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- 1. System i- The myths Old technology Proprietary Expensive Nothing but Green Screens Not strategic to IBM Slowly fading away All the System i people are at least 50 years old
- 2. System i - The Reality Industry Leading Technology The most open system on the planet Provides the lowest total cost of ownership of any server Runs everything from green screen and ERP applications to SOA IBM continues to invest heavily on System i platform Adding new customers and ISVs every year Industry leading customer and Business Partner satisfaction Not all of us are over 50…..
- 3. System i - The Reality Over 245,000 customers currently use more than 500,000 System i5, iSeries or AS/400 systems in over 100 countries world wide 99% of Fortune 100 companies utilize System i5, iSeries or AS/400 servers 94% of Fortune 500 companies use System i5, iSeries or AS/400 servers 7 out of 10 IBM customers have a System i5, iSeries or AS/400 server Over 13,000 System i5, iSeries or AS/400 systems in the healthcare industry
- 4. Server Cost of Ownership - Over 3-Years System i is 37.8% less than Dell 39.7% less than HP 55.3% less than Sun Why? Availability System performance Reduction in complexity Increase focus of IT resources on business demands Source: ITG Status Report, June 2005 Cost/Benefit Case for IBM eServer i5 Servers: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Solutions
- 5. Integration yields simplicity System i: Multiple workloads, one server PC Servers: Multiple workloads, multiple servers More… Staff Licenses Complexity Money Less… Manageable Efficient Flexible ROI More efficient use of people and IT resources More manageable and responsive to change Faster deployment and ROI
- 6. Integration and simplicity for Web applications on System i PC Servers: Expanding workloads, multiple servers System i: Expanding workloads, one server WCS.WSE Node HTTP Server LDAP Server App Server DB2 Server WCS/WSE Node App Server HTTP Server LDAP Server DB2 Server Other Business Apps
- 7. Think Virtualization & IT Optimization i5OS ERP Local Applications Virtual I/O and Devices Virtual Ethernet Dynamic LPAR Capacity Upgrade on Demand Enterprise Workload Mgr, Director Multiplatform, GRID Tool Box One backup / recovery strategy One operations staff & mgmt interface One development staff and toolset One high availability solution DB2 UDB Linux WebSphere Application Server Simple File & Print i5OS Portal Server Express (+WAS) Linux Firewall Apache HTTP Server Lotus Sametime Notes Quickplace NSF Windows Personal Productivty Applications SQL Server AIX5L WebSphere Business Integration Oracle POWER5 Hypervisor POWER5 Standard Intel
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