What is Smarter Computing?
Imagine an IT infrastructure that:
- Leverages the cloud to speed time to market and improve efficiency
- Unlocks the power of big data to deliver more actionable insight
- Provides security to protect critical information and reduce risk
You don’t have to imagine this.
It can be your reality with Smarter Computing.
Why Smarter Computing?
The majority of IT
budget is devoted to
operations and maintenance
Digital content will
nearly quadruple
by 2015
But with the right infrastructure, IT leaders can meet
these challenges while keeping their data secure.
How to get started.
As a CIO, you must identify how to:
- Speed time to market and improve efficiency
- Deliver more actionable insight
- Protect critical information and reduce risk
To be competitive, you must meet all three requirements―and
integrate those individual solutions into a cohesive whole.
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Software Defined Networking
Learn why Software Defined Networking (SDN) is the most exciting and disruptive data center networking technology in decades.
IBM Fellow and CTO Renato Recio introduces blog readers to SDN and describes its current state
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This whitepaper serves as an overview of the concept of SDN and highlights key benefits to its implementation
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Why does Software Defined Networking matter?
IBM experts explain why IT leaders should care about SDN – from the creation of new revenue streams to building open-standard environments.
Casimer DeCusatis, IBM Distinguished Engineer, counts down his top reasons why SDN matters
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Kevin Barnes of IBM Redbooks interviews Dr. DeCusatis about SDN
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How can IBM SDN technology transform your network performance?
IBM SDN technology can ease management of virtualized networks, enable cloud computing and reduce costs, among many other benefits.
Charles Ferland, IBM System Networking Business Executive for EMEA, talks about the benefits of SDN
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About SDN
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Why SDN?
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Posted by Renato Recio
The last session of Ethernet Summit posed several interesting questions to the panelists, which included: David Meyer, David Ward, Pascale Vicat, Recep Ozdag and yours truly. Now that Open Daylight is public I’d like to share and expand on some of the answers I gave last week at the Ethernet Summit.
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Posted by Doug Brown
In this increasingly complex environment, core business systems and consumer systems are both vital to businesses and cannot run on independent paths. CIOs and IT Architects need to evaluate their IT infrastructure in light of the need for integration of these two types of business systems and based on the growing criticality of customer-facing systems.
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Smarter Computing
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Client Success Stories
Watch videos to see how IBM clients are leveraging Smarter Computing
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Smarter Computing Digital Magazine
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Enterprise Systems
Watch and learn how to take advantage of cloud, data and security with IBM systems (03:29sec)
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Download the brochure
Read our brochure to learn about Smarter Computing (PDF, 1.98MB)
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Are you ready to compete?
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Upcoming events
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Join us at Impact 2013
Become a Smarter Computing VIP and learn the secret to being Ready Now. April 28-May 2 in Las Vegas.
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Join us at IBM Edge2013
Cloud | Data | Results. June 10-14, Las Vegas
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Forrester research webcast: Analytics in banking
Hear Principal Analyst Brian Hopkins discuss how to leverage analytics to drive profit and attract new customers.
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Join the "Smarter Storage for Midsize Businesses" webcast
Now available on demand
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