Mainframe storage solutions
In order to ensure business continuity, mainframe storage solutions require advanced security capabilities to safeguard your organization’s systems from today’s pervasive security threats
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Overview

Cyber-resilient mainframe storage

An effective cyber resilience strategy starts with solutions that complement your current IT infrastructure. Integrated mainframe storage solutions provide cloud-native experience, encryption everywhere, cyber resilience, always-on availability and flexible deployment for businesses of all sizes.

Benefits

Benefits An effective cyber resiliency strategy for your mainframe storage lets you navigate today’s cyber-security threats and decide which storage functions you need to address those threats. Cloud native storage

Accelerate tasks associated with developing, deploying, and protecting cloud-native applications with Red Hat® OpenShift® and IBM® Cloud Pak® solutions.

Encryption everywhere

Extending the security and protection capabilities of IBM Z® and IBM Storage helps you protect 100 percent of your data across your hybrid multicloud.

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Cyber-resilient storage

Ensure your business can continue to deliver your mission-critical outcomes despite adverse cyber events.

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Solutions

Integrated mainframe storage IBM Storage DS8900F for fast, reliable and secure storage

Enterprise All Flash storage solution for mission-critical hybrid cloud environments, design to use data to build faster, more efficient operations and make smarter business decisions with privacy and security.

IBM TS7700 for ultimate data protection and disaster recovery

High performance All Flash and high capacity storage solutions to provide data protection and disaster recovery for your hybrid cloud with virtual tape or object store configurations.

Data resiliency for mainframe storage IBM Safeguarded Copy

Continue delivering your business outcomes despite adverse cyber incidents, and protect your data from being modified or deleted due to user errors or ransomware attacks.

IBM Transparent Cloud Tiering

Reduce CAPEX and OPEX by enabling hybrid cloud as an additional storage tier for data archiving, data protection, and disaster recovery with access to extended storage capacity.

IBM Tape airgap protection

Avoid widespread corruption of data due to malware or ransomware attacks with tape solutions that physically isolate data from a local area network.

IBM Storage Networking b-type

Upgrade your network with Gen-6 and double your performance capacity while serving data faster. Gain deeper visibility into analytics that support better decision making.

Case studies

Mainframe storage case studies
Bradesco secure banking Banco Bradesco is poised to meet consumer-focused, always-on Brazilian banking and insurance needs with an innovative, reliable, and secure platform. Read the case study

IBM helps make Puerto Rico resilient The Department of the Treasury of Puerto Rico deployed a continuous availability solution to maximize uptime and resume operations quickly if disaster strikes. Read the case study

Services

Evaluate the cyber resiliency of your storage infrastructure

IBM Technology Services has developed a Cyber Incident Response Assessment to help companies understand where they may have gaps when it comes to responding to and recovering from cyber-attacks.

The multi-phase lab services engagement includes a workshop, implementation services, and health checks that help organizations assess their needs, develop strategies, and deploy and configure solutions that support cyber resilience.

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Resources

Cloud without compromise

Transform applications and data with industry-leading data privacy, security and resiliency on a platform purpose-built for cloud.

Maximizing performance and security of replication solutions

Leverage IBM Storage with transparent cloud tiering and IBM b-type networking for mainframe backup, archive and disaster recovery.

IBM Storage Expert Care for IBM DS8000

IBM Storage Expert Care offers a simplified, standardized approach to service and support for select IBM Storage systems, helping optimize system availability and reduce costs.

Technology lifecycle services for IBM Storage

IBM provides support and services for IBM Storage products and solutions to help clients plan, deploy, support. optimize and refresh their IBM Storage solutions.

Next steps
Flash storage

Simplify hybrid multicloud storage with one flash platform.

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Tape storage

Employ one of the most secure ways to protect and confront cybercrime.

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