The document provides 10 tips for midsize organizations to boost their computing performance. The tips include taking inventory of servers and services, locating redundant licenses, simplifying infrastructure whenever possible, considering hardware designed for open systems software that can provide twice the efficiency of traditional systems, thinking outside the box in terms of operating systems, and discovering additional tips in the full IT Manager's Journal.

1. 10 tips to help boost your
midsize organization’s
computing performance.
Do more with less. Get cloud ready. Reduce
downtime. These are just a few of the mantras
that challenge today’s midsize organizations.
But what can you do to get started today?
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2. Find Out What You
Don’t Know.
Start by taking inventory of your servers (both
physical and virtual) as well as the middleware,
applications, SaaS and other public cloud services.
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3. Locate Redundancies
and Stray Licenses.
Most applications can be consolidated or virtualized, and
many licenses may no longer be needed. It’s the perfect
time to lighten your software load.
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4. Simplify Whenever
Possible.
The more pieces of your infrastructure that are simplified
and preintegrated, the easier it will be to implement current
and future solutions. With the preintegrated IBM i, you can
continue to simplify and grow with ease.
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5. Consider Hardware
Made for Open
System Software.
By implementing hardware that works
with an open source environment like
IBM PowerLinuxTM, organizations have
demonstrated up to twice the level of
efficiency as traditional Windows systems
when deploying SAP.
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6. Think Outside the Box
Today, the underlying server operating system may
no longer be a determining factor. It’s time to think of
nontraditional approaches, like IBM Power ® running
on Linux, IBM i or AIX ®.
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7. Want to learn other
helpful tips to boost your
computing performance?
Discover these and five more in the full IT
Manager’s Journal,“10 Ways to Boost Computing
Performance in Midsize Organizations.”
IT Manager’s Journal >
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