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Enable a Consolidate Optimize Innovate Bank on
smarter workloads business with Smarter
planet and servers applications cloud Computing
Look beyond the Gain control of the Open new horizons Unlock the potential for Meet today’s business
traditional IT bound- infrastructure through for SAP by simplifying innovation with an inte- needs and prepare for
aries to meet business consolidation and operations and grated cloud solution the unpredictable future
objectives virtualization management

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Smarter Computing: Enabling a smarter planet.
competitive advantage by doing business in a generate real-time insights up and down the
“Ultimately, as CIOs, CEOs, and whole new way. The challenge for IT is clear: value chain. As such, organizations expect IT,
Improve responsiveness, reduce costs, and more than anything else, to be a provider of
CTOs you have to have a vision.
boost productivity. Successful business leaders industry-wide solutions to support imperative
You are very much judged on your are helping their organizations adapt to the business initiatives.
ability, your operational abilities. accelerating change and complexity that mark
The smarter, more successful companies are
If you can’t provide proper quality today’s competitive and economic landscape.
those that design their IT infrastructures to
of service you don’t have a job. But CIOs and CTOs are tackling new business create new opportunities. In this new era of
those are easy. The really hard requirements head-on and expect IT and line of smarter computing, you can deploy IBM tech-
thing to do is what you don’t know. business managers to work together to: nologies that are managed in a cloud, tuned to
the task and designed for data—all deployed
Whatever is coming up next month ● Refine business processes and enhance within a single, integrated system.
or next year? Can you respond?” collaboration
● Streamline operations and increase The IBM Smarter Computing Workload
—Bob Goodman
organizational effectiveness Simulator shows you the potential cost savings
Senior Database Administrator
Florida Hospital
● Improve the industry value chain through your organization can realize through optimiza-
improved relationships tion. It evaluates your current infrastructure
● Innovate products, markets, business models based on a few basic questions and identifies
In today’s business and economic environment, how IBM can help you free up resources and
it’s no longer enough to offer unique products To achieve critical business objectives, CIOs speed up business innovation.
and services—now you have to create are looking beyond the boundaries of the
enterprise to simplify business processes and 3

Consolidate workloads and
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licensing and administrative cost, and the information which just makes business harder.
servers are far underutilized. In the end, the Consolidating databases so there is one ‘true’
organization may have difficulty managing all version of all information can make day to day
those servers, and may be unable to quickly business easier and more successful. And,
Visualize savings across categories Download your Findings
and efficiently respond to changing business analytics based on correct information, makes
needs. One way to address this is the consoli- decision-making more effective because it is
dation of workloads from distributed Linux to grounded in facts.
Linux on System z®. Customers can gain sig-
Virtualize and manage workloads
nificant cost savings from software licensing,
Organizations today need to extend the busi-
hardware and administrative cost, as well as
ness value of their current and future IT
facility costs, such as power and cooling. It can
Large scale multiplatform Linux resources to keep up with ever increasing
also simplify the management of the workloads
server consolidation workload demands and create a computing
while gaining the performance, reliability and
In many IT organizations, the demands for IT environment that optimizes performance by
security of the System z platform.
support and services are addressed tactically. reducing complexity, controlling management
If a business unit needs to roll out a new appli- Consolidate databases (multiplatform) costs and increasing adaptability. Virtualizing
cation, new resources are procured and All too often databases are kept by individual workloads is a way to simply operations and
deployed to address that specific requirement. business units to meet a specific business management, including maintenance; reducing
Over time, the data center can become filled need. You may have numerous databases (and licensing costs, and delivering services more
with large numbers of servers and the IT organ- countless may be legacy) sprawled across quickly and flexibly.
ization may not even have a complete view of numerous servers in several geographies.
all the server assets or their intended use. The This can lead to unwieldy management, Why not get started today? Link to the Smarter
result is skyrocketing facility, power and cooling, redundancies and inconsistencies in customer Computing Workload Simulator
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Using Linux to consolidate workloads and servers to optimize
systems
Businesses around the world are under pres- A System z server can be used to consolidate
sure to control costs—and IT costs are no workloads from many individual servers.
exception. Therefore, if there is a large administration over-
head or a physical capacity concern of many
Server and workload consolidation is one individual servers, System z can take on the
key way to help reduce IT expenses. By consol- role of a single server environment managing
idating servers, you can reduce both power those workloads. It can present a single view of
consumption and space requirements: Fewer administration, performance and recovery for
servers reduces power, cooling and physical applications that harness the mainframe’s
footprint requirements. Through provisioning, services during execution.
you can minimize lead time for new projects.
For example, a new test or development Server consolidation is not just about reducing To view this video on YouTube click here
environment can be provisioned in minutes the number of servers, but also integrating,
without procuring new hardware and data simplifying and optimizing the existing IT infra- Visit the IBM Linux website to view
centre planning. Using the performance moni- structure across heterogeneous applications consolidation stories
toring and workload management capabilities and data.
inherent in IBM zEnterprise, you can improve
the reliability and availability of applications
directly affecting your organization’s ability to
achieve service level agreements (SLAs) and
peak workload levels.

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National Registration Department of Malaysia boosts
availability of critical applications with Linux
Challenge: Linux (IFL) engine to provide a highly available
The National Registration Department of environment for new SUSE Linux Enterprise “We estimate employee productivity
Malaysia (Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara Server workloads. After migrating the SAL
has increased by 50 percent
Malaysia, or JPN) is the government agency application to SUSE Linux, employee satisfac-
responsible for registering important demo- tion rates increased significantly and the secure since the implementation of the
graphic events. To expedite statistical queries and virus-resistant environment helped protect IBM solution. With the SAL
and requests for data extraction from govern- the confidential data of Malaysia’s citizens; and application performing to its full
mental entities, JPN custom-built an application the entire project was completed within four
potential, crucial information is
referred to as the Statistics and Data Extraction months.
Request Management System (SAL). Although
available 24×7, just a few mouse
the application was designed to automatically Benefits: clicks away. User feedback has been
● Dramatically improved response times,
manage, calculate and distribute responses to overwhelmingly positive.”
data requests, the underlying hardware platform increasing utilization of the SAL application to
was woefully inadequate for the task and 100 percent and boosting employee produc-
—Laila Binti Abdul Majid
frequently bogged down. tivity by an estimated 50 percent Chief Assistant Director
● Gained a highly reliable, stable platform JPN
Solution: making it possible to offer the SAL applica-
JPN implemented a new IBM System z server tion 24×7 (previously available only during
running the IBM z/OS operating system to bet- working hours) Link to the full story
ter handle the existing workload. JPN was also ● Moving to open source technology has intro-
able to activate an IBM Integrated Facility for duced significant cost savings

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Dundee City Council delivers more value through
new technologies
Challenge: new infrastructure runs a range of Linux appli- ● Reduced Oracle per-processor licensing
Dundee is Scotland’s fourth largest city, home cations and Oracle databases—supporting key costs, as numerous virtual Linux servers can
to 145,000 people. Dundee City Council systems such as social services, 24×7. run on each IFL processor
employs around 10,000 people, and provides a
wide range of municipal services for citizens, In terms of power supply, air conditioning and
many of which rely on IT support. data center floor space, the new server and “The combination of the z10 proces-
storage landscape delivers significant savings
using an estimated 30 to 40 percent less
sors and the XIV grid architecture
Dundee City Council needed to handle increas-
ing demand for IT and e-Government services, electricity than the old storage arrays. gives us 50 percent better
while also reducing costs in line with central performance than our previous
Benefits:
government targets. When the lease on its
● More than 50 percent improved performance
infrastructure—which means we
server and storage hardware needed to be
providing capacity for growth without can run 50 percent more workload
renewed, the Council saw an opportunity to
enhance its capabilities and increase value for increasing IT costs for the same price.”
money.
● Rapid provisioning of virtualized server and
storage resources —Tim Simpson
IT Support Manager
Solution: ● Enables faster IT response times to end user
Dundee City Council
Dundee upgraded the IT environment with needs
two powerful IBM System z servers, and intro- ● Superior availability and disaster recovery
duced the IBM XIV Storage System. The new capabilities—all systems can be restored
Link to the full story
machines each contain two IBM Integrated within 20 minutes
Facility for Linux (IFL) processors, and run
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Allianz uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux to better manage risk,
improve customer service and accommodate growth
Challenge: Allianz was confident that should any issues
Operating across Australia and New Zealand arise, Red Hat could essentially replicate the “…Running Red Hat Enterprise
with approximately 3,300 staff, Allianz is scenario on their own IBM z server, leading to
Linux was undoubtedly the best fit-
Australia’s fourth largest general insurer with faster support solutions. The combination of
over two million policyholders. It offers a wide IBM System z hardware and Red Hat software for-purpose solution for us… A
range of insurance and risk management exploits the use of virtualization technology major part of the decision to use
products and services. After running to deliver savings—both financial and Red Hat was its tight integration
WebSphere applications on an Intel platform environmental—through lower power usage,
with the IBM platform and its
using Microsoft Windows for some time, Allianz ensuring Allianz to meet their goal to reduce
realized it could go no further with the current emissions by 20 percent. impressive support
set-up. Allianz saw the situation as an opportu- structure.”
nity to build a completely new infrastructure Benefits:
from the network right down to the back-up
● Resolved data center power limitations with —Peter Rowe
new capacity for growth Head of Infrastructure and Operations
devices.
Allianz Australia Limited
● Provided superior workload management
Solution: and operational efficiency
After comprehensive analysis, Allianz concluded ● Helped reduce its carbon footprint while
that the most viable option for the business increasing flexibility and scalability Link to the full story
going forward would be to combine the per- ● Allowed reallocation of IT budget from
formance and reliability of the IBM System z software licensing to staff and resources
machine with the flexibility and efficiency of Red
Hat Enterprise Linux.
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Optimize business applications
Over the past four decades IBM has closely IBM zEnterprise can help simplify, automate, Discover how organizations in a range of indus-
collaborated with SAP in developing solutions. and improve service quality by enabling the tries have taken advantage of IBM System z to
This collaboration has driven the evolution of consolidation and deployment of end-to-end optimize their business applications and drive
both IBM and SAP products and services to SAP solutions. profitable growth.
respond to our customer’s needs. As a result,
we are able to offer even more efficient, IBM delivers a unique hybrid computing model
integrated, end-to-end solutions for general that allows data centers to optimize workload
business and specific industries. deployment on best fit technologies with a
common management infrastructure for
Enterprises face new challenges every day as both mainframe and distributed system
the global business environment becomes resources while driving down overall costs.
increasingly dynamic. It is mandatory for busi- IBM zEnterprise provides the architecture and
nesses to be able to react quickly to new busi- capabilities to support hybrid workloads in a
ness models and changing processes. There single architecture managed with one set of
are few places where solving these challenges skills and tools.
is more critical than for enterprise core business
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Banco Pastor slashes costs and boosts efficiency with
SAP and IBM
Challenge: operating system partitions and IBM DB2 run-
Banco Pastor was founded in 1776 and is the ning natively on IBM z/OS. While Banco Pastor’s “... we resolved our issues of scalabil-
second oldest banking institution in Spain. It is previous solution required 21 physical servers,
ity, speed and cost. We have reduced
among the top ten banking groups in the coun- the new single System z installation delivered
try with 4,500 employees and 650 branch immediate savings in floor space, energy and our footprint by ten times, and
offices worldwide. The bank’s human resources cooling, as well as reducing complexity and minimized our overall business
solutions were heavily customized, with multiple simplifying IT administration. risks. The z10 servers are based in
separate modules for each functional area,
Benefits: two separate sites and provide us
such as payroll, vacations and training. Each
tailored module required a significant amount
● Consolidated and simplified a complex, with the utmost security by ensur-
of maintenance and management, resulting in modular HR system ing that even if there is a natural
● Cut administrative processes and reduced
high operational costs. disaster we can maintain high
complexities
Solution: ● Minimized workloads for IT and HR depart- availability...”
Banco Pastor implemented SAP ERP Human ments by 30 percent each
—Montserrat Torres Torres
Capital Management, with SAP NetWeaver ● Enabled staff to process personnel issues
Computer Systems Manager
Portal providing simple browser-based access through a web portal quickly and easily Banco Pastor
for employee self-service. The system runs on ● Reduced bureaucratic processes by between
two IBM System z10 servers, supporting Linux 30 to 70 percent

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina becomes a
model of IT efficiency with IBM
Challenge: choices because most of the applications that Benefits:
Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina BCBSSC runs are complex, transaction inten- Compared to a distributed architecture, the
(BCBSSC) has 11,700 employees spread across sive applications (such as claims processing) IBM System z:
17 US states and serves a customer base of that benefit from the huge I/O subsystem and
approximately 66 million individuals. BCBSSC the tight coupling with the database that main- ● Requires less networking equipment than a
has huge data processing scale—driving frame architecture offers. distributed architecture
approximately $247 billion US in annual claims ● Uses less energy and requires less data
payout. That amounts to almost 9.5 percent It also makes sense for other reasons: center space
of the entire national healthcare expenditure in ● Needs fewer management personnel
● System z is the industry’s most secure
the United States. To its credit, BCBSSC busi- ● Makes better use of the environment’s
commercial computing environment, having
ness processes drive IT—IT does not force storage assets
achieved EAL level 5—a testing level that no
IT conventions and restraints on users and
other server environment has yet matched;
external partners. Link to the full story
● System z offers the industry’s most advanced
Solution: virtualization facilities allowing for high levels
BCBSSC has removed approximately of system utilization and providing a high-
1,000 Intel-based servers, rehosting those availability resource pool for failover situa-
applications on Linux on an IBM System z tions; and
environment. BCBSSC prefers the ● System z offers the industry’s most advanced
IBM System z architecture over other platform management facilities.

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gkd-el achieves 30 percent TCO reduction by migrating its
SAP systems to IBM
Challenge: Information Processor engine and three ● Maintains agreed performance levels as
Gelsenkirchen is a city in northwestern IBM System z Integrated Facility for Linux workload grows
Germany with almost 300,000 inhabitants. With engines to run the SAP ERP application. ● Enables provisioning of new application
84 employees, gkd-el manages the entire IT servers within minutes
infrastructure for the city government. It also Since migrating to the new machine, gkd-el has
provides some managed application services seen average dialog response times fall from
for the city of Herne and for several other 570 to just 190 milliseconds. Throughput for “By migrating to z10 and conduct-
non-commercial customers. The company’s the SAP system has increased by 270 percent,
and yet the total cost of ownership for the new
ing associated streamlining work,
agreements guarantee sub-second response
times for customers’ business-critical SAP IBM server is 30 percent lower. gkd-el’s IT infra- we were able to reduce our monthly
applications. With increasing workloads, there structure is now able to scale with the growth of operational costs for the mainframe
was a risk of failing to meet this guarantee dur- the business without increasing IT complexity. environment by 30 percent. In
ing peak load times. gkd-el wanted to ensure this way, urgently needed capital
Benefits:
that it could continue to meet its commitments
to customers while, at the same time, reducing
● Provides virtually continuous availability for became available for other necessary
business-critical systems investments.”
its operational costs.
● Helps decrease total cost of ownership while
Solution: adding speed and capacity —Willi Lohmann
To achieve this goal, gkd-el deployed an
● Simplifies compliance with high security and CEO
confidentiality standards for data gkd-el
IBM System z server comprised of a standard
processor, one IBM System z Integrated
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Smarter innovation with a secure Enterprise Cloud
Organizations today grapple with the expansion protecting critical data. Not surprisingly, the From automation to advanced virtualization
of distributed computing, increased online level of data security depends largely on which technologies and open industry standards,
collaboration, explosive data growth and het- platform supports the cloud environment. IBM System z servers deliver a solid, secure
erogeneous IT environments—all issues that foundation on which to build the virtual environ-
make information security more critical, yet IBM System z has a strong heritage of being ment. They support expandable cloud environ-
more complex than ever. Moving data to a an extremely secure platform for virtual ments with industry-leading security, as well as
virtualized, cloud-based environment can help environments and workloads, and offers a availability, performance and cost-effectiveness.
develop and manage a more flexible infrastruc- compelling alternative to massively scaled-out These benefits are particularly valuable on
ture, and reduce operational costs and total environments often deployed in the cloud— today’s smarter planet, where instrumented,
cost of ownership. In addition, a virtualized particularly in the realm of security. Also, many interconnected and intelligent businesses col-
environment can help accelerate time to market organizations are already using a mainframe lect, process, use and store more information
through increased efficiency and automation; as their data hub running key applications, pro- than ever before.
scale operations to meet market dynamics and viding a natural jumping off point to create a
business strategy; and virtually eliminate down- security hub for the entire enterprise. Find out how leading organizations have
time. The question, therefore, is not whether deployed cloud computing on System z to
to move to the cloud—it’s how to do it while transform their business.

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EFiS EDI Finance Service AG moves to Linux on IBM for better
performance and lower costs
Challenge: onto an IBM Enterprise Linux Server (ELS) ● Allowed the company to optimize its disaster
EFiS EDI Finance Service AG provides its running the Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise recovery plan
clients with SaaS services that deal with Server for System z operating system. ● Helped reduce the company’s carbon
sensitive financial data. As a result, the com- footprint to minimize the impact on the
pany has always been committed to high While the IBM System z platform satisfied the environment
performing and secure technology to help it company’s performance and energy require-
comply with strict data protection laws. They ments, EFiS EDI Finance Service AG saw an
needed to implement new server solutions additional opportunity to expand its IBM and “We at EFiS have managed to
Linux investments and improve the company’s
capable of optimizing their Linux-based envi- substantially reduce our IT costs,
ronment while minimizing risks and lowering overall services. The company updated its data
costs. Additionally, the new solution needed center by installing a new Enterprise Linux risk and resources - which allows
to improve disaster recovery capabilities to Server running on System z server as its new us to increase the environmental
support the uninterrupted operation of its disaster recovery platform. protection and in particular effi-
24×7 online banking system.
Benefits: ciency. All this is achieved at EFiS
Solution: ● Consolidated the IT environment while by using IBM System z hardware.”
EFiS chose to implement its new Linux platform deploying hundreds of Linux instances
● Helped double processing speeds and opti- —Armin Gerhardt
on IBM System z technology. IBM Business
CEO, EFiS Corporation
Partner PROFI Engineering Systems AG helped mized the data center by replacing unneces-
the company migrate its mission-critical appli- sary or underperforming hardware
cations from pre-existing x86-based servers
● Streamlined the data center by optimizing
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The University of Bari builds a service-oriented cloud
architecture using IBM and Linux

Challenge: The university developed innovative cloud Benefits:
Southern Italy’s University of Bari needed a plat- solutions—delivering powerful computing ● Accelerates the sale and delivery of wine, fish
form to facilitate cost-effective, flexible applica- capabilities to local businesses. One application and other cargo to end-customers
tion development. The University is a member is an online auction system for fishermen to use ● Provides real-time information from RFID
of DAISY-net, a consortium of public universities while they are out in their boats catching fish. sensors on variables such as temperature,
and information and communication technology Using cloud computing to allow multiple entities humidity and whether cargos have been
companies in the Puglia region. DAISY-net to tap into heavy-duty computing power, at a subjected to any shocks or stresses
wanted to create a highly secure, scalable minimal cost, lowers the barrier to ensuring ● Integrates sensor, market and GPS data with
and flexible architecture for application develop- local businesses can access and benefit from systems at the university, private sector and
ment and deployment. So the University the technology. government regulatory agencies
decided to host the infrastructure for this ● Virtualizes the University laboratory for
new architecture in the cloud. By augmenting a Linux for System z cloud, the students
developers created a wide range of innovative
Solution: solutions. For example, one DAISY-net solution To view the University of Bari video on
The University leveraged the IBM System z was created for the fishing industry. It provides YouTube click here
Solution Edition for Cloud Computing—a virtu- a touch-screen solution fisherman can install in
alized infrastructure that uses IBM System z, their boats and use to report the size and Link to the full story
IBM System Storage®, SUSE Linux Enterprise species of the fish they catch. This information
Server for IBM System z and IBM Tivoli® is then automatically shared with potential
Service Automation Manager to enable intelli- customers such as local markets, shops and
gent management of Linux virtual machines. restaurants, who can compete in a live auction
while the fishing boat is still out at sea.
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Transzap fuels a competitive edge with increased application
uptime
Challenge: excited to discover the Linux on System z plat-
Founded in 1999, Transzap, Inc. offers its form, as they had previous experience running “We intend to deliver a 99.9 percent
customers in the global oil and gas industry a their business applications on Linux.
application uptime guarantee to our
comprehensive suite of software as a service,
called Oildex™. Oildex is focused on financial The System z solution helped Transzap estab- customer base, thanks to the avail-
back-office transaction processing between lish a dynamic infrastructure that reduced costs ability characteristics of System z.”
energy companies using digital data and work- while at the same time improving the level of
flow tools. But, as demand for their software service the company provided. As a result of —Peter Flanagan
the success they have had with the IBM system, CEO
increased, Transzap began experiencing avail- Transzap, Inc
ability problems with their existing x86 distrib- Transzap plans to offer enhanced service level
uted infrastructure. Transzap wanted to not only agreements to its customers.
solve its application uptime issues but also
Benefits:
address the growing company’s future capacity
● Helped improve system uptime using
concerns
virtualization
Solution: ● Reduced costs by helping lower power, floor
Transzap knew they wanted to implement space and staff requirements
virtualization to improve scalability and
● Allowed faster creation of database instances
business flexibility, and started investigating for SaaS providers
IBM System z offerings. They were particularly
● Offered competitive advantages with better
availability, security and scalability To view this video on YouTube click here

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Bank on Smarter Computing
Concerned about growth, financial pressures, the infrastructure, banks deploying this solution
and competition, banks are making fundamen- “We’ve even seen situations where can reduce transaction costs and speed time to
tal changes to the way they do business, driving market of new services.
80% or more of the of the IT
IT innovation to keep pace with change and
deal with thinning margins. You need the IT budget is going toward managing, Discover how banks around the world are
flexibility to stay ahead of the market, but you maintaining, in some cases, extend- driving innovation and saving money using
IBM solutions based on System z.
need to keep your applications running and ing what’s there…”
your data safe.
Link to the Clabby Analytics paper to
—Steve Mills
In banking organizations, 70 - 80 percent of IT Senior Vice President learn more
costs are spent on maintenance of legacy envi- Systems and Software
IBM
ronments, while less than 30 percent is spent
on true differentiation, innovation and new prod-
uct offering support. Moreover, inflexible, com-
For banks who want to reinvent their business
plex operations and siloed data can prohibit
model, while balancing growth, efficiency
banks from focusing on their customers. And
and business resiliency, the Core Banking
as complexity increases, costs increase,
zEnterprise™ Hybrid Integration Solution
compliance becomes inhibited and growth is
optimizes banking workload deployment across
limited. At the same time, downtime or security
different systems while driving a simplified,
breaches can result in millions of dollars of lost
streamlined and agile enterprise. Through the To view this video on YouTube click here
revenue, as well as damage to brand reputation
integration, consolidation and simplification of
and increased customer dissatisfaction.
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Svenska Handelsbanken consolidates applications running
on 2,500 distributed servers
Challenge: virtualized environment on System z. In addition,
Founded in 1871, Svenska Handelsbanken the licensing for databases on Linux on “The capacity and the virtualization
is one of Sweden’s largest and best-known System z is much less than on Microsoft
Windows servers. Aside from the cost advan-
capabilities of System z are a huge
banks with more than 10,000 employees and
700 branches worldwide. Handelsbanken’s tages and the ease of provisioning new virtual advantage for fast-growing envi-
main strategic goal is to be more profitable by servers on System z, the new environment ronments like our online banking
increasing its customer base through excellent made it much easier to protect data and ensure system.”
customer service, and by reducing operational high availability. For all these reasons, Svenska
costs and increasing efficiency. The bank Handelsbanken considers IBM System z as a —Roger Rydberg Manager of System z Platform
wanted to consolidate as many systems strategic platform and plans to use it to support Svenska Handelsbanken
as possible to a centralized infrastructure its core banking systems and online services for
because they had built a landscape of almost the future.
2,500 smaller, distributed servers running
Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems. Benefits:
● Runs hundreds of systems on a single physi-
Solution: cal machine
Taking advantage of IBM System z Application ● Cuts Java workload costs by 15 percent per
Assist Processors (zAAPs), the bank is able year
to run the Java online banking applications on ● Enables disaster recovery within seconds
an IBM WebSphere Application Server in a

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Bank of New Zealand takes a bold step to consolidate
workloads to improve economics
Challenge: by 2010 and the second was to explore open JAVA applications written by BNZ. Combined,
Like a large number of businesses in New source opportunities through the adoption of these applications power BNZ’s customer
Zealand and around the world, BNZ was close Linux.” facing banking systems.
to reaching capacity in its data center and
needed to determine how to maximize space Solution: The combination of z/VM and Red Hat
while keeping costs down. The bank’s corpo- To address environmental and space issues in Enterprise Linux enabled BNZ to virtualize and
rate values also have a carbon neutral focus, the data center and achieve the corporate goal consolidate a largely distributed SUN environ-
which it was keen to put into practice across all of becoming carbon neutral by 2010, BNZ ment, incorporating all of its front-end systems
aspects of its business operations. Another migrated from distributed Intel and SUN SPARC to just one box without presenting any increase
challenge BNZ faced was to create a disaster servers to Red Hat Enterprise Linux running in administration resource. And, by utilizing RHN
recovery solution. Its data center-one in under z/VM® on IBM System z servers. Satellite, the bank was able to reprovision its
Auckland, New Zealand and the other in East entire Teller platform development environment
BNZ overhauled its mission-critical front-end IT in two hours.
Melbourne, Australia are separated by the
environment, including Internet banking and
Tasman Sea.
bank teller functions through to core backend Benefits:
“The issues we were dealing with were not data by migrating systems to Red Hat ● Recovered 30 percent of datacenter floor
necessarily unique, but a reflection of the cur- Enterprise Linux running under z/VM on space
rent business climate,” said Lyle Johnston, System z. BNZ uses one IBM System z server ● Reduced power consumption by 38 percent
Infrastructure Architect for BNZ. “BNZ had for production, as well as one IBM System z ● Twenty percent return on investment (ROI)
defined two important goals for the future, server as a disaster recovery machine. Both over the life of the platform
both of which relied heavily on IT. The first was machines exclusively run Red Hat Enterprise ● Simplified, more efficient deployment
for the organization to become carbon neutral Linux, IBM WebSphere® application and
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BNZ has consolidated 131 SUN SPARC
systems to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on “What’s been truly remarkable has been the fact that introducing Red Hat
IBM System z. Moving to Linux on System z
Enterprise Linux into the organization has breathed new enthusiasm and
represented a major shift from traditional bank-
ing systems. The migration produced impres- new life into the business and the people behind it. This project has been a
sive returns, exceeding expectations: After just type of gateway for us, and working with Red Hat has opened our eyes to
three months the project was ahead of sched- what’s possible with open source. From our perspective, the best is yet
ule and on budget. Moreover, BNZ was able to
to come.”
consolidate servers, reducing its front-end
systems’ datacenter footprint by 30 percent.
—Lyle Johnston
Infrastructure Architect
Bank of New Zealand


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VietinBank uses Linux to manage risk, improve customer service
and accommodate growth
Challenge: traditional and more advanced banking serv-
Established in 1988, VietinBank’s total assets ices continues to grow, System z can scale up “IBM System z10 is regarded as
last year accounted for over 20 percent of the to meet the challenge.
the strategic platform for mission-
entire Vietnamese banking industry. The bank
operates almost 850 branches and transaction As the country’s first Linux on the mainframe critical work. Nothing is more
offices and nearly 1,200 automatic teller user, VietinBank joins the ranks of the world’s mission-critical than ensuring safe
largest banking institutions and emerging mar-
machines (ATMs) in Vietnam. After growth of money deposits and transfers in a
35 percent in a single year, the bank needed ket leaders that seek out System z to compete
in an interconnected world. System z also lets
country like Vietnam (which is)
the computing power to continue serving its
current customers, as well as provide sufficient the bank take advantage of the more than experiencing exponential growth.”
capacity to acquire new banking customers. 3,150 compatible open source applications.
—Mr. Pham Anh Tuan
They also wanted to add additional services Deputy Director
Benefits:
without impacting computing workloads. VietinBank
● Delivers flexible architecture that can grow
Solution: with workloads
VietinBank selected the IBM System z main-
● Provides a platform for a wide variety of open
frame server, optimized for high transaction source Linux applications
banking demands. The bank benefits from
● Features capacity management and
advanced systems management features advanced security
including capacity management and security
● Helps support both future growth and mas-
to protect the bank’s data from potential risks. sive cost savings
At the same time, as the country’s appetite for
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