Business and technology are evolving. It’s time to rise to the challenge by building an IT infrastructure that innovates for a better tomorrow while making your enterprise smarter today. You can be tomorrow-ready today with a foundation built on enterprise systems from IBM. These systems include servers, storage and software that are designed for cloud, data and security, to provide the efficiency, agility and scalability to grow no matter what tomorrow brings.

Enterprises are facing new challenges that can limit growth.

70%Average % of IT budget

devoted to operations

& maintenance is 3

CLOUD

achieve greater agility & efficiency

with a private

TCA of less than

per day per virtual server

70¢9

infrastructure

50%

Cloud agile storage increases storage capacity by up to

up to79%

less cost of acquisition

when deploying

a private cloud on

enterprise systems

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manage up to

virtual servers 100,000

in a single system

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DATA

unlock the power of

to deliver more actionable insight

Organizations using business analytics are

to substantially outperform their industry peers

2.2 TIMES MORE LIKELY

support

15account postings

for enterprise applications

per hour with SAP solutions

59Mhighest quality service & scalability

0enterprise data loss

APPLICATION AVAILABILITY DESIGN

POINT OF

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SECURITY

ensuring critical data

while lowering the costs of

compliance & risk management

in user administration costs

52%REDUCTION

can be encrypted

100%of data

up to

in security audit savings

70%

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Protect information integrity with encryption of data at

rest or motion in the network and in the cloud.

Over the past 5 years, the cost of data loss has increased by 68%1

The world is changing. Is your infrastructure ready?Megatrends in social, mobile and cloud computing are driving new IT requirements for organizations.

&1.0 billionsmartphones

online banking transactions in China

from 50 billion in 2009 to 150 billion in 2011

of CIOs & IT Managers identified security as their

most significant challenge in adopting mobility

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by 2014

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Out of the top 100 spenders by industry, a majority are using enterprise systems to deploy a core set of workloads at scale.

BANKING

INSURANCE

HEALTHCARE

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

RETAIL

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Reduced server footprint from 120 machines to

Cut operating system and database licensing fees by approximately

to

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SUCCESSFUL

COMPANIESare transforming their IT in ways

that reach new opportunities

today and tomorrow.

ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS

provide the ideal foundation to meet business demands

for greater efficiency, faster insights and increased security.

CLOUD READY

Build private cloud infrastructures today that provide the utmost

efficiency to deliver critical business services.

DATA READY

Make data the cornerstone of your

organization today by delivering actionable

insights in real-time.

SECURITY READY

Fortify your organization against security breaches today while reducing

the complexity and costs of compliance.

LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR IT INNOVATION

THE CAPABILITIES OF ENTERPRISE

SYSTEMS.

Enterprise systems are gaining momentum in the marketplace as a broad

spectrum of industries recognize

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Flinders, Karl. “Cost of lost data rises 68% in five years.” Computer Weekly. Saran, Cliff & Ashford, Warwick. 20 March 2012.

IDC Predictions 2012: Competing for 2020.

IDC, Analyst Matt Eastwood, IDC Directions Presentation, 2011.

IBM.com. “Adobe improves scalability and performane with SAP applications and IBM cloud-based solutions.” 28 June 2012.

Khanzode, Rachana. “Smartphone sales to touch 1 billion-unit mark in 2014: Credit Suisse.” Reuters. Das, Joyjeet. 12 April 2012.

VDC research, Quickcast-The Mobile Workforce, Feb 2012.

According to PBOC (the People’s Bank of China).

IBM.com. “Achieving success with a flexible workplace.” September 2012.

IBM Market Development: Top 100 IT Spenders by Industry.

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IBM calculations of zEnterprise limits across maximum z196 configuration. 5-Year Total IT Cost. Results may vary.

The Edison Group: The Value of IBM zEnterprise for Deploying Heterogeneous Private Clouds, savings start at 250 virtual servers.

Results based on IBM System Storage internal testing.

The New Intelligent Enterprise, a joint MIT Sloan Management Review and IBM Institute of Business Value analytics research partnership. Copyright © Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2011.

IBM.com. “IBM System z advantages.” September 2012.

GDPS/PPRC can provide: zero-second Recovery Point Objective (no data loss) using synchronous PPRC copy technology.

IBM, press release, “IBM zEnterprise scales best for SAP for Banking Solution delivering superior client value,” September 12, 2011.

IBM Security zSecure claims.

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