IBM i at the heart of Cognitive Solutions
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IBM i at the heart of Cognitive Solutions
- 1. © IBM Corporation, 2016 IBM i at the heart of Cognitive Solutions 7th March 2017 Presented by David Spurway IBM Power Systems Product Manager IBM Systems, UK and Ireland
- 2. Expose systems as APIs to enable composable services IBM Systems | 2 Architects of the future require IT infrastructure that can do more than ‘just work’ Servers and storage are no longer inanimate. They can understand, reason, and learn. Today, they can think. Outthink status quo. Think IT infrastructure for the cognitive era. Detect anomalies to proactively resolve issues Move data to right location based on usage patterns Deliver real-time insights from oceans of data
- 3. 3 © IBM Corporation, 2016 New IBM i Strategy Whitepaper IBM i plays a critical role in our Power Systems software portfolio. We continuously provide new solutions and are actively engaged in expanding into new technology areas to support the new business requirements of our clients. This year, 2016, we have delivered IBM i 7.3,… http://ibm.co/23y3TMv
- 4. 4 © IBM Corporation, 2016 Derive new insights from critical business data Ensure High Availability & Disaster Recovery Deploy Cloud infrastructure Transform business solutions with mobile Focus on securing business assets Exploit new storage technologies Top IBM i Client Projects
- 5. 5 © IBM Corporation, 2016 IBM i 7.3 – Simplify Insights, Intelligent Security & the Power of Integration • Historical data simplifies business insights for the future –DB2 Temporal support automatically maintains history • Intelligent Security matches actual authority with policy –Authority Collection analysis ensures continuous operation • Simple, integrated data analysis for new insights –OLAP enhancements built into DB2 for i • Extensive application development options –Easy-to-learn RPG –Integrated Open Source development technology
- 6. 6 © IBM Corporation, 2016 IBM i Technology Refresh PTF Group Lifecycle April October April October April October
- 7. 7 © IBM Corporation, 2016 7.1 7.1 TRs ** All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only. ……… i next … … IBM i Roadmap 2010 2011 2013 20142012 20162015 7.3 7.1 and 7.2 TRs i next+17.2 IBM i 7.2 TR6 & IBM i 7.3 TR2
- 8. 8 © IBM Corporation, 2016 http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ibmi/techupdates/i72-TR6 and http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ibmi/techupdates/i73-TR2 Announce: February 14, 2017 Database PTF Group GA: March 31, 2017 IBM Knowledge Center Updates and IBM i developerWorks landing pages go live on Announce date. IBM i 7.3 and 7.2 TR-next details Point clients here!
- 9. 9 © IBM Corporation, 2016 IBM i Support and Extended Support Roadmap • 3 Releases currently available and under normal support and service
- 10. 10 © IBM Corporation, 2016 IBM i System Support http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssm1platformibmi
- 11. 11 © IBM Corporation, 2016 Development Strategy • Traditional Language Strategy – Interoperability – Readability – Functionality • Open Source Strategy – Encourage All Open Source vendors to Support & port to IBM I – Provide the ‘right’ components from the open source community for IBM I – Provide ‘support’ for the ported components. – Opens Power Solutions to include new applications and tools
- 12. 12 © IBM Corporation, 2016 2016 options added to 5733OPS • Option 1 – Node.JS 2.x • Option 2 - Python 3.4 • Option 3 – GCC / chroot • Option 4 – Python 2.7 • Option 5 – Node.JS 4.x • Option 6 – Git • Option 7 – Tools • Option 8 – Orion • Option 9 – cloud-init • Option 10 – Node.JS 6.x 12 New
- 13. 13 © IBM Corporation, 2016 Integrated Web Services for IBM i Host a SOAP or REST Web Service • IWS Server • Liberty Based • JAX-WS (Java API for Web Services) • JAX-RS (Java API for RESTful Web Services) • Safe, Fast, Secure, Reliable Call a Web Service from RPG “natively” • Client Support • AXIS2 – SOAP & REST • Safe, Fast, Secure, Reliable
- 14. DIRK ROSSMANN GMBH Adding BI on Linux to IBM i for
- 15. 15 © IBM Corporation, 2016 Dirk Rossmann GmbH – Gaining a competitive advantage by having key business figures available at all times Minimizes risk with high availability and reduced backup time from 15 hours to 5 seconds 50 percent faster access to critical business figures speeds up decision-making processes Increases IT efficiency and saves costs with improved scalability and fewer migrations Solution components The transformation: Rossmann’s retail managers need up-to-date sales figures to help match product ranges to consumer buying patterns, but existing systems struggled to keep up with the avalanche of data. Switching to IBM DB2 on IBM Power Systems servers brings super-fast responses, even during peak times, enabling informed decisions that help maximize revenue growth.Hardware • IBM® Power® 770 • IBM System Storage® DS8870 • IBM System Storage SAN48B-5 Software • IBM DB2® • IBM i • IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power POP03756-WWEN-00 “Running our data warehouse on DB2 with Linux on IBM Power Systems has increased IT efficiency, management productivity and cut costs.” —Heike Köhler, Head of Data Center Operations, Dirk Rossmann
- 16. 16 © IBM Corporation, 2016 Background Dirk Rossmann GmbH is Germany’s second largest drugstore chain. The company operates approximately 3,250 outlets across Europe, of which almost 2,000 are located in Germany, where 27,400 staff are employed. Rossmann manages 17,000 products and generates annual revenues of EUR 7.2 billion, or USD 7.7 billion. The company plans to open an additional 155 new stores in Germany in 2015.
- 17. 17 © IBM Corporation, 2016 Business Need Heike Köhler, head of data center operations at Dirk Rossmann GmbH: “It was important for us to be able to process and access key sales data efficiently so that managers could make informed purchasing decisions for an ever larger number of stores.“
- 18. 18 © IBM Corporation, 2016 Business Need • Could not scale • Migrating systems every year • Costing time and money. • Backups over-ran • Slow down staff during business hours • Rapid availability of analytics needed at all times
- 19. 19 © IBM Corporation, 2016 Solution
- 20. 20 © IBM Corporation, 2016 Benefits • Flashcopy – backups from 15 hours to 5 seconds • IBM DB2 Compression – reduced data volumes by up to 80% • Self-Tuning Memory Manager - cut time on manual performance optimization by 50% • Automated time-based table partitioning – reduced table sizes, process only data needed, delivering enormously faster responses • IBM Capacity on Demand – “provides 50 percent faster access to analytics reports and shorter loading times.” “Running our business warehouse on DB2 with Linux on IBM Power Systems has increased IT efficiency, management productivity and cut costs. Rossmann’s managers now make purchasing decisions based on up-to-date retail figures, ensuring product ranges match consumer preferences and maximizing sales revenues, enabling the next phase of the company’s growth.”
- 21. 21 © IBM Corporation, 2016 Business Result “Rossmann, a German drugstore chain based in Burgwedel (Lower Saxony), has generated consolidated sales of €7.2 billion in fiscal 2014, i.e. 8.7% more than in the previous year. It is the first time that the company has exceeded €7 billion in sales within one fiscal year.”
- 22. HAVERTYS Application modernisation with Linux and IBM i
- 23. 23 © IBM Corporation, 2016 Background Founded in 1885 in Atlanta, Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. ("Havertys") is a full-service home furnishings retailer with over 100 showrooms in 16 states in the Southern and Midwestern regions of the USA. They employing 3,388 people, have 119 stores across 16 States and have counted Elvis Presley as one of their customers.
- 24. 24 © IBM Corporation, 2016 Business Need “The Company provides its customers with a wide selection of quality merchandise in primarily middle to upper-middle price ranges.“
- 25. 25 © IBM Corporation, 2016 Havertys.com
- 26. 26 © IBM Corporation, 2016
- 27. 27 © IBM Corporation, 2016 Customer Interaction
- 28. 28 © IBM Corporation, 2016
- 29. 29 © IBM Corporation, 2016 Meeting Peak Demands with Capacity on Demand
- 30. 30 © IBM Corporation, 2016 LOFT Integration • Sample Rooms • Create My Room
- 31. 31 © IBM Corporation, 2016 Results
- 32. 32 © IBM Corporation, 2016 Let’s Talk About ... What’s Next?
- 33. 33 © IBM Corporation, 2016 IBM i Response to the Market • The IBM i market is application/solution driven – IBM i invests in satisfying solutions requirements • Customers require minimum disruption – Power Systems + IBM i work together • Today’s users require modern, powerful interfaces – IBM i delivers technology: integrated; open source • Cloud, Virtualization and SaaS is where the growth is – IBM i on Power delivers on many levels • Security of the enterprise cannot be compromised – IBM i architecture protects both the system and the data
- 34. 34 © IBM Corporation, 2016http://www.nextplatform.com/2016/08/24/big-blue-aims-sky-power9/
- 35. © IBM Corporation, 2016 Questions? David Spurway – IBM Power Systems Product Manager Email: david.spurway@uk.ibm.com Phone: 07717 892 896 Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube
- 36. 36 © IBM Corporation, 2016 IBM i Page http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/
- 37. 37 © IBM Corporation, 2016 Links for 7.3 Announcement Blogs http://bit.ly/23BeZ3e http://bit.ly/1SMv9iO http://bit.ly/1RRwVTb http://bit.ly/1MrJ9Sh http://ibm.co/1T1dXss
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- 39. 39 © IBM Corporation, 2016 Trademarks and notes IBM Corporation 2015 • IBM, the IBM logo and ibm.com are registered trademarks, and other company, product, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. A current list of IBM trademarks is available on the web at “Copyright and trademark information” at www.ibm.com/legal/copytrade.shtml • Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. • References in this publication to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in all countries in which IBM operates. • IBM and IBM Credit LLC do not, nor intend to, offer or provide accounting, tax or legal advice to clients. Clients should consult with their own financial, tax and legal advisors. Any tax or accounting treatment decisions made by or on behalf of the client are the sole responsibility of the customer. • IBM Global Financing offerings are provided through IBM Credit LLC in the United States, IBM Canada Ltd. in Canada, and other IBM subsidiaries and divisions worldwide to qualified commercial and government clients. Rates and availability are based on a client’s credit rating, financing terms, offering type, equipment type and options, and may vary by country. Some offerings are not available in certain countries. Other restrictions may apply. Rates and offerings are subject to change, extension or withdrawal without notice.
- 40. 40 © IBM Corporation, 2016 Special notices This document was developed for IBM offerings in the United States as of the date of publication. IBM may not make these offerings available in other countries, and the information is subject to change without notice. Consult your local IBM business contact for information on the IBM offerings available in your area. Information in this document concerning non-IBM products was obtained from the suppliers of these products or other public sources. Questions on the capabilities of non-IBM products should be addressed to the suppliers of those products. IBM may have patents or pending patent applications covering subject matter in this document. The furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents. Send license inquires, in writing, to IBM Director of Licensing, IBM Corporation, New Castle Drive, Armonk, NY 10504- 1785 USA. All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only. The information contained in this document has not been submitted to any formal IBM test and is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees either expressed or implied. All examples cited or described in this document are presented as illustrations of the manner in which some IBM products can be used and the results that may be achieved. Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics will vary depending on individual client configurations and conditions. IBM Global Financing offerings are provided through IBM Credit Corporation in the United States and other IBM subsidiaries and divisions worldwide to qualified commercial and government clients. Rates are based on a client's credit rating, financing terms, offering type, equipment type and options, and may vary by country. Other restrictions may apply. Rates and offerings are subject to change, extension or withdrawal without notice. IBM is not responsible for printing errors in this document that result in pricing or information inaccuracies. All prices shown are IBM's United States suggested list prices and are subject to change without notice; reseller prices may vary. IBM hardware products are manufactured from new parts, or new and serviceable used parts. Regardless, our warranty terms apply. Any performance data contained in this document was determined in a controlled environment. Actual results may vary significantly and are dependent on many factors including system hardware configuration and software design and configuration. Some measurements quoted in this document may have been made on development-level systems. There is no guarantee these measurements will be the same on generally-available systems. Some measurements quoted in this document may have been estimated through extrapolation. Users of this document should verify the applicable data for their specific environment.
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- The drugstore market in Germany is highly competitive, with several big chains claiming their market share. Supermarkets and online stores also offer a range of similar products at competitive prices. How can drugstores stand out from the crowd? For Dirk Rossmann GmbH, Germany’s second largest drugstore chain, the key is aligning product range with consumer demand. To do so even in peak times, the company updated its IT infrastructure to ensure consistently fast response times. Equipped with up-to-the-minute retail figures, managers can make the purchasing decisions that suit Rossmann’s customers. To stay ahead of the game, understanding consumers’ needs and preferences is crucial. Not having the full picture can mean that shelves are not optimally stocked and lead to consumer disappointment, and potentially to loss of customers. Heike Köhler, head of data center operations at Dirk Rossmann GmbH, explains: “It was important for us to be able to process and access key sales data efficiently so that managers could make informed purchasing decisions for an ever larger number of stores. While we were expanding quickly, poor analytics performance was slowing down our business response, and it became clear that we needed to improve the speed and capacity of our reporting capabilities to increase productivity and continue to grow.” Rossmann runs an ERP solution to manage the business, running the IBM i operating system on IBM Power Systems servers, and stores transactions in a separate data warehouse for in-depth analytics and reporting. Heike Köhler comments, “The data warehouse, running on Windows on x86 servers, simply could not scale as required to support our operations, and we ended up migrating the systems about once every year, costing time and money. Additionally, the data backup process frequently over-ran, which meant that the systems were slowing down staff during business hours, yet sales, logistics and other departments demanded rapid availability of analytics capabilities at all times.”
- The drugstore market in Germany is highly competitive, with several big chains claiming their market share. Supermarkets and online stores also offer a range of similar products at competitive prices. How can drugstores stand out from the crowd? For Dirk Rossmann GmbH, Germany’s second largest drugstore chain, the key is aligning product range with consumer demand. To do so even in peak times, the company updated its IT infrastructure to ensure consistently fast response times. Equipped with up-to-the-minute retail figures, managers can make the purchasing decisions that suit Rossmann’s customers. To stay ahead of the game, understanding consumers’ needs and preferences is crucial. Not having the full picture can mean that shelves are not optimally stocked and lead to consumer disappointment, and potentially to loss of customers. Heike Köhler, head of data center operations at Dirk Rossmann GmbH, explains: “It was important for us to be able to process and access key sales data efficiently so that managers could make informed purchasing decisions for an ever larger number of stores. While we were expanding quickly, poor analytics performance was slowing down our business response, and it became clear that we needed to improve the speed and capacity of our reporting capabilities to increase productivity and continue to grow.” Rossmann runs an ERP solution to manage the business, running the IBM i operating system on IBM Power Systems servers, and stores transactions in a separate data warehouse for in-depth analytics and reporting. Heike Köhler comments, “The data warehouse, running on Windows on x86 servers, simply could not scale as required to support our operations, and we ended up migrating the systems about once every year, costing time and money. Additionally, the data backup process frequently over-ran, which meant that the systems were slowing down staff during business hours, yet sales, logistics and other departments demanded rapid availability of analytics capabilities at all times.”
- Solution: To cure its data warehouse woes, Rossmann looked for a solution that would remove the need for frequent upgrades and migrations, and provide a scalable, high-performance data warehouse platform for the foreseeable future. Today, the company runs its ERP solution on IBM i with IBM DB2 for i software, and its data warehouse system on Red Hat Enterprise Linux with IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows. Michael Franke, system administrator at Dirk Rossmann GmbH, takes up the story: “We found that IBM DB2, combined with Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power Systems, delivers the capacity and scalability we need. Scalability and a stable system are important to us to be able to serve the business without disruptions, and IBM POWER technology has always played a big part in Rossmann’s success, giving us confidence that this was a great choice.” Rossmann deployed the data warehouse and ERP systems on two IBM Power 770 servers, featuring POWER7+ processors. Located at two data centers, Rossmann runs a primary production server with manual failover to the second machine, which acts as backup, disaster recovery and development and test server.
- Benefits of the Solution: Heike Köhler elaborates: “Using IBM FlashCopy technology, we accelerated backups from 15 hours to only five seconds, this is over 99.9 percent faster. Quick backups enable faster recovery and minimize business risk.” IBM DB2 software offers additional technical benefits, as Oliver Mensinger, database administrator at Dirk Rossmann GmbH, says, “IBM DB2 compression has reduced data volumes by up to 80 percent, and features such as Self-Tuning Memory Manager have helped to cut time spent on manual performance optimization by 50 percent. And with automated time-based table partitioning, we have substantially reduced table sizes, and now process only the data that our users actually need, delivering enormously faster response.” Thanks to high-speed data processing and shorter data-backup-times Rossmann’s managers can now make purchasing decisions fast and accurately, having an up-to-date view of key figures on sales and stock, and subsequently consumer preferences and market trends at all times, even during peak times. Michael Franke explains: “Rossmann takes advantage of the IBM Capacity on Demand offering, which allows us to activate additional computing and memory resources instantly whenever we need them, without production downtime. The solution provides 50 percent faster access to analytics reports and shorter loading times. Sales and purchasing managers can now analyze large chunks of data and gain new insights faster, making on the spot decisions to help us maximize sales.” Heike Köhler concludes: “Running our business warehouse on DB2 with Linux on IBM Power Systems has increased IT efficiency, management productivity and cut costs. Rossmann’s managers now make purchasing decisions based on up-to-date retail figures, ensuring product ranges match consumer preferences and maximizing sales revenues, enabling the next phase of the company’s growth.”
- http://www.cosmetic-business.com/news/277674 4/16/15 | 9:52 AM time In fiscal 2014, drugstore chain Rossmann tops €7 bn in sales for the first time Rossmann, a German drugstore chain based in Burgwedel (Lower Saxony), has generated consolidated sales of €7.2 billion in fiscal 2014, i.e. 8.7% more than in the previous year. It is the first time that the company has exceeded €7 billion in sales within one fiscal year. Rossmann currently operates 3,253 points of sale in Germany and five other European markets (Albania, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Turkey). Sales by the company's foreign businesses grew by 11.7% from €1.65 billion to €1.85 billion in fiscal 2014. Still, the lion's share of turnover is generated in Germany. In fiscal 2014, the domestic market accounted for a total of €5.38 billion in turnover, growing by 7.9%. Guidance for fiscal 2015 Rossmann currently operates 1,930 stores in Germany alone. For comparison: drugstore chain dm has 1,686 stores in Germany. This makes Rossmann the most widespread drugstore chain in Germany. The company has announced its intention to further extend this lead in 2015. Investments worth €170 million have been budgeted, €120 million of which will be spent in Germany. There are also plans to open 340 new stores in Germany and abroad. Rossmann currently accounts for 13.5% of the German drugstore market, the company reports. The company has performed well in the first three months of the current fiscal year, too, generating sales of €1.8 billion – an increase by 10%, Rossmann says.
- Business Need: Havertys know their customers, who they consider to “Considers value, but favors selecting right item over just price” Common to buy new furniture when moving into a new house, but, sales of houses have been lower in recent years… Havertys Annual Report - 2014 http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9NTc0OTY0fENoaWxkSUQ9Mjc4NDA0fFR5cGU9MQ==&t=1 “A cooling in housing activity and home-related spending challenged…”
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