Learn how to reduce cost and support agency missions with a cloud based solution that helps reduce capital and operational costs by consolidating and virtualizing agency IT infrastructures.

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Solution Brief
Government
Cloud computing
solutions for federal
governments
Reduce cost and support agency missions with a
cloud-based solution
Highlights
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Helps reduce capital and operational
costs by consolidating and virtualizing
agency IT infrastructures
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Supports agency missions by enabling
computing solutions with virtualized
server environments
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Manages enterprise-class security
services to facilitate higher levels of
risk protection
Federal governments and agencies with budget constraints are seeking
economic savings in all areas, including IT. You are likely under pressure
to reduce costs, energy usage and physical space of data centers while
improving service to citizens. Upgrading your legacy systems to current
technologies is necessary to help ensure flexibility, openness and trans-
parency. However, with data and applications distributed across systems
and locations—possibly residing on infrastructure shared with others—
using cloud-based solutions can increase security and risk exposure.
Cloud computing solutions for federal governments from IBM can
support your agency missions by enabling scalable and elastic computing
solutions within security-rich, virtualized environments. We offer
multiple cloud deployment models that can significantly reduce costs—
providing optimized data center infrastructure on an as-needed basis.
Our collaboration services can provide support for mobile devices and
improve efficiency and service delivery through a range of social interac-
tion capabilities. We also provide an enterprise-class security framework
and services to facilitate the appropriate level of risk protection for you.
Helping reduce costs by consolidating and
virtualizing IT infrastructures
Federal agencies can significantly reduce costs through IT initiatives
such as virtualization of servers, standardization of images and applica-
tions, consolidation of data centers and moving to a security-rich cloud
environment. Our solution can reduce the amount of infrastructure
required to support your applications and the need to support different,
costly virtual machines. You can also enable sharing of infrastructure
within your agency or with other agencies in the IBM Government
Community Cloud to significantly reduce costs from hardware and
systems management.

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Supporting agency missions through elastic
computing solutions
Our Government Community Cloud delivers highly scalable, elastic
computing services for agencies that want the cost savings of a shared,
hosted environment combined with Federal Information Security
Management Act (FISMA) security and standardized pricing. Our
solution enables you to add resources during higher demand or surge
periods and reassigns them when no longer required. Isolation, for
security purposes, can still be achieved in a shared infrastructure through
virtualization, separate physical firewalls and intrusion detection devices.
Providing enterprise-class security to enable
higher levels of protection
Our federal cloud solutions are built on the IBM Security Framework
to help manage risk strategically end-to-end across most deployment
models. This framework helps you to better understand and prioritize
risks and vulnerabilities based on their potential to disrupt critical
business processes. Our solutions are designed to be FISMA-compliant
and address key federal requirements regarding security, standards and
governance, with all data located within the US and managed only by
security-cleared US citizens.
Why IBM?
IBM, a recognized industry leader in cloud technology, offers you a
security-rich, more reliable platform for increased growth and innovation.
Our solutions are designed to be FISMA compliant and are built on the
IBM Security Framework, allowing you to run applications in a more
secure cloud environment and better support private, community and
public cloud deployments. We have the technology, resources and
experience to manage the range of agency requirements, from strategy
and solution design through deployment and support.
For more information
To learn more about cloud computing solutions for federal governments
from IBM, please contact your IBM marketing representative or visit the
following website: ibm.com/government
Additionally, financing solutions from IBM Global Financing can enable
effective cash management, protection from technology obsolescence,
improved total cost of ownership and return on investment. Also, our
Global Asset Recovery Services help address environmental concerns
with new, more energy-efficient solutions. For more information on
IBM Global Financing, visit: ibm.com/financing
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