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Are you under intense pressure from business executives to reduce IT spending while dealing with increasing demand on IT? Though these goals may seem mutually exclusive, they can, in fact, both be achieved through data center optimization.


Data center managers face the challenge of focusing their staff on strategically critical projects while supporting day-to-day tasks. By partnering with Managed IT Services from IBM, you can free your IT team to support more important tasks. IBM managed and cloud-based services can help ensure availability, improve efficiency and security. Managed Security Services with real-time security intelligence and analytics are already helping more than 4,000 organizations worldwide reduce risk and stay ahead of security threats.

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Integrated data center management offerings

IBM Managed Security Services uses analytics-based services to deliver the expertise, tools and infrastructure you need to secure your information assets from Internet attacks 24/7/365, often at a fraction of the cost of in-house security resources.

IBM Smart Business Storage Cloud can help simply your infrastructure by using storage consolidation and a high-performance, virtualized solution.

IBM SmartCloud Enterprise can help you reduce capital expenses, reduce test cycle times and achieve savings of up to 50 percent, with typical payback within 12 months.*

IBM Server Managed Services can help you create a collaborative computing environment to support your business goals. Three customizable service levels enable you to pay for only the services you need.

IBM Storage and Data Services simplify storage and data management while enabling business growth and innovation

IBM Tivoli Live offers high-level service management capabilities without requiring new hardware purchases or new software licenses, and is available as a monthly subscription.

*Based on results from IBM's Technology Adoption Program. Results vary depending on the client's existing environment. Final results can be ascertained only after a return on investment analysis.

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Server

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Storage and data

Your first step to an efficient information infrastructure

Site and facilities

Plan, design and build flexible, cost-effective and energy efficient data centers and facilities

Networking

Design, implement and manage integrated communications and networking environments to drive collaboration, business flexibility and growth

Cloud computing

By deploying technology as a service, you give users access only to theresources they need for a particular task.