Data Centers have evolved over the years but few were originally designed to be able to address current IT requirements and the constant need to adjust to changes in organizations.

The need for greater agility in managing infrastructures has been partly addressed by virtualization deployments. Further evolution and convergence of technologies have moved data center to a whole new level of efficiency with the arrival of new generation systems called "integrated" or "converged" systems that automate and manage servers, networks and storage.

International Data Corporation (IDC) agrees and with the claim that integrated systems are specifically designed to provide IT resources and management environments that are more efficient and flexible than those currently found in most traditional data center architectures.

IDC also interviewed IBM customers and partners that are using IBM PureFlex System or IBM Flex System to optimize the deployment and operation of critical business applications and realized substantial annual benefits from increased end-user productivity and revenue benefits.

These Business Value Highlights from this IDC Report bring home the benefits of IBM integrated systems:

• Faster time to value: IBM PureFlex System was deployed 55% faster than conventional systems.
• Accelerating application deployment: Deployment time for new applications was reduced by 75%.
• Enhanced application performance: Utilization rates improved by 25%, and downtime reduced by 97%.
• Optimized business productivity: Faster time to market, increased utilization rates, and higher availability combined to raise end-user productivity by 5% and helped lower cost and increase revenue.

As companies become more reliant on critical applications to manage business processes and to interact with their customers, the time to market for new solutions becomes a key success factor for the business.

Download the IDC Whitepaper "Accelerating Solution Deployment with IBM PureFlex and Flex System" to read about User Case Studies.

As a partner in forward thinking, we believe it’s our responsibility to contribute to our customer’s success, not just project by project, but over the lifetime of our professional relationship.

If you’d like to investigate how to transform your IT and understand how these changes influence the evolution of the architecture in your own data center, please contact me to schedule a discovery session at 1-866-610-8489 or by email at rosmond@sentia.ca.

Roger Osmond, President
Sentia