Questions:

Q) What is IT consolidation?
Q) Is IT consolidation for you?
Q) Why consolidate with IBM?

A) What is IT consolidation?
IT consolidation is much more than simply replacing smaller servers with fewer, bigger servers. True consolidation is about finding ways to optimize, manage and better align your existing IT infrastructure with your strategic business model - all while establishing a flexible foundation to handle future requirements.

The goal is to simplify and optimize your IT infrastructure from end to end - including servers, storage, data, applications, networks, resources and the systems management tools that bring it all together. In addition to offering potential cost savings and improvements in efficiency, availability and productivity, the objective of consolidation is to provide a stable foundation for the rapid deployment of new solutions as business needs continue to change.

A) Is IT consolidation for you?
Various industry surveys show that businesses of all shapes and sizes are actively exploring or implementing IT consolidation solutions for a variety of reasons. To evaluate whether consolidation
should be a priority for your business, consider these questions:

• Are you expected to significantly reduce IT costs while maintaining or improving service levels?
• Is your IT department experiencing administrative complexity or have the costs of effectively managing your total IT environment increased rapidly?
• Because of downsizing, mergers or acquisitions, does your IT infrastructure no longer reflect business operations?
• Do you manage large server farms with multiple operating systems?
• Are you looking to standardize IT systems across the enterprise?
• Are you planning to integrate a distributed computing environment with a centralized network?
• Have new business applications changed your IT requirements?
• Are you concerned with data availability and data security?
• Do you need a better high-availability and disaster-recovery plan?

If you answered “YES” to any of these questions, consolidation may provide the answers you are seeking.

A) Why consolidate with IBM?
As IT increasingly helps enable business processes, it is especially important to team up with a trusted, experienced consolidation partner to help pave the way to success. IBM has conducted numerous customer engagements around the world and can draw upon a comprehensive portfolio of product offerings ranging from servers, storage and software solutions to financing, business design and consulting services. In fact, it is this “one-stop shopping” approach that differentiates IBM from the majority of IT consolidation partners in the market today. IBM can truly deliver customized, end-to-end consolidation solutions that address all aspects of real-world business scenarios.

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