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1. Reality Check—Information
explosion drives need for
dynamic infrastructure
transformation
Organizations around the world are Attributes of a scalable, secure,
The explosion of data and transactions generating extraordinary amounts of resilient, and dynamic information
demands creative, new approaches to information daily. Higher transaction vol­ infrastructure
managing your information infrastructure. umes, increases in data quality, and The best information infrastructures are
data archives have driven a rapid developed by leaders who focus on
IBM can help you develop a strategy and
increase in the demand for storage capabilities first and technology second.
comprehensive approach to delivering a
capacity. Without changes, the majority Core capabilities found in better infor­
resilient information infrastructure for of organizations can expect their stor­ mation infrastructures are: Information
securely storing and managing informa­ age capacity requirements to increase availability, information retention, infor­
tion and mitigating business risks. at double-digit rates annually. Most mation compliance, and information
analysts agree that the cost of manag­ security. Regardless of the brand, age,
ing each GB of storage is three to ten or price paid; better information infra­
According to Enterprise Strategy Group,
times more than acquiring it. The most structures deliver these core capabilities
“Information volumes will only continue to
important aspects of controlling storage reliably.
increase at double digit rates unless cus­ costs are to minimize time to manage
tomers take steps to better control and and maximize utilization. Information availability is the driver
manage their resources. The sooner IT for over half the expense of the typical
CIOs have been tasked with creating information infrastructure. Highly avail­
decision makers take a hard look at their
more dynamic, efficient and lower able systems drive more revenue and
information infrastructure requirements,
cost infrastructures, while increasing staff productivity. Conversely, downtime
the sooner they can begin to save service levels and managing larger data costs can be very high. Extended
money, reduce risk and improve opera­ volumes. Organizations have often downtime can impact company value.
tional efficiencies.”1 updated their information infrastructures
primarily based on the best price at
the time, leading to technology silos.
Savings in IT acquisition costs are offset
by higher downstream costs, due to
infrastructure complexity and lack of
interoperability.

2. Information retention policies protect The best information infrastructures
corporate assets and implement Risk integrate services and service levels
Management policies. In most organiza­ with the business plan, and are
tions, some information is kept for designed to be flexible. By adjusting
decades, or even permanently. levels of availability, retention, compli­
Information must be able to migrate to ance, and security, IT can deliver the
new media to ensure recoverability right services at the right cost and bet­
and manage costs. ter meet the needs of the business.
IBM’s Information Infrastructure solutions Information compliance is of growing Newer technology is used to enhance
are a part of an overall business strategy importance and has become a core core capabilities, so service levels are
capability for IT organizations. Global met and total costs are controlled, even
IBM is taking across its services, software
companies comply with dozens of reg­ though the volume of data is growing.
and systems divisions. As a result,
ulations regarding financial statements, Technologies that improve capabilities
IBM has announced its largest launch product quality, data privacy, and more. across many brands of equipment are
ever of new storage hardware, software Organizations of almost any size can particularly valuable because they can
and services that are the building blocks be the subject of legal proceedings that reduce complexity and time needed to
require legal hold or disclosure of elec­ manage the infrastructure.
for this new information infrastructure.
tronic documents, such as e-mail.
Continuous incremental improvement
“Efforts like the recently announced
Information security policies govern in core capabilities drives better asset
IBM Information Infrastructure are both access control, threat mitigation, utilization, improved productivity, and
rare and potentially very powerful, encryption, and auditing. Organizations improved security posture. The goal of
because they take a number of divisions that can provide secure access to delivering a more efficient and lower
needed information have a competitive cost information infrastructure is better
and create value, not individually, but by a
advantage over organizations that must met with a strategy that focuses on
solution that spans them. It is in these
restrict information access to pass core capabilities. Lower total costs, and
rare times that you see the power of a audits. Security breaches are costly and even lower acquisition costs, can be
company like IBM and that is why, when damage the organization’s reputation. expected.
it happens, it is worth talking about.”
Rob Enderle, Sept 5, 20082
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3. An evolutionary model to New solutions for information compli­
implement a dynamic information ance deliver proven scalability to, for
infrastructure example, archive over 1 million e-mails
IBM Information Infrastructure provides a day. IBM delivers an integrated
a comprehensive approach to delivering compliance warehouse that includes
a resilient, dynamic infrastructure for records and e-mail management, dis­
securely storing and managing informa­ covery, analytics, classification, reposi­
tion and mitigating business risks. tory, and hardware.
No other technology partner has the
Information Infrastructure is the backbone breadth of information infrastructure Information security solutions from
to a company’s means of storing, capabilities. IBM are scalable and easy to manage.
IBM is the first vendor to build security
accessing and utilizing its business data
New technologies from IBM deliver into the information infrastructure, not
and information.
substantially better information availabil­ on top of it, so media encryption can
ity, scalability, and performance than be implemented across the data center.
According to Joffery Foronda, Manager previous generations, giving IBM a IBM also provides comprehensive
for Infrastructure and Storage strong competitive advantage for many security software and services for data
Management, Philippine Airlines, types of workloads. centers.
“we can build an information infrastruc­
IBM information retention solutions are IBM Information Infrastructure solutions
ture with which we will be able to deliver
designed to provide continuous avail­ are an example of IBM rallying around
improved service levels, reduce business ability, even during upgrades; and use common requirements to deliver more
risks, and manage the information explo­ commodity components to manage client value. IBM brings together hard­
sion effectively.” 3 costs. IBM offers solutions that easily ware, software, and services under a
migrate information between disk sys­ common Web portal, with common
tems and tape systems. capability-based assessments, and cor­
responding integrated solutions that
speed time to value.
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4. Learn More 1.
ESG (Analyst) White paper: © Copyright IBM Corporation 2009
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