Offering
IBM® Block STaaS brings you the excellent quality and performance of IBM’s FlashSystem into your compute center, without the need of CAPEX investment.
The IBM FlashSystem® family of data management solutions is designed to meet all of the enterprise storage needs and helps in reducing costs and complexity. All IBM FlashSystem family members combine the performance of flash and a Non-Volatile Memory Express® (NVMe)-optimized architecture with the reliability and innovation of IBM FlashCore® technology and the rich feature set and high availability of IBM Spectrum® Virtualize.
IBM Block STaaS offerings and expectations are:
- Hybrid cloud driven
- "Cloud Model" for on-premises and cloud
- Focus on outcomes and business value alignment
- Less IT and admin management cost to maintain and manage the lifecycle
- Move from CAPEX to OPEX
- Includes deployment, maintenance, and disposal
- Upgrade path
- Clear pricing terms
- Scale up or down
- Ease of payment terms