As the role of information technology expanded over the past decade, data centers were forced to grow up quickly.
In striving to meet the demands of growth, data centers became complex, inefficient and difficult to manage.
Costs are growing at unsustainable rates. What's more, business are being forced to become more energy efficient in response to spiraling power costs and corporate directives.
It's time for a change.
You'll need a partner who can bring together proven capabilities spanning hardware, software and services. What you don't need is a vendor who relies on the same thinking that got us here.
IBM can help.
The new enterprise data center is an evolutionary model for efficient IT service delivery.
IBM clients are seeing results. By making use of this model, some have shown the ability to:
- Reduce energy consumption by up to 40 percent
- Reduce heat by up to 60 percent
- Reduce floor space by as much as 80 percent
- Cut back on system outages by 58 percent
- Triple asset utilization
- Provision new resources in minutes
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