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The right cloud infrastructure is the foundation that enables clients to deliver on the promise of cloud. Thousands of clients around the world rely on clouds built on IBM servers and storage. These industry-leading solutions enable clients to:
- Improve efficiency
- Optimize people, process, decisions and assets
- Drive meaningful business innovation
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Moving to a Private Cloud? Infrastructure Really Matters!
Clipper Group paper outlines the importance of the IT infrastructure for private cloud environments.
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Storage helps EllisDon construct private cloud
Global construction company with 1,200 employees uses IBM virtualized storage for private cloud.
From mainstream to revenue stream
Rethink cloud infrastructure to profit from social, mobile and analytics capabilities.
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Stay nimble to adapt to customers' needs
Dynamic markets demand agility — and the power of an IBM SmartCloud infrastructure.
Honolulu empowers citizens with zEnterprise cloud
Honolulu citizens benefit from improved city and county services with applications they create.
Cloud-ready enterprise systems
With enterprise systems and cloud technologies, organizations are becoming more cost-effective, agile and efficient.
Cloud conversations led by IBMers
An ongoing conversation that provides a forum for discussion and debate on various IT cloud computing topics.
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IBM SmartCloud
Explore our cloud infrastructure solutions for private, public and hybrid clouds.
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Improve visibility, control and automation in your cloud infrastructure
Easily build and scale a private or hybrid cloud platform with integrated cloud service delivery and management solutions.
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Staging Deployment of Private Clouds
Read how technologies built on a common architecture provide a smooth upgrade path to private clouds.
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Sogeti clients benefit from IT consolidation with PureFlex System
IBM PureFlex System offers the agility, flexibility and reduced time to market Sogeti's clients need.
BinHexS S.r.l enhances services with PureFlex cloud solution
Italian IT services provider fashions cloud services with IBM for top shopping experience.
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Innovate within your business for less
IBM SmartCloud enables your business to reallocate resources - and reclaim a focus on innovation.
Connect to the global ecosystem to grow
Cloud infrastructure enables your business, employees and customers to securely share key assets and maximize collaboration.
Bari fishing industry's cloud solutions built on zEnterprise
The University of Bari partnered with IBM to implement a cloud infrastructure solution to help local fishermen better manage inventory and reduce costs.
Cloud business advantage calculator
Use the cloud business advantage calculator to see how an IBM private cloud can increase efficiency and accelerate IT services delivery.
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Workload simulator
Save money by evaluating your IT workload with our simulator.
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EXA Corporation creates a secure and resilient private cloud built on System x
Hybrid cloud solution from IBM helps EXA combine data centers, improve resiliency and reduce risk,
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GHY virtualizes IT environment with Power Systems
Customs brokerage services company saves with fully virtualized POWER7 infrastructure.
All clouds are not created equal
Private, public or hybrid cloud? A logical approach to cloud adoption matches the workload to the right cloud infrastructure.
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Create a new platform for delivering business value
With IT cloud computing, you can gather powerful customer data to deliver a personalized, meaningful buying experience.
China Telecom dials up competitive pressure with Power Systems
With cloud technologies, traditional telecom operator transforms into information service provider.
Entry cloud solutions
Boost productivity and speed time to market with affordable, easy-to-deploy entry cloud infrastructure solutions.
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Cloud financing with IBM Global Financing
IBM Global Financing spurs the economic value of IT cloud computing.
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Optimize your infrastructure
Learn how IBM Global Technology Services can help you create an agile cloud infrastructure.
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Adobe virtualizes business with IBM Power Systems
Learn how Adobe optimized IT to support an evolving business model.
IBM SmartCloud Enterprise
Enterprise-class cloud technologies deliver cost-effective Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS).
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Embark on interactive exploration of cloud journey
Take a cloud computing journey to learn more, and uncover better business value.
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Smarter cloud for service providers
Drive new revenue streams with flexible cloud infrastructure capabilities.
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Exec perspectives on Cloud video
IBM executives discuss how Smarter Computing approach provides IT infrastructure that is cloud-ready, data-ready and security-ready.
The power of cloud
90% of businesses are expected to adopt or deploy a cloud model in the next 3 years.
Driving business model innovation
Businesses using IBM SmartCloud can innovate without boundaries to deliver immediate customer value with cloud technologies.
Find the smart solution for your computing environment
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You Cannot Manage What You Do Not Measure
Posted By Henk Waanders
Like water from the tap or electricity out of the wall socket, computing power seems to flow freely from the cloud. Cloud computing is so (or too?) easy; you can go to one of the cloud service providers, use your credit card to sign up for a virtual server and there you go. Your only notion of having a server running somewhere comes when the monthly bill arrives.