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  • IBM: New Software Helps Enterprises with Mobile & Cloud Computing

    IBM: New Software Helps Enterprises with Mobile & Cloud Computing

    During the recent IBM Impact 2012 Conference, the company made several announcements. Among them were the company’s introductions of new software systems primarily focused on mobile and cloud computing.

    Paul Brunet, VP of IBM Application and Integration Middleware IBM announced its Mobile Foundation, which is an effort geared toward helping enterprises capitalize on the entire mobile environment. As Paul Brunet, the Vice President of IBM Application and Integration Middleware, explained to WebProNews, this type of system is especially important given mobile’s dominance across the board. IBM studies show that the current $22 billion mobile market is expected to grow to $36 billion by 2015.

    With this foundation, IBM focuses on the parts that enterprises concentrate on as well, which are scalability and security.

    “There’s this middle ground of all the things that really make it scalable, reliable, secure… and that’s really what IBM is focused around in regards to delivering the mobile foundation,” said Brunet.

    The mobile foundation is built on IBM’s acquisition of Worklight but expands it to include the company’s WebSphere Cast Iron capabilities. As a result, organizations have the ability to build and connect applications to the cloud or other internal apps. Furthermore, Brunet told us, they have a stronger control over the communication and ideas that go out through the apps and mobile devices.

    IBM also announced new elements to its PureSystems family of expert integrated systems. According to Brunet, IBM is hoping to reduce the costs and complexities associated with IT and application development with this new offering.

    “The family of PureSystems really looks at integrating the hardware through networking, through storage – all the way to the middleware to the integrated management,” he said.

    At this point, many organizations are spending 70 percent or more on management and maintenance costs. Brunet told us that IBM is trying to change this trend by allowing businesses to get new services to their clients while also optimizing and driving greater efficiencies in their IT departments. The company has created “patterns of expertise” for streamlining these processes and is also enabling its clients to build their own patterns.

    “Harnessing these patterns and making sure that a client… who might typically take anywhere from 3-4 weeks to deploy one of these environments… is really allowing them to do it in a number of hours,” explained Brunet.

    Ultimately, he said that IBM wants to alleviate workloads in order for enterprises to focus on making their products and services better.

    IBM’s new software systems are currently available.

  • IBM Introduces PureSystems IT Soulution

    IBM Introduces PureSystems IT Soulution

    IBM has invested millions in R&D and acquisitions in an effort to streamline and add value to IT solutions over the past decade or so. Today they have announced a new category of “expert integrated systems” which promises to revolutionize the way we manage information.

    The new platform offers clients an alternative to current computing models and it will deliver a system that eliminates expensive set-up and maintenance fees. Sound good? IBM knows that many organizations are struggling to keep their IT budgets in check and that many current IT solution represent an enormous drain on both budgets and profits.

    Here’s some of what IBM promises with their new data management platform:

    * “Scale-In” System Design: With PureSystems, IBM is introducing a new concept in system design that integrates the server, storage, and networking into a highly automated, simple-to-manage machine. Scale-in design provides for increased density – PureSystems can handle twice as many applications compared to some IBM systems, doubling the computing power per square foot of data center space.[2]

    * Patterns of Expertise: For the first time, IBM is embedding technology and industry expertise through first-of-a-kind software that allows the systems to automatically handle basic, time-consuming tasks such as configuration, upgrades, and application requirements.

    * Cloud Ready integration: Out of the box, all PureSystems family members are built for the cloud, enabling corporations to quickly create private, self-service cloud offerings that can scale up and down automatically.

    Steve Mills, senior vice president and group executive of software and systems at IBM commented on their new PureSystems IT solutions:

    “With its new scale-in design and built-in expertise, PureSystems represents an important advance in the evolution of computing,”

    “By tightening the connections between hardware and software, and adding incomparable software know-how, PureSystems is designed to help clients to free up time and money to focus on innovation that many businesses cannot address due to ever rising costs and staffing needs in the traditional data center.”

    Check out this infographic from IBM:

    IBM Innovative IT Platform

    Now take a look at this Youtube video on the project:

    These new solutions are worth taking a look at. Investing in replacement or support of your current IT solutions could start saving you money today, and increase your bottom line a lot sooner than you think. I don’t know if these systems will actually revolutionize the industry, but it sounds like IBM has done their homework and they’re willing to put everything they have in PureSystems.