1. IBM Smart Analytics System 1050 and
IBM Smart Analytics System 2050
(BI) reporting software with energy-
smart System x servers. Combined
with DS3500 storage systems that
scale from either 330 GB to 3.3 TB,
or from 1 TB to 4 TB, you are able
to evolve your system as your
needs change.
Designed with a smarter planet in
mind.
The velocity of business today and System is a ready-to-go solution
an ever-increasing volume and consisting of a preconfigured Building a Smarter Planet is about
variety of information is making integration of analytics software, bringing a new level of intelligence
business analytics a valuable and powerful data warehouse, hardware to the way our world works. It is
necessary part of a data solution. and services. We have done the about discovering insights by
When it comes to business and integration, testing, and capturing and synthesizing
technology, though, one size does configuration work for you! Before a information from a variety of
not fit all. Mid-sized businesses Smart Analytics System is shipped, sources, and using those insights to
simply do not operate in the same IBM laboratories configure and predict outcomes and respond
way that giant conglomerates do. stress test technology. IBM System quickly. IBM has embraced this
You don’t have massive IT teams x® with DS3500 Storage is non- philosophy and is committed to
and multimillion dollar budgets, but proprietary hardware that can easily making our products, processes
you still need to leverage your data be scaled within an organization in and ways of thinking better, more
and information to make smart accordance with changing business efficient, and more productive.
business decisions. You need needs, and all support is from a
flexible, out-of-the-box technology single vendor to allow for ease of The IBM Smart Analytics System
solutions that are easy to optimization, troubleshooting, and 1050 and IBM Smart Analytics
implement and provide immediate future upgrades. System 2050 are helping
value. However, you should still be companies and governments
able to rely upon best-of-breed Both IBM Smart Analytics Systems throughout the world build smarter
solutions with unrivaled 1050 and 2050 are available in organizations as well as a Smarter
performance and reliability. IBM is server-based pricing. In addition, Planet. In order to be smarter,
listening! IBM Smart Analytics System 1050 organizations need to be able to
offers user-based pricing to fit your manage, deliver and analyze their
Pre-optimized analytics and needs. business information – to unlock the
business intelligence capabilities power of their own data.
on an IBM warehousing Based on the integration of best-
foundation! IBM Smart Analytics of-breed technology: A solution
System 1050 and IBM Smart that will meet your needs today The IBM Smart Analytics System
Analytics System 2050 are cost and in the future. 1050.
effective solutions for the
midmarket and departments looking The IBM Smart Analytics System The IBM Smart Analytics System
to quickly deploy analytics and 1050 and IBM Smart Analytics 1050 offers a combined solution
business intelligence capabilities on System 2050 are designed with consisting of a simplified,
a powerful warehousing foundation. performance and reliability in mind. appliance-like data warehousing
The 1050 and 2050 models platform with integrated reporting
Rich in functionality and delivered integrate select InfoSphere™ and and analytics. Ideal for companies
analytics-ready, the Smart Analytics Cognos® 8 Business Intelligence with 250 or more employees, the

2. 1050 incorporates enhanced The IBM Smart Analytics System 2050 is perfect for companies with
features such as reporting, 2050. more than 500 employees. Built
analysis, dashboarding, data mining upon a hardware stack that enables
and text analytics. These features The Smart Analytics System 2050 growth of up to 13.2 TB of User
are all delivered on IBM hardware is a cost-effective solution for mid- space, the 2050 offers
in a pre-integrated, pre-tested size companies and departments organizations room to grow and
configuration that is easy to install looking to quickly deploy powerful develop their critical business
and maintain, and offers scalability analytics and business intelligence intelligence infrastructure with a full
and expandability. By leveraging capabilities. range of reporting and analysis to
the untapped power of your enable them to quickly gain new
information, you can improve Driven by simplicity in design and insights and drive better business
operations, sales and all aspects of management, but running on the outcomes.
operational performance. more powerful IBM System x 3850
X5 with Intel® eX5 processors, the What’s inside the IBM Smart
Analytics System 1050 and 2050?
IBM Smart Analytics Systems 1050
IBM Smart Analytics Systems At A Glance and 2050 are comprehensive
business analytics platforms that
Model 1050 Model 2050 are pre-optimized with best-of-
breed technologies, including IBM
Data InfoSphere Warehouse InfoSphere Warehouse InfoSphere Warehouse
Warehousing Departmental Base Edition Departmental Base Edition functionality, IBM systems, IBM
and Cubing or InfoSphere Warehouse or InfoSphere Warehouse storage, and IBM Cognos 8 BI
Services Departmental Edition Departmental Edition reporting software. The following is
available in both the 1050 and 2050
Data Mining and InfoSphere Warehouse InfoSphere Warehouse models:
Text Analytics Departmental Edition Departmental Edition
Software:
Business Cognos 8 BI Reporting and Cognos 8 BI Reporting and
Intelligence Query Studio Query Studio IBM InfoSphere Warehouse:
Access to structured and
Operating Novell® SUSE® Linux 11; Novell® SUSE® Linux 11;
unstructured information and
System Windows® Server 2008 Windows® Server 2008
operational and transactional data.
Hardware IBM System x 3500 M3 IBM System x 3850 X5 IBM InfoSphere Warehouse brings
enterprise power to departmental
Storage IBM System Storage IBM System Storage decision-making. Mixed workload
DS3500 DS3500 management capabilities and
advanced analytics such as data
User space 330 GB; 1650 GB; 3.3 TB 3.3 TB; 6.6 TB; 13.2 TB mining, modeling, scoring, and text
capacity analytics and come pre-optimized
on the Smart Analytics System.
Total usable Up to 6 TB Up to 24 TB InfoSphere is ideal for organizations
storage capacity and departments that need the
necessary tools to discover new
Architecture Single server (tower or Single server (rack)
business opportunities. A new
rack)
graphical user interface makes
Pricing model Authorized user (20-user By server workload management easier and
minimum for Departmental more flexible than ever, with simple
Base or 30-user minimum drag-and-drop tools. InfoSphere
for Departmental) or by Warehouse allows you to optimize
server your warehouse with tools to
improve resource and workload
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3. management, providing the organizational requirements in
scalability, performance, and mind, Cognos 8 BI reporting is
availability required to support day- easily deployable, manageable, and
to-day operations while keeping scalable as user communities grow.
risks in check. With Cognos 8 BI reporting, users
are able to access all data sources,
With InfoSphere Warehouse, you including the data within InfoSphere
will be able to discover market Warehouse, through an optimized
opportunities by identifying consistent interface, allowing users
patterns, trends and new to have a complete and consistent
opportunities hidden within view of the business while ensuring
information assets. For example, one version of the truth across the
see a multidimensional view of data many different user communities.
relationship with online analytical
processing (OLAP), take Cognos 8 BI reporting provides a availability of mission-critical
unstructured data and make it single authoring environment for applications. With up to eight-core
accessible for the business, and creating all report types, including: processor performance at lower
use data mining to create new managed reports, ad-hoc reports, power consumption per core, the
market and product combinations. and transactional, operational, x3500 offers leading-edge capacity
Moreover, InfoSphere Warehouse production, and statement-style and high-speed I/O scalability. A
integrates with a multitude of tools reports. It enables your business to long-life rack or tower platform with
for further discovery and analysis. build a self-service environment 24-month availability, the x3500
that lets team members create, minimizes deployment and support
InfoSphere Warehouse gives you access, and modify information concerns.
the ability to grow your system to without IT intervention all via the
accommodate data volume and Web. Built on a proven SOA Server for IBM Smart Analytics
expansion, while maintaining foundation, your organization will System 2050:
control of the costs of managing have the flexibility to integrate
and storing data. optimized business intelligence IBM System x3850 X5: Balanced,
capabilities into the world in which reliable Departmental server for
IBM Cognos 8 BI reporting they work today and into the future. everyday business needs. IBM
software: Delivers the complete Smart Analytics System 2050 is
range of BI capabilities – reporting, Hardware: built upon the IBM System x3850
analytics, and dashboards – on a X5, providing enhanced power and
single service-oriented architecture Server for IBM Smart Analytics unrivaled reliability and confidence
(SOA). The IBM Smart Analytics System 1050: in your IT solution deployments.
System 1050 and IBM Smart
Analytics System 2050 now offers a IBM System x3500 M3: Stable-life,
component for customers who want mission critical two-socket server
to ensure their users can quickly for distributed environments,
and easily leverage the data available in both tower and rack
contained in their data warehouses form. The IBM Smart Analytics
with a full range of business System 1050 is built upon the IBM
intelligence reporting capabilities. System x3500 M3, which provides
Author, share, and use reports that the ultimate balance of high
draw on data from all enterprise performance, high availability, and The x3850 X5 takes performance,
sources for better business vast internal storage in a stable-life, efficiency and reliability to the next
decisions. IBM Cognos 8 BI distributed platform. level with a balanced Departmental
reporting software is built upon an server built on the next generation
open platform designed to increase The IBM System x3500 delivers of IBM X-Architecture®, and
business adoption while minimizing unprecedented performance and features an unmatched combination
the burden on IT. Developed with reliability for demanding distributed of x86 performance and scalability
growing and ever-changing environments that rely on constant with a balanced design. The x3850
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leading 6 Gbps host interface and
drive technology. This highly
efficient storage platform grows with
the needs of your organization and
is a fully integrated complement to
System x servers. Offering
substantial improvements at a price
that will fit most budgets, the
DS3500 delivers superior price to
performance ratios, functionality,
scalability and ease of use for the
IBM Smart Analytics Family.
Why IBM?
The IBM Smart Analytics System is
the industry’s most complete
integrated, optimized, ready-to-use
analytics solution designed to
accelerate your business by quickly
delivering the insight you need
where and when it’s needed, and to
adjust and grow based on your
company’s ever-changing business
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