERP solution runs on five IBM ...
08 Feb 2011
220.

Cope Sensitive Freight makes inroads to a smarter freight solution

Cope Sensitive Freight of Australia owns and maintains an extensive national fleet of purpose-built vehicles. In providing clients with a level of service expected of a national industry leader, Cope implemented a distribution system based on an IBM Business Partner’s transp...
10 Jan 2011
221.

Unique Express makes inroads to a smarter freight solution

Unique Express is widely recognised as one of Australia’s most efficient and technologically advanced transport management companies. Underpinning much of Unique’s efficiencies is the Omnix Transport Management Solution running on an IBM System x server and the IBM Informix®...
10 Jan 2011
222.

Lord Grey School builds a dynamic infrastructure for thin client computing ... Running Citrix XenApp and XenServer on IBM System x and System Storage technologies

Lord Grey School deployed 18 new IBM System x3550 M3 servers and an IBM System Storage DS3400 disk storage system. Using Citrix XenServer and XenApp, the team built a standardised virtual server image that provides access to applications for up to 360 concurrent users.
04 Jan 2011
223.

American Crystal Sugar beats out costs with SAP and IBM

American Crystal Sugar implemented IBM XIV Storage System with 27 TB capacity, enabling older storage systems to move into backup and recovery roles. The company also upgraded to IBM Power 770 servers featuring IBM POWER7 processor technology. These IBM solutions support a b...
23 Dec 2010
224.

Murli Industries: Murli Cement builds better, faster processes with SAP and IBM

Murli Cement deployed a range of SAP ERP applications centrally to provide a single, integrated business management platform. To support the SAP applications and database, Murli Cement implemented an IBM System x3650 server running Microsoft Windows Server and a Microsoft SQ...
22 Dec 2010
225.

CIBER creates next-generation IT infrastructure solution for SAP hosting services

CIBER Managed Services GmbH built a dynamic Cloud Infrastructure for SAP landscapes, based on a combination of IBM server, storage, database, and system management software. The new storage infrastructure consists of the IBM XIV Storage System and IBM SAN Volume Controller (...
22 Dec 2010
226.

AP&S International sharpens semiconductor performance with SAP Business All-in-One and IBM

AP&S migrated to the latest version of its SAP Business All-in-One solution, deployed on an IBM System x3650 M2 server. The company then extended the application to encompass new components including customer service, sales and distribution, and warehouse management in multi...
21 Dec 2010
227.

A top US financial holding company ... Maintains compliance with FDIC regulations using a Smart Archive Strategy

A top US financial holding company quickly ingests and archives data from an acquired bank to meet FDIC deadlines and avoid millions of dollars in penalty fees when it implements a Smart Archive Strategy solution from IBM.
21 Dec 2010
228.

Marine Institute Ireland ... Putting real-time data to work and providing a platform for technology development

The project yields greater insight into the bay environment, as well as providing practical value—from understanding how water quality impacts fisheries to predicting hazard locations and more
15 Dec 2010
229.

Argonne National Laboratory - IBM Client Reference Video

To provide a test-bed for the applicability of cloud computing to scientific research, the Argonne National Laboratory within the U.S. Department of Energy deployed a high-performance cloud based on IBM System x iDataPlex compute nodes with Mellanox InfiniBand interconnects
13 Dec 2010
230.

Gabriel India Ltd builds a single platform for group-wide ERP with IBM and SAP

The company upgraded from its existing SAP Business One solution to SAP ERP 6.0, and migrated from HP hardware and Microsoft SQL Server to a fully IBM solution: an IBM DB2 database running on two IBM Power 520 servers and supported by an IBM System Storage DS5020 disk system...
07 Dec 2010
231.

Hungarian Meteorological Service improves IT forecast with IBM solutions

This case study shows how the Hungarian Meteorological Service, the government agency in Hungary responsible for issuing weather forecasts and warnings, replaced its legacy HP system with a comprehensive IBM infrastructure solution to boost processing power and storage capac...
02 Dec 2010
232.

Synthite tastes success with SAP and IBM

IBM Global Business Services helped Synthite perform a fit-gap analysis to see where existing processes could be enhanced by replacing legacy systems with SAP ERP. IBM then helped to implement a suite of SAP applications. The result is a fully integrated order, manufacturing...
01 Dec 2010
233.

POSCO: Forging a safer and more efficient workplace with intelligent RFID

With its new workplace safety solution, POSCO (South Korea’s largest steel maker) proved to be an industry pioneer by overcoming the formidable challenge of RF interference in a steel mill. POSCO’s RFID-based location awareness system can pinpoint an employee’s whereabouts t...
30 Nov 2010
234.

City of Cambridge: Saving millions through proactive infrastructure repair

The City of Cambridge, Ontario, is using a sophisticated work and asset management system to become more proactive in its efforts to maintain the city’s water, sewer and transportation infrastructure.
30 Nov 2010
235.

Acxiom - IBM Client Reference Video

This case study shows how Acxiom, a leader in marketing information services, cost-effectively expanded its cloud computing environment and virtualization capabilities with IBM System x3850 X5, an IBM ex5 enterprise system solution featuring the Intel Xeon processor 7500 ser...
30 Nov 2010
236.

NERSC creates an ultra-efficient supercomputer ... With water-cooled IBM System x iDataPlex servers

By choosing IBM System x iDataPlex for its new supercomputing cluster, NERSC was able to pack 3,200 processor cores, offering theoretical peak performance of 34.2 TFlop/s, into a small and thermally efficient solution. The water-cooled iDataPlex cluster is a net cooler of th...
19 Nov 2010
237.

IBM General Business, Switzerland ... SmartRep tool helps sellers target customers

A computer services provider in Switzerland improves business processes and client satisfaction when it implements an interactive Web-based tool application, running on a new IBM System x3200 server, to explore IBM products in a fast and interactive way
18 Nov 2010
238.

SCHWENK Zement builds its future with SAP applications, IBM DB2 and IBM System z

SCHWENK Zement migrated SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse databases to IBM DB2 for z/OS on IBM System z®, and deployed the SAP application landscape on VMware virtual servers on the IBM System x® platform. At the same time, SCHWENK implemented IBM System Storage® DS8100, usin...
09 Nov 2010
239.

IBM eX5 systems help Acxiom transform IT ... With 5th Generation IBM Enterprise X-Architecture

This case study shows how Acxiom, a leader in marketing information services, cost-effectively expanded its cloud computing environment and virtualization capabilities with IBM System x3850 X5, an IBM ex5 enterprise system solution featuring the Intel Xeon processor 7500 ser...
05 Nov 2010
240.

GfK Group - IBM Client Reference Video

This video shows how GfK Group, the fourth-largest market research company in the world, and Qosmos, a network intelligence firm, work together to measure and analyze data from millions of websites using the IBM System x3850 X5 featuring the Intel Xeon processor 7500 series.
01 Nov 2010
241.

GfK analysis spans millions of websites with help from IBM ... IBM Business Partner Qosmos leverages eX5 with Intel processing power to deliver scalability

This case study shows how GfK Group, the fourth-largest market research company in the world, and Qosmos, a network intelligence firm, work together to measure and analyze data from millions of websites using the IBM System x3850 X5 featuring the Intel Xeon processor 7500 se...
06 Oct 2010
242.

mypoint.com increases flexibility for adding services with IBM DB2

In upgrading its point royalty service website, mypoint.com found that its existing database platform from Oracle didn’t provide the flexibility needed to add new attributes and functions.
29 Sep 2010
243.

SCA Packaging ... Keeps production on pace with a new green and innovative data center

As part of a project to build a new packing plant, a European paper company deploys IBM software in a new data center to monitor and manage systems in all of the company’s 14 production sites
27 Sep 2010
244.

Fukuoka District Waterworks Agency ... Keeps the water running with automated asset management

Fukuoka District Water works Agency needed to develop water supply asset management system in a short term, and IBM Maximo which can improve facility/asset management and maintenance management was adopted to build this system
27 Sep 2010
245.

Swiss National Supercomputing Center ... Gains low-latency, high-bandwidth storage with IBM General Parallel File System

CSCS engaged IBM to build a centralized storage solution based on IBM General Parallel File System to support research on its supercomputing clusters. The IBM solution offers massively parallel read/write operations, and extreme scalability without loss of performance or ava...
13 Sep 2010
246.

Bluewater Power prepares for smart metering with SAP and IBM solutions

The company implemented a suite of SAP ERP applications on IBM System x3650 M2 servers with Intel® Xeon Processor 5500 series processors. Bluewater Power also deployed IBM XIV Storage Systems for data storage and management, with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager to handle backup, ...
09 Sep 2010
247.

MrMax Corporation ... Automated demand forecasting enables smarter retail operations

Discount retailer is able to compete more effectively, allocate store shelving space more attractively and with better profit, and automate and improve demand forecasting and planning with the implementation of IBM’s Category Profit Management (CPM) solution by IBM Global Bu...
03 Sep 2010
248.

Advanced Global Sourcing realizes rapid ROI with IBM Smart Cube

Advanced Global Sourcing enabled rapid, easy deployment of a new application development tool by selecting IBM Smart Cube, an all-in-one solution combining the openness of Linux with the performance of IBM System x.
03 Sep 2010
249.

Enemalta and Water Services Corporations ... Building a smarter energy and water system

A major electric and water utilities provider in the country of Malta selects IBM for a 70 million euro, five-year agreement to design and deliver a nationwide Smart Grid implementation.
01 Sep 2010
250.

Museo Poldi Pezzoli ... Personalizing visitors’ experience with a smarter use of technology

A leading house-museum in Italy provides online users and museum visitors with improved offerings while increasing the efficiency of its marketing initiatives when it works with IBM Global Business Services to implement a solution utilizing an IBM System x3550 server and an ...
31 Aug 2010
251.

General Solar Power (Yantai) Co., Ltd. ... Building a smarter production line with a Manufacturing Execution System

Solar technology manufacturing company ensures traceability and quality control in a new plant through real-time sensors in a Manufacturing Execution System implemented by IBM Global Business Services.
30 Aug 2010
252.

macys.com: Focusing on each customer as the brand goes national

Macy’s is laying the groundwork for customized content arbitration as well as more granular pricing and market strategies that increase margin.
30 Aug 2010
253.

Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC) ... Strengthens research collaboration to provide understanding of complex systems

A prominent research institution in Spain leverages powerful research collaboration capabilities and enjoys low energy costs when it implements a robust grid computing solution comprising IBM System Storage hardware and IBM System x technology running the Linux operating sys...
25 Aug 2010
254.

Controlar S.A. ... Connects vehicle owners with emissions data and the government over the Web

A vehicle emissions testing organization in Sao Paulo, Brazil, reduces pollution by building a dynamic, scalable infrastructure to connect vehicle owners with the government when it implements a new IT infrastructure based on IBM System x, IBM Power, IBM System Storage, IBM ...
23 Aug 2010
255.

Saint Michael’s Medical Center ... Improves patient care and reduces costs with real-time tracking of assets

A research and teaching hospital uses an IBM Real-Time Location Services (RTLS) solution based on IBM System x, IBM WebSphere and an ultrasound RTLS infrastructure from Sonitor Technologies to automatically track equipment, alert staff when the required level of equipment is...
19 Aug 2010
256.

CDC improves service level agreement levels by 98 percent

A shares and securities depository in Pakistan enhances the visibility, control and automation of its IT infrastructure to improve SLA levels by 98 percent when it implements an IBM Integrated Service Management solution.
19 Aug 2010
257.

Johns Hopkins University selects iDataPlex ... Increasing compute capacity for the Institute for Computational Medicine

Johns Hopkins University requires very high compute power for biomedical research. By implementing a 250-node IBM System x iDataPlex with quad-core Intel Xeon processors, the institution enabled critical modeling tasks to run up to 16 times faster and cut energy requirements...
11 Aug 2010
258.

Terna—Rete Elettrica Nazionale S.p.A ... Enhancing productivity and tightening security with unified communications

Terna needed ways to facilitate collaboration among remote employees and reduce travel costs. It wanted a solution that could authenticate, record and track phone calls within a control center to ensure security and comply with regulations. The company found a single, integr...
09 Aug 2010
259.

Reliance Security Group reduces IT costs and boosts security ... With a centralised infrastructure built on IBM System x

Reliance created a new central IT team, which worked with Great Benefit to replace the existing hardware with a new infrastructure built on IBM System x3650 M2 servers. The servers are held at a highly secure co-location facility, and can be monitored and managed remotely us...
04 Aug 2010
260.

Municipality of Venice ... Enabling smarter tourism

IBM launched a pilot of a solution called TagMyLagoon. It is based on IBM Human Centric Solutions open architecture framework, which allows users anywhere, anytime, to access information about tourist destinations, traffic and accommodations using their own wireless devices ...
03 Aug 2010
261.

COSVI - IBM Client Reference Video

Puerto Rican insurer COSVI implemented an IBM XIV Storage System with 27 TB capacity to support a new virtualized server landscape. XIV increased database performance by 30 to 40 percent while cutting costs, simplifying administration and improving storage resilience.
29 Jul 2010
262.

COSVI puts a premium on meeting customer needs ... With a complete virtualized solution from server to IBM XIV Storage System

COSVI implemented the IBM XIV Storage System, supporting dozens of VMware virtual machines running Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft SharePoint, plus SAP ERP and core insurance applications developed in house.
19 Jul 2010
263.

Latisys cuts IT operational costs by 20 percent

Latisys implemented an IBM System x iDataPlex solution, providing extremely high compute density within a single rack footprint, using VMware ESX virtualization for multiple operating systems to provide total flexibility across its Web architecture.
19 Jul 2010
264.

MDeC - IBM Client Reference Video

MDeC deploys an IBM solution consisting of the XIV Storage System, the System x iDataPlex servers and the Animation Cloud services. The solution marries the best of technologies and know how to provide more available and robust services to their customers
15 Jul 2010
265.

ConAgra Foods cuts infrastructure costs by 50 percent with IBM System x and BladeCenter

Worked with IBM and MSI, an IBM Business Partner, to migrate from legacy systems from UNIX to a fully integrated SAP ERP environment running on Linux on the IBM System x3850 M2 and IBM BladeCenter HS22 platforms, with storage provided by IBM System Storage N Series network-a...
14 Jul 2010
266.

OCH Regional Medical Center optimizes patient services with IBM XIV storage ... Exceptional cost per terabyte brings enterprise-class storage to progressive rural medical facility

OCH Regional Medical Center deployed the IBM XIV Storage System, supporting its VMware virtualized environment and Tivoli management software. XIV provides centralized storage and management of all its data, including PACS, Allscripts and other healthcare applications, and d...
14 Jul 2010
267.

Jegs enhances efficiency and customer service ... Transforming business processes with IBM Global Business Services

Supported by IBM Global Business Services, Jegs audited its IT infrastructure, analysed its existing processes, performed a fit-gap analysis and mapped out the requirements for a new centralised ERP system. The IBM team then helped Jegs to implement a Microsoft Dynamics AX E...
01 Jul 2010
268.

Finceramica accelerates the manufacture of surgical implants ... Giving neurosurgeons direct input into design processes with IBM WebSphere Portal

Tecla.it, an IBM Business Partner, helped Finceramica develop a web portal based on IBM WebSphere Portal technology that allows surgeons to upload patients’ CT scans directly into Finceramica’s 3D modelling system, and view and approve prototypes online.
23 Jun 2010
269.

GSI builds stores of value with SAP and IBM

GSI implemented a range of SAP solutions with assistance from SAP partner itelligence and IBM. Operations, maintenance and support are fully outsourced to hosting services provided by IBM Global Technology Services.
17 Jun 2010
270.

Yulon Motor Company, Ltd. ... Taiwanese manufacturer enhances its customers’ driving experience

A leading Taiwanese automobile manufacturer sets itself apart from the competition when it works closely with IBM Software Services for Lotus to develop a next-generation, online travel service platform supported by IBM System x, IBM WebSphere and Linux technologies
16 Jun 2010
271.

Röchling Automotive uses funding from IBM Global Financing to enable R&D transformation

Röchling Automotive is standardising its R&D processes, consolidating all project management and documentation into a single SAP cProjects system. Rather than divert cash from production operations to fund this important project, the company looked for other sources of fundi...
02 Jun 2010
272.

Iowa 80 fuels collaboration with IBM Lotus software

A trucking support services company in the United States increases collaboration while reducing costs when it implements a suite of IBM Lotus software solutions throughout its enterprise
26 May 2010
273.

Nieves de Chapelco better meets customer needs with real-time monitoring

Premiere ski resort Nieves de Chapelco encourages increased sales and increases the efficiency of its employees and resources with a new POS infrastructure supported by four IBM System x3200 servers and 25 Lenovo ThinkPad laptops
26 May 2010
274.

LEGO creates model business success with SAP and IBM

LEGO implemented the integrated SAP Business Suite, including SAP ERP Human Capital Management and other SAP applications, on an integrated IBM infrastructure built from IBM Power servers, IBM System Storage and IBM System x technologies and a suite of IBM Tivoli software, m...
19 May 2010
275.

Fiat Automotive Finance accelerates growth with IBM and SAP

To meet the twin challenges of growth and lean administration costs, all Fiat Automotive Finance's infrastructure management services – which include SAP BASIS support, server, operating system, network and database – are fully outsourced to Application Management Services f...
18 May 2010
276.

International construction company MEVA builds a super-efficient business with SAP and IBM

MEVA worked with IBM Global Business Services to create a single, centralized solution based on SAP ERP applications. The software runs on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on IBM System x servers, supported by an IBM DB2 database. VMware ESX allows MEVA to run multiple virtual s...
26 Apr 2010
277.

Ministerio de Hacienda de Costa Rica cuts 10 percent from tax management costs with IBM and SAP

The Ministry chose to implement SAP ERP 6.0 and SAP NetWeaver Portal running on IBM System x and IBM BladeCenter servers. Data storage is provided by IBM System Storage technologies, split across two data centers with data synchronization using IBM DS5300 with Metro Mirror a...
01 Apr 2010
278.

IBM Green Innovation Data Center helps developers build green technology

The IBM Green Innovation Data Center helps innovators build new green technologies using IBM energy management solutions.
29 Mar 2010
279.

Czech Institute of Physics boosts efficiency

Facing severe constraints on floor space, cooling and electrical power in its data center, The Institute of Physics of the Czech Republic selected IBM System x iDataPlex running Linux as the basis for a new compact and efficient supercomputing cluster.
05 Mar 2010
280.

FOX Broadcasting: Making room for HD with an IBM digital archive solution

FOX teamed with IBM to create a first-of-its-kind, direct-to-digital storage solution for HD video that eliminates the need for costly videotape recorders and media.
28 Feb 2010
281.

BUCHER MOTOREX Group extends its presence in international markets with SAP and IBM

BUCHER MOTOREX deployed ExpertPROCESS based on SAP Business All-in-One, and ExpertCRM based on SAP Customer Relationship Management, both from EFP Consulting, as prepackaged solutions on IBM Power Systems, implemented by EFP Consulting and installed on the IBM Power Systems ...
10 Feb 2010
282.

IBM clears space for new applications using cloud computing

By deploying a private cloud environment, IBM CIO Innovation Initiatives expects to reduce the time to migrate applications from testing into production from several months to as little as one day.
30 Jan 2010
283.

Krungthai Panich Insurance improves business efficiences and supports business growth with a new IBM infrastructure

Krungthai Panich Insurance in Thailand implemented an IBM infrastructure to support their new insurance software. Their solution included IBM Power® and IBM System x® servers, IBM AIX®, IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager, and an IBM System Storage™ DS4800.
18 Jan 2010
284.

Anderson University increases campus safety with better emergency communications

A private Christian university in the United States gains an affordable, scalable, pre-packaged and easy-to-customize emergency communication system when it works with IBM Business Partner Amatra Technologies, Inc. to implement an E-Connect solution built using IBM DB2, IBM ...
13 Jan 2010
285.

Graybar transforms performance with integrated SAP and IBM infrastructure

This brief describes how Graybar, with IBM as its infrastructure partner, migrated from its proprietary mainframe solution to SAP ERP applications and ultimately to SAP Business Suite 7. Graybar has taken a continuous improvement path toward fully integrated SAP applications...
11 Jan 2010
286.

Intertrust Services gains fast, intelligent and secure storage with IBM XIV

Recarta IT, an IBM Business Partner, worked with Intertrust to install an IBM XIV Storage System with three IBM x3850 enterprise servers at the company’s production and disaster recovery sites. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager software was implemented to back up data to two IBM Sy...
11 Jan 2010
287.

NetworkIP supports expansion with IBM Informix and System x

IBM Informix Dynamic Server 10 and 11.5 upgrade and migration to IBM System x hardware enabled increased efficiency, security, safety and cost savings
23 Dec 2009
288.

Skidmore Sales & Distributing Company increases volumes and accuracy with an IBM solution.

IBM Business Partner DPS, Inc. undertook the upgrade of the Skidmore production box to an IBM POWER5™ platform, with standard IBM software, including maintenance and support services.
22 Dec 2009
289.

IDS Scheer shows how virtualization dramatically simplifies a complex IT infrastructure

This paper describes how IDS Scheer has successfully deployed both server and storage virtualization technologies, achieving remarkable results in terms of increased performance and reduced total cost of ownership.
21 Dec 2009
290.

CLS: Revolutionising the way the world settles foreign exchange trades

CLS Group created a groundbreaking process for FX settlement, then partnered with IBM to design, develop and manage the global IT infrastructure needed to support it.
17 Dec 2009
291.

Uratex drives profitability with SAP Business All-in-One on IBM technology

Worked with SAP Value Added Reseller BayanTrade to implement an SAP Business All-in-One solution, initially at two sites and ultimately across the group, based on an IBM System x server, IBM System Storage and IBM DB2.
03 Dec 2009
292.

Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute looks for genetic insights in the family tree

Rizzoli engaged IBM Research to develop a first-of-a-kind pedigree analytics platform that integrates genomic data, medical images and family history into a powerful research tool.
30 Nov 2009
293.

Recology turns to IBM to help meet a short runway for designing, building and moving to a new data center.

Recology decided to explore new data center locations and contacted IBM Global Technology Services to design and deliver a future-ready data center
30 Nov 2009
294.

Recology turns to IBM to help meet a short runway for designing, building and moving to a new data center.

Recology decided to explore new data center locations and contacted IBM Global Technology Services to design and deliver a future-ready data center
30 Nov 2009
295.

Yamaha revolutionizes its business data analysis with IBM Systems Solution for SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse Accelerator

To support its new business plan, Yamaha upgraded to SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse to enable business analysis from a global perspective, and introduced SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse Accelerator, an analytical engine that increases data retrieval efficiency, which runs...
17 Nov 2009
296.

Biogrid Australia (led by Melbourne Health) accelerates cancer research through collaboration, IBM Information on Demand and GBS consulting services.

IBM Information Server—including IBM WebSphere DataStage, IBM WebSphere Federation Server and IBM WebSphere Business Glossary—provides the core toolset to help Melbourne Health integrate information through the BioGrid project.
30 Oct 2009
297.

China New Media Development Zone improves facility management and customer service with a wireless tracking solution.

China New Media Development Zone improves facility management and customer service with a wireless tracking solution.
30 Oct 2009
298.

Mayo Clinic helps radiologists pinpoint potential problems

Mayo Clinic worked with IBM to create new analytic algorithms and integrate them seamlessly into its radiology workflow.
14 Oct 2009
299.

Columbia County builds a scalable modular data center to improve availability, doubling IT capacity while leaving the same energy footprint.

An aging infrastructure threatens a U.S. county’s ability to scale for growth and meet an increasing demand for Web services. It engages IBM for assessment, design and building of a scalable modular data center.
29 Sep 2009
300.

Singapore Land Transport Authority maximizes ridership to minimize traffic congestion

Gaining insights into rider travel patterns enables optimization of fare and schedule structures to promote maximum transport utilization.
16 Sep 2009
301.

Marketec Targeted Solutions offers retail customers an intelligent couponing solution with help from IBM

With help from IBM, Marketec created a robust intelligent couponing solution that reads a retail customer’s purchases at checkout and prints coupons based on what the customer buys.
15 Sep 2009
302.

Alpine Electronics USA plans sales for next-generation mobile media technology with IBM Cognos and SAP

IBM Global Business Services leveraged its electronics and automotive industry expertise to design, deploy and manage a solution based on SAP Business Suite. Niteo, an IBM Business Partner, also helped implement IBM Cognos Planning, which captures data downloaded from the SA...
17 Aug 2009
303.

Siteco makes an enlightened choice with IBM System x and VMware for SAP ERP

To provide sufficient headroom for Unicode and SAP ERP 6.0 in its test and development environments, Siteco's IT team used VMware VMotion to migrate 50 virtual SAP and Oracle servers from the existing hardware platform to four new Intel Xeon 7400 processor-based IBM System x...
08 Jul 2009
304.

ESK cuts SAP application operating costs with IBM System x and VMware

ESK worked with IBM to replace its existing servers with 5 IBM System x3650 servers with quad-core Intel® Xeon® X5450 processors, running VMware Infrastructure Enterprise to enable server virtualization. 2 of the x3650s now run virtual servers for all 7 SAP application envir...
19 Jun 2009
305.

SpiceJet improves transparency and control with IBM Airline Office and SAP ERP

Working with IBM Global Business Services, the company deployed SAP ERP 6.0 for financial accounting, controlling and materials management, using the IBM Airline Office template to deliver a smooth and rapid implementation within just 12 weeks.
27 May 2009
306.

Atea cuts costs by consolidating to IBM System x and BladeCenter for SAP applications

Atea deployed IBM System x and IBM BladeCenter, eliminating older standalone Itanium-based HP servers, and migrated and standardized all databases to Microsoft SQL Server 2005. The company introduced SAP ERP 6.0 applications, as well as SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse and S...
27 May 2009
307.

Katorg selects SAP Business All-in-One with IBM System x and VMware

Katorg worked with c.a.r.u.s. IT to implement a new IBM System x 3850 M2 server, running virtualized SUSE Linux Enterprise Server environments with VMware technology to support an SAP Business All-in-One solution from Info AG. The company also implemented a new SAN based on ...
27 May 2009
308.

AISO.net: generating big savings by harnessing the power of data center virtualization

IBM provided hardware consolidation and virtualization with IBM BladeCenter® and IBM System x® servers along with IBM VMWare Infrastructure and VMotion software.
23 Apr 2009
309.

Maruhachi Muramatsu dramatically improves SAP application performance with IBM System x

Working with IBM, Maruhachi Muramatsu decided to combine the upgrading of its software to SAP ERP 6.0 with a hardware upgrade, choosing IBM System x3850, IBM System x3650, and IBM System Storage DS4700 as its hardware solutions – and achieving a remarkable improvement in per...
27 Mar 2009
310.

Highmark develops a strategy and governance approach to achieve the business benefits of SOA

Highmark needed to define actionable steps to achieve value from its investments in SOA. Recognizing that many of its systems were designed for employer-sponsored benefits, Highmark wants to position itself to differentiate based on personalized insurance offerings.
16 Mar 2009
311.

Con Edison drives demand reduction by promoting energy efficient IT

IBM, in partnership with Con Edison, is developing new energy demand management programs aimed at helping businesses of all sizes reduce energy consumption.
28 Feb 2009
312.

Carrefour strengthens customer loyalty and its brand with a new promotions strategy

Carrefour teamed with IBM and its partners to put in place a groundbreaking in-store promotion system across its supermarket and hypermarket stores—operated entirely by Carrefour—that enables the planning and execution of more targeted campaigns, with more rapid feedback as ...
20 Feb 2009
313.

Gruppo FIAT: Massive consolidation, minimal impact

IBM provided expertise, project management and best practices to help FIAT accomplish one of the largest IT migrations ever undertaken in Europe. Over the course of 18 months, more than 90 percent of FIAT’s IT infrastructure was consolidated into three state-of-the-art, IBM-...
20 Feb 2009
314.

Locatel builds global retail franchise with SAP and IBM

Working closely with IBM Global Business Services, Locatel chose the SAP for Retail solution, which includes both industry-focused solutions and general business and financial management applications.
09 Feb 2009
315.

Astellas Pharma: New capabilities made possible by IBM BladeCenter accelerate discovery of high-quality drugs

By implementing a high-performance computing cluster to support the drug discovery process, Astellas can streamline drug simulations and obtain more accurate results.
06 Feb 2009
316.

Centric iSolutions banks on Oninit and IBM Informix for CLiP iMessageHUB

Centric chose IBM Informix Dynamic Server running on IBM System x hardware, to support CLiP iMessageHUB, a SWIFT messaging platform for a major international bank. Oninit, an IBM Business Partner, provided the licences, hardware and implementation expertise, as well as 24x7 ...
29 Jan 2009
317.

Kliniken des Landkreises Lörrach enhances patient care and cuts costs with SAP and IBM

Kliniken des Landkreises Lörrach implemented the latest SAP applications and selected IBM DB2 running under Red Hat Enterprise Linux on the IBM BladeCenter platform. It also chose IBM System Storage and IBM System x hardware to support a new storage area network for clinical...
26 Jan 2009
318.

HANATOUR delivers quality, seamless service to its customers with a disaster recovery solution from IBM Global Technology Services.

Turning to IBM Global Technology Services, HANATOUR signed a business continuity and resiliency services contract that covered the creation and deployment of a disaster recovery solution.
14 Jan 2009
319.

Belarusian Railways transforms operations and reporting with SAP and IBM

Working with IBM Business Partner International Business Alliance (IBA), Belarusian Railways selected the SAP ERP application, implementing the database tier on IBM System z and the application servers on IBM Power Systems servers, in some cases with the latest IBM POWER6 pr...
07 Jan 2009
320.

Global cosmetics leader achieves operational excellence with SAP and IBM infrastructure

This paper describes the business decision process and the implementation of new data storage and disaster recovery solution for an operational unit within a global cosmetics, beauty and perfumes group. The paper looks at initial criteria, rollout, the existing and proposed ...
12 Dec 2008
321.

Credit Union Australia

The IBM solution implemented at Credit Union Australia included both Cisco hardware and PSL call centre software.
08 Dec 2008
322.

St. James's Hospital cuts inventory costs with SAP and IBM

St James's Hospital selected SAP applications as the solution to support its core financial and materials management processes. IBM Global Business Services helped St. James’s implement the SAP applications and enhanced hospital ward storage replenishment processes by introd...
03 Oct 2008
323.

OKI's partnership with IBM helps support continued business growth

OKI needed to support a growing, pan-European business with an efficient and robust infrastructure for SAP applications while aligning technology with future business needs. IBM provided a long-term strategic outsourcing solution to host, monitor and support OKI's infrastruc...
22 Sep 2008
324.

Forest2Market opens new revenue streams with a first-of-its-kind timber-pricing solution built with IBM technology

Working closely with IBM Business Partner Shared Vision Group, F2M launched a first-of-its-kind real-time timber-pricing system that provides accurate transaction information to timber buyers and sellers.
17 Sep 2008
325.

Cheshire County Council brings its social service agencies together to deliver person-centric care

Cheshire County Council built a new needs assessment solution that enabled its agencies to function as a single, “virtual” community of providers—and served as the nucleus of a process automation effort that has drastically improved the efficiency and quality of senior care.
09 Sep 2008
326.

UPMC takes healthcare delivery to new levels with dynamic infrastructure

UPMC is transforming its systems through consolidation, standardization and—most importantly—virtualization, which is the key building block of the dynamic infrastructure.
02 Sep 2008
327.

JUKI sews up integrated operations with IBM Systems solution for SAP Business One

Mitsubishi Electric Information Systems Corporation (MDIS) helped JUKI deploy the SAP ERP application for its head-office location. Lotus Business Consulting Co., Ltd. (LBC) helped to implement SAP Business One running on the IBM System x platform for JUKI’s domestic sales o...
14 Aug 2008
328.

Ringnes improves staff efficiency and optimizes its distribution processes when it teams with IBM to deploy an RFID solution.

Ringnes lacked a comprehensive logistics solution for tracking its large shipping volumes. Ringnes sought a solution that would provide the logistics data it needed to manage its inventories, coordinate its loading procedures and improve its efficiency.
05 Aug 2008
329.

Multivac finds SAP applications and IBM System i make the best package

This paper describes an implementation of the SAP Business Suite on the IBM System i platform at Multivac GmbH & Co. KG, Germany. It details the initial decision criteria, the implementation concept, the project schedule and rollout, the current hardware and software landsca...
17 Jul 2008
330.

Vistec achieves high availability for global SAP solutions with IBM System x and IDS Scheer hosting services

Vistec chose to outsource the hosting of its SAP applications to IDS Scheer, selecting two IBM System x3850 servers as the platform for both the SAP ERP solution and the SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse component.
02 Jul 2008
331.

Iberdrola Generación, SAU reduces costs and increases responsiveness with IBM FileNet.

Iberdrola Generación, SAU increased its competitiveness through an improved document management solution from FileNet. As a result, it enhanced its ability to manage, access and ensure the integrity of a range of business-critical documents.
17 Jun 2008
332.

PPS brings unprecedented flexibility to the South African insurance market.

Working in close collaboration with IBM Business Partner Silvermoon Group, PPS replaced all of its legacy systems with a completely new, modular application infrastructure based on the principles of the IBM Insurance Application Architecture (IAA)—the first end-to-end implem...
09 Jun 2008
333.

McGregor Industries adopts a new business model with IBM and SAP

Working with IBM Global Business Services, McGregor implemented the IBM Express Wholesale Distribution solution, a qualified SAP Business All-in-One partner solution. The solution runs on three IBM System x3650 servers and is supported by an IBM DB2 database.
12 May 2008
334.

Redecard goes to market with IBM and SAP

IBM Global Business Services helped Redecard design a new IT environment based on SAP ERP 5.0 running under Microsoft Windows 2003 on IBM System x and AIX on IBM System p servers. Day-to-day management and support is outsourced to IBM Global Technology Services and IBM Appli...
07 May 2008
335.

Automobile importer IM Group provides its highly skilled staff with an ultramodern workspace featuring sensor and actuator technologies from IBM and IBM Business Partners Cisco and AeroScout.

IBM teamed with IBM Business Partners Cisco and AeroScout to implement an IBM Location Awareness and Safety (LAS) solution. The system is based on Cisco hardware and AeroScout hardware and software, underpinned with IBM WebSphere® and IBM System x™ platforms.
01 May 2008
336.

Telenor pioneers a new way to bring the benefits of RFID to small and mid-sized companies.

Telenor teamed with IBM to create the first-ever hosted M2M offering. By creating a flexible, low-cost shared services platform, Telenor has drastically expanded the number of companies that can make a strong business case for offering M2M.
09 Apr 2008
337.

FAES enters new markets with IBM and SAP

FAES implemented a comprehensive suite of applications from SAP for manufacturing and business management, running on a single IBM System x 236 server. The solution provides full component traceability and a single view of sales and operations.
04 Apr 2008
338.

Bharti Airtel grows at a stunning pace by keeping its focus on the customer

Bharti Airtel's new platform provides a standardized framework for it to integrate its channels and customer-facing processes–enabling a more seamless customer experience, higher customer satisfaction and more profitable growth.
11 Mar 2008
339.

Global Data Vaulting delivers disaster recovery services for as little as 3 USD a day with IBM Tivoli software.

Through its Secure Managed Backup Service based on IBM Tivoli Storage Management software, GDV can offer companies a comprehensive disaster recovery solution for as little as 3 USD a day.
31 Jan 2008
340.

Fundación BADAN transforms Venezuelan healthcare with IBM and SAP

IBM Global Business Services and ISF Alpiz helped BADAN design and deploy a solution based around the SAP for Retail solution portfolio and IBM Lotus Notes, running on two IBM System x3850 servers. The SAP software manages stock levels, human resources and finances across al...
21 Jan 2008
341.

Pelzer creates sound strategy with SAP applications and IBM DB2 on IBM BladeCenter servers

Pelzer introduced a range of SAP applications supported by IBM DB2 software based on IBM BladeCenter servers under Microsoft Windows. Existing specialist and in-house applications connect to the same data sources, providing accurate information throughout worldwide operation...
03 Jan 2008
342.

Liaohe Oil Field accelerates oil exploration through high-performance computing.

Using a high-performance computing cluster from IBM, Liaohe can now process seismic data faster and can even analyze multiple areas at a time. The solution completes complex data processing jobs quickly, allowing the company to explore its oil field for potential reserves fa...
11 Nov 2007
343.

Florida State University Panama City puts experts and investigators "on site" at underwater crime scenes in real time.

UCSI teamed with IBM and Cisco to build a first-of-its-kind, Web-based, WiFi-networked communication and collaboration solution that enables observers—located anywhere with Internet access–to see and interact with on-site underwater investigation teams in real time.
19 Oct 2007
344.

Jebsen & Jessen SEA doubles performance and cuts 20 percent from TCO with SAP ERP 2005 software on IBM DB2 on IBM System p5

Jebsen & Jessen SEA engaged IBM to migrate its SAP R/3 4.6C software from Informix to IBM DB2. The company also replaced 7 HP-UX servers with 3 IBM System p5 servers, clustered using IBM HACMP. The SAP software was then upgraded to SAP ERP 2005, which runs in multiple LPARs ...
30 May 2007
345.

Pacific Coast Producers uses RFID technology to step up customer service and improve supply chain visibility

Pacific Coast Producers needed to respond to a major retail chain's request mandating that suppliers tag shipments with radio frequency identification (RFID) devices. The company opted for an inline RFID tagging system solution, fully integrated into the IT infrastructure.
09 May 2007
346.

Ministerium für Generationen, Familie: Helping young professional women succeed

To fulfill its vision of free-flowing community interaction and mentoring, the ministry deployed a flexible, simple-to-maintain communication and collaboration platform that helps program participants collaborate more closely, and gets needed information into the hands of pr...
19 Apr 2007
347.

Pay By Touch: Revolutionizing retail through biometrics

Pay By Touch implemented a service-oriented architecture that helps the company integrate the diverse systems of companies that it acquires while remaining highly scalable to accommodate strong customer growth.
15 Mar 2007
348.

Tracking World deters vehicle theft by deploying a robust, wireless tracking system built on IBM hardware and middleware.

Tracking World is a provider of vehicle management and fleet tracking system technology. Its innovative solution, based on IBM Business Partner WebTech Wireless’s Quadrant Enterprise solution, provides real-time monitoring capabilities that enable organizations to pinpoint v...
05 Mar 2007
349.

The Warehouse picks IBM in RFID trial that puts customers first.

In the trial, cases of product had RFID tags attached to them, allowing them to be located on a shelf top using RFID readers. As part of this trial, the solution provided a real-time view of where stock was in-store. IBM applied its RFID consulting expertise to develop this ...
09 Jan 2007
350.

The NFL tackles digital content challenges to build a foundation for growth and diversification.

The NFL engaged IBM to build a digital content management and distribution system that streamlined the way NFL Films ingests, stores, accesses and distributes its content.
22 Dec 2006
351.

Cavalier Telephone: Pioneering MPEG-4 broadband TV with IBM

To remain competitive, offer new services, reduce customer churn and enhance revenues, Cavalier Telephone has implemented an IPTV/Triple-play (video on demand, telephone, internet) solution, based on System x servers, IBM storage and applications from IBM Business Partner, K...
05 Dec 2006
352.

Co-Operative Bulk Handling slims down costs with mySAP ERP and IBM

CBH chose SAP software as its strategic platform for integrating information, automating business process workflow and eliminating paper-based reporting. The company chose to migrate to mySAP ERP applications on the IBM System x platform and a storage area network based on I...
22 Nov 2006
353.

ARTE: Creating art with a fully tapeless production system

IBM Global Business Services has helped ARTE to implement a tapeless production broadcasting system, based on IBM ADMIRA, IBM DB2, IBM 3584 LTO tape library, and an IBM storage solution, enabling it to produce 58 percent more programming, thus extending its broadcasting cap...
20 Nov 2006
354.

Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department wields innovation to fight fraud and inefficiency.

SBSD engaged IBM to build a highly innovative crime data management system whose automation, flexibility and security provide a quantum leap in effectiveness while providing a solid deterrent to fraudulent legal actions.
20 Feb 2006
355.

UCS Solutions buys into On Demand Business with IBM and SAP

UCS Solutions needed an IT infrastructure better able to meet customer demands while still offering high performance. UCS created a new server infrastructure that enables fully flexible resource provisioning through virtualization. Customers can now access additional resourc...
11 Jan 2006
356.

Global Data Vaulting helps clients secure sensitive information with data protection solution.

A policy-based data protection solution that enables companies to rapidly back up data based on business requirements and to quickly locate and restore that data when needed
20 Dec 2005
357.

BigWorld and IBM: Large-scale testing for online games

BigWorld provide a large test facility for developers of massively multiplayer online games with IBM Deep Computing Capacity on Demand
27 Oct 2005
358.

RenderRocket: IBM Deep Computing Capacity on Demand meets the future of animation

RenderRocket provides 3D rendering services on demand to companies worldwide via its Web-based service.
26 Oct 2005
359.

TGen helps bring breakthroughs to the bedside faster with an integrated clinical genomic solution.

TGen and partner Arizona State University engaged IBM Healthcare Life Sciences Information-Based Medicine to create a powerful platform to advance the translation of genomic discoveries into new treatments and diagnostic tools.
06 Sep 2005
360.

Iceland Telecom: ... Advanced IPTV and Video On Demand over a broadband network

To meet its customers’ growing demand for IPTV, Video On Demand and other new services Iceland Telecom has implemented a scalable, flexible and resilient platform for future users, services and content formats, based on IBM eServer, BladeCenter and TotalStorage and Thales Sm...
10 Aug 2005
361.

Syracuse City School District provides a lesson in reinvention through process transformation.

Syracuse City School District engaged IBM to create powerful tools to help it tailor teaching approaches to student learning styles. New wireless and broadband communications systems deployed across 35 sites provide a flexible platform for teaching innovations and help make...
09 Aug 2005
362.

Seoul Broadcasting System: Fulfilling a digital broadcast vision with IBM

Seoul Boadcasting System become the first broadcaster in Korea to go fully digital by implementing an IBM Digital Media Center solution
08 Aug 2005
363.

London Borough of Newham: Bridging the digital divide with e-government

London Borough of Newham implements an innovative, community-based services system offering convenient access to digital TV channels, Web and Internet services from existing TV sets based on a flexible, scal-able, open standards-based platform
05 Aug 2005
364.

Great Escape ... Vanguard has revolutionised computer-animated movie-making, using Linux to cut costs and break free of the Hollywood giants

Extracted from IBM "Vision" magazine (Spring 2005) for small and medium businesses; article is independently written by Crimson Publishing, in conjunction with Mark Pammenter of Alias, Tom Jacomb of Vanguard, and Richard McGuiness of ERA.
27 May 2005
365.

Tyler, Texas, Police Department turns to mobile video units from IBM and Coban.

Police department implements an in-car digital video capture, storage, management and retrieval system from IBM and Coban saving $50,000 in employee time and tapes.
31 Mar 2005
366.

Miami's PineBank increases customer traffic three-fold

PineBank increased customer traffic by 300 percent with an IBM end-to-end infrastructure solution.
02 Mar 2005
367.

METRO Group’s Future Store takes German public by storm – thanks to Wireless technology

Retail chain implements an IBM Wireless e-business Solution based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, creating a "store of the future" that optimizes product tracking and improves customer loyalty
16 Sep 2004
368.

Volkswagen's world-class procurement strategy produces breakthrough productivity gains

Volkswagen needed to integrate its information and processes to speed decision-making and become more responsive to a rapidly changing supplier environment. It's solution - an On Demand Workplace that includes an enterprisewide portal for employees and suppliers.
15 Jul 2004