Managed Hosting - Services Anywhere

• Acquire the capabilities of a fully managed IBM operation without relocating
• Retain the level of control you want over your hosting environment
• Gain access to critical IT skills without the high costs of training and retention
• Reduce the need for large capital expenditures
• Refocus technical staff on your core business instead of day-to-day hosting issues

The first managed hosting solution of its kind

Services Anywhere is the first managed hosting solution to offer you the performance benefits of a managed hosting environment in your own hosting facility. No matter where your current hosting operation resides - your premises or a third-party facility- you gain the service capabilities of a fully managed IBM hosting environment. Whether you have one server or hundred of servers, your hosting facility becomes a satellite IBM e-business Hosting™ Center capable of receiving the same array of performance, monitoring and other management services remotely. As an IBM e-business on demand™ offering, Services Anywhere makes it possible to acquire our standardised business processes and applications over the network as a service.

Services Anywhere is made possible through the deployment of a dedicated IBM cabinet infrastructure installed at your hosting facility or a link to the shared infrastructure at an IBM central management site. You choose the solution that best fits your budgetary and business requirements. The IBM cabinet infrastructure functions the same regardless of the solution you choose, enabling IBM management services to be delivered directly to your hosting facility from our central management site.

Key features

Services Anywhere offers a number of advantages over other managed hosting solutions:

• Fully managedhosting without a physical move. Expand your hosting operation, implement new capabilities and upgrade the performance of your hosting infrastructure and Web applications without moving to a hosting provider's facility and without disrupting current business operations.
• Service flexibility. Pick the managed hosting services you need from IBM's extensive portfolio. Services Anywhere solutions are made to order, allowing you to handpick the management services you need to satisfy current business and financial requirements. Delivery via the network enables services to be dispatched quickly, on demand. As business needs change, new services can be added easily.
• In-house control. Retain control of the hosting environment that supports your mission-critical - and often, proprietary - Web applications, and keep your servers close to home. Gain the level of support you need with firsthand access to IBM expertise and IT skills that may be in short supply internally.
• Rapid implementation. Keep your current hosting infrastructure. Services Anywhere is not dependent on a particular technology or hardware platform so there is no need to switch platforms - or send your technical personnel for retraining. IBM's simple design and remote cabinet, plus your Internet connectivity, can have you up and running quickly.

Our modular approach is unique in the industry

IBM e-business Hosting offers a flexible array of services that can grow with your business. Whatever your needs, IBM will work with you to create a cost-effective e-business solution.