This whitepaper identifies key client considerations impacting the decision process for implementing and supporting infrastructure as a service (IaaS) in the could and the advantages of the IBM zEnterprise System.  The whitepaper discusses how the zEnterprise addresses those issues using the heterogeneous cloud to enable a fit-for-purpose strategy that delivers functions and features that implement infrastructure hardware as a service.

The IBM DB2® Analytics Accelerator for z/OS® v2.1 marries System z quality of service with Netezza® hardware-accelerated analytics, to deliver unprecedented query response times in a highly secure, highly available environment.

On May 18th we announced three cloud offerings.  These offerings provide strength, speed, and security in the modern cloud and are designed to meet the evolving needs of System z clients.  The offerings are System z Capacity Offering for Cloud, System z Disaster Recovery Offering for Cloud, and IBM SmartCloud Enterprise+ for System z.

Redesigned based on inputs from expert users, the IBM OMEGAMON XE V5.1 product family greatly simplifies the task of managing the performance of the integrated System z environment.

Read a recent Ptak/Noel blog post, ‘IBM OMEGAMON V5.1 = Good Reasons for Customer Interest and Excitement.’

IBM Rational® Application Portfolio Management V2 provides the insight you need to make objective, transparent decisions about application investment, consolidation, modernization and replacement – so you can shift costs from maintenance and operations to innovation and new business development.

Read Forrester’s Total Economic Impact analysis of Rational APM (PDF, 204KB).