To succeed in today's ever changing business environment, organizations need workload optimized systems designed to provide the best performance for each specific task and to deliver the greatest return on IT investments. This brochure introduces the Smarter systems from IBM, workload optimized systems that are designed to be data-load ready. Applications, middleware, servers and storage are all pre-integrated, tested and configured—primed to deliver value from day one.

1. IBM
Smarter Systems for a Smarter Planet
Smarter Systems—
Taking a Workload
Optimized Approach
Integrating software, hardware and services
for better performance at lower cost

2. 2 Smarter Systems–Taking a Workload Optimized Approach
To succeed in today’s ever-changing business world,
organizations need smarter IT solutions that can efficiently
transform rising volumes of data, streaming in from numerous
“A workload optimized system can run
devices, into actionable insights. That transformation can what it’s supposed to run more efficiently.
involve multiple tasks, from processing raw data to analyzing Not all systems do the same thing in the
information, and each one places different demands on IT
systems. Rather than turning to general-purpose systems,
same way.”
which rarely deliver optimal performance for all functions,
organizations need smarter systems that are workload optimized, —Joe Clabby, President, Clabby Analytics
designed to provide the best performance for each specific task
and to deliver the greatest return on IT investments.
additional time and money to integrate and test. Even after
Benefits of a workload optimized approach
integration is complete, these systems may fall short of the
Designing workload optimized smarter systems brings together
performance achieved when systems are tailored for specific
the right combination of components, from silicon to software,
tasks. For many organizations, the financial and technical
in an integrated solution that is designed to address a particular
risks introduced by one-size-fits-all systems are just too great.
business need. They are pre-integrated and tested to ensure
smooth operation and reliability out of the box, and are
Smarter Systems for a Smarter Planet are workload optimized
supported by a full range of services from IBM. These systems
for specific business needs. These systems are not merely
can help maximize the value an organization receives while
bundled collections of components—they are innovative,
minimizing the time and resources needed for setup, training,
integrated solutions that capitalize on decades of experience
configuration and maintenance..
and an extensive product portfolio. They take into account
requirements for each workload, and they deliver the levels
In contrast, many “one-size-fits-all” systems fail to meet the
of reliability, scalability and security required by each
increasingly complex demands placed on IT infrastructures.
organization while optimizing workload performance,
They often include hardware and software components that
controlling costs, helping reduce risk and accelerating the
are unnecessary for target workloads, and they require
time to value.

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IBM leadership IBM software builds on that hardware foundation, helping to
IBM is uniquely positioned to provide smarter systems. For more solve the most challenging needs of organizations large and small.
than 40 years, IBM has developed and delivered systems that Smarter systems from IBM integrate application servers and
address specific needs across multiple industries. In designing, databases with analytics, business intelligence and other software
deploying and supporting today’s systems, IBM taps into a rich set to deliver optimized, streamlined software stacks. Plus, IBM
of best practices drawn from numerous real-world deployments continues to make significant investments in software, hardware
and interactions with a large community of clients, business and systems integration, including developing new software and
partners and services professionals. tailoring systems for specific workloads.
Smarter systems draw upon a vast portfolio of hardware, software Smarter Systems for a Smarter Planet
and services. From powerful, cost-effective x86 servers to large- Smarter systems from IBM are workload optimized and
scale mainframes, IBM offers a full range of systems that can serve designed to be data-load ready. As new applications emerge
as the foundation for a smarter business infrastructure. IBM and demands on systems increase, IBM is identifying key
system offerings include IBM® System x®, IBM Power workloads that can benefit from a more tightly integrated and
Systems™ and IBM System z®, plus IBM System Storage®, tuned system approach, where applications, middleware,
which help deliver the price/performance, reliability and servers and storage are all pre-integrated, tested and
scalability that organizations need. configured—primed to deliver value from day one. IBM
offers deployment, health-check and premium support
services to help ensure that the solutions operate as they
“IBM is no slouch when it comes to marrying should, from the moment they are set up through the
solution’s entire life cycle.
its systems and software...and the company
arguably boasts a broader array of Business intelligence and analytics
components with which to offer a choice of The IBM Smart Analytics System, which is optimized
for analytical workloads, enables you to rapidly deploy
integrated systems.” comprehensive IBM business analytics. It is built on a
powerful IBM server, storage and data management
—Matt Aslett, Senior Analyst, The 451 Group platform that integrates leading data warehouse, business
reporting and analytics capabilities.

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reducing the need for extra staff and in-depth expertise for
implementation, tuning and maintenance. Working with a
“IBM has announced new pre-integrated single vendor also helps simplify acquisition, implementation
and purpose-optimized systems aimed at and support processes.
specific large-scale analytic and transactional Transaction processing and database
data processing workloads.This isn’t new Designed for businesses that run online transaction processing
technology; rather, it’s a smarter way of (OLTP) applications on distributed systems, IBM pureScale™
Application System integrates powerful IBM hardware with
pulling together IBM software, hardware IBM WebSphere® Application Server and IBM DB2 pureScale
and services.” software to achieve near-limitless database scalability. By
spreading the workload across multiple servers in the cluster,
—Madan Sheina, Principal Analyst, Ovum pureScale Application System also helps ensure 24x7 continuous
availability to keep transactions flowing during planned or
unplanned maintenance.
The Smart Analytics System is designed to deliver insights WebSphere Application Server provides an innovative,
for capturing new opportunities and gaining competitive high-performance foundation that exploits massive parallelism
advantage. For example, retail organizations can create to drive more responsive business applications and processes.
targeted marketing campaigns by analyzing customer data; DB2 pureScale enables organizations to scale rapidly and
financial institutions can assess loan risks by evaluating incrementally to accommodate seasonal demand or longer-
previous outcomes; and medical researchers can identify term growth without requiring massive expenditures or
disease risk factors by synthesizing results from large complex application tuning.
quantities of imaging data.
Business process management
As a preconfigured solution, the Smart Analytics System For many organizations, managing a wide array of business
facilitates rapid deployment, enabling organizations to get processes is costly and time consuming. IBM offers a suite
to work in days, not months. It also can lower costs by of solutions and services designed to enhance the efficiency of

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business process management (BPM) and reduce costs by platform with the new eX5 architecture supports significantly
improving visibility into processes, discovering new areas for larger memory configurations, allowing more virtual machines
optimization and automating tasks. on each host. This enables you to optimize the resources for
specific workloads, helping to reduce the hardware footprint,
Case management workloads can benefit from these solutions. decrease costs and ensure application security. With IBM Power
Organizations in law, financial services, insurance, the public Systems environments, organizations can capitalize on IBM
sector and other fields can adopt solutions optimized for PowerVM™ virtualization technology to consolidate hardware
processing claims, loans, contracts, audits or benefits. The while maintaining complete distinct, secure and optimized
IBM Advanced Case Management strategy includes business environments for a range of workloads. IBM Enterprise Linux®
intelligence, analytics and content management software Server virtualization software can help virtualize IBM System z
to help improve customer service, capitalize on cross- and environments, maximizing virtual server performance while
up-selling opportunities, automate processes to save time simplifying management. And IBM WebSphere Virtual
and money and close cases faster. Enterprise helps lower operational costs and increase application
availability through application infrastructure virtualization
Infrastructure applications anchored in policy-based workload management and proactive
IBM virtualization with Integrated Service Management helps application health management.
improve business agility and facilitate the deployment of smarter
systems while consolidating hardware and reducing costs.
A competitive edge for a Smarter Planet
Technologies from IBM and IBM Business Partners help ensure
Whether an organization needs to uncover hidden insights in
that workloads continue to deliver outstanding performance,
tremendous volumes of data, accommodate a rising number of
availability and security while reducing power, cooling, floor
online transactions or manage expanding case loads, it will
space and administration costs.
benefit from systems designed for the unique requirements of its
workload. By tailoring systems to specific tasks, organizations
For the x86 environment, IBM supports various hypervisor
can deliver exceptional performance while helping to increase
technologies including VMware, Microsoft® Hyper-V and
IT efficiency, maximize the value of investments and provide a
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM). The IBM System x
competitive edge for a Smarter Planet.

6. For more information
To learn more about Smarter Systems for a Smarter Planet,
visit ibm.com/systems/smarter
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