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Automation pages 21-22University of North Carolina (USA, Sep 2009)IBM IT Delivery (Aug 2009)

Reduced Cost pages 23-36Casa Bahia (Brazil, Mar 2010)Baldor Electric Company(USA, Mar 2010)Atos Origin (UK, Dec 2009)Marsh (UK, Dec 2009)Allianz (Australia, Nov 2009)Home Depot (USA, Nov 2009)Computacenter (UK, Nov 2009)National Business Center (Aug 2009)Ball State University (USA, Jun 2009)Salt River Project (USA, May 2009)gkd-el (Germany, Jan 2009) Nationwide Insurance (USA, Sep 2008)Winnebago Industries (USA, Mar 2008)RENFE (Spain, Sep 2006)

Case studies for Linux® on IBM eServer™ zSeries pages 37-41University of Arkansas (USA, Aug 2009)TORN (Poland, val. May 2009)King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (Thailand, Apr 2008)Illinois State University (USA, Mar 2008)

Virtualization pages 4-11BCBS Minnesota (USA, Dec 2009)Marist College (USA, val. Oct 2009)Shikoku (Japan, Oct 2009)Transzap (USA, Sep 2009)Colacem S.p.A. (Italy, Jan 2009)Bank of Russia (Russia, Oct 2008)BRZ Deutschland (Germany, Oct 2008)Univar (USA, Mar 2008)

Energy Efficiency pages 12-14Bank of New Zealand (Nea Zealand, Jan 2009)Gruppo API (Italy, 2009)Dundee City Council (United Kingdom, Jun 2008)

Security and Resiliency pages 15-20EFiS AG (Germany, Dec 2009)IBM FMS (USA, Oct 2009)RIHMI-WDC (USA, Oct 2009)Con-Way Freight (USA, Jun 2009)Peter Hahn (Germany, Mar 2009)Wessels+Müller AG (Germany, Sep 2008)

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Reducing TCO with virtualized Linux on System z

Business Challenge:The Microsoft® Windows® and Intel® processor-based server landscape at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (BCBSM) was inflexible and costly to operate and maintain.

Solution:IBM helped BCBSM consolidate 140 servers to a single IBM System z® with six Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) engines. Key applications now run in Linux® virtual servers, while IBM DB2®

databases run on z/OS® on the same physical machine.

Benefits:Significant TCO reduction over five yearsVirtualization cuts server provisioning times by 99 percentDisaster recovery can be achieved 97 percent faster than before

“From every perspective, running applications under Linux on System z makes sense for our organization. Performance, reliability, disaster recovery, server provisioning and cost efficiency have all seen dramatic improvements—helping BCBSM deliver better service and better value to its members across the state.”

— Ted Mansk, Director of Infrastructure Engineering and

Databases at BCBSM

Solution ComponentsIBM System z9® Enterprise class (z9® EC)

IBM System z10™ Enterpriseclass (z10 EC™)

BCBS Minnesota


Business challenge:Shikoku Electric, one of 10 electric utilities in Japan, needed to expand its internal communications system. The company hoped to improve service levels to customers by improving knowledge sharing among employees, including information about daily business processes and emergency recovery procedures.

Solution:Shikoku Electric expanded its existing Lotus Notes/Domino groupware implementation and deployed it on redundant IBM System z9 Business Class servers. The IBM System z9 uses open-source Linux and virtualization technology to enable multiple instances of Lotus Notes/Domino on one machine, reducing the number of servers required to support the expanded capabilities.

Benefits:Extends the value of existing investments in IBM technologySimplifies operations and systems managementEnables cost-efficient scalability through virtualization

“Lotus Notes/Domino has deeply penetrated the entire company, and is now indispensable for daily business.”

— Shinji Nakauchi, System Promotion Group Leader,

Shikoku Electric Power Company

Solution components:IBM System z9 Business Class server (z9 BC)

IBM Lotus Notes

IBM Lotus Domino

Strengthening communications with IBM Lotus Notes® and Domino®

Shikoku Electric Power Company


Solution components:IBM System z

Linux on System z

z/VM®

“We intend to deliver a 99.9% application uptime guarantee to our customer base, thanks to the availability characteristics of System z.”

— Peter Flanagan, CEO of Transzap, Inc.

Business challenge: Transzap offers its customers a comprehensive suite of financial software tools. As a small business with tens of billions of dollars in client transactions flowing through their systems each year, Transzap needed an economical, reliable platform to provide clients with high availability while enabling the capacity to accommodate growth within their software as a service business model.

Solution: Transzap decided to consolidate on an IBM System z platform to provide the stability and scalability needed to accommodate triple digit volume growth, enabling them to focus on the business of software innovation. Transzap migrated to System z and virtualized its critical applications on Linux on System z, a platform that supports Transzap's dynamic Java™ and Oracle environments.

Benefits:Helps Transzap to serve more than 69,000 users across 6,800 companiesProvides higher levels of uptime for their customersOffers peace of mind through 24x7 world-class hardware support

Transzap, Inc.Transzap boosts uptime with IBM System z


“I can host my ware-

house, my business applications, and my DB2 database all on the same machine. This gives me huge performance advantages”.

- Mr. Andrea Coccia, CIO Colacem S.p.A.

Colacem believes that deploying SAP on Linux on a mainframe makes excellent business sense.

Business need A big influencing factor for moving to SAP on Linux on a mainframe at Colacem was the need to be more agile in acquiring and assimilating new businesses into the Colacem fold. Colacem already had a huge commitment to mainframe architecture (the company prefers centralized control of its information technology) – but had not yet standardized on an enterprise resource planning application.

SolutionColacem uses the latest, IBM System z10 Enterprise Class (z10 EC) architecture running z/VM as a host operating environment that controls underlying Linux instances. SAP's enterprise suite of ERP applications (accounting, financials, etc.) have been deployed to run-the-company and its associated businesses.

Benefits:SAP does indeed run extremely well on Linux on mainframe architectureColacem has realized distinct business advantages by using SAP to support its policies of expansion through acquisitionColacem is so pleased with its SAP/Linux/mainframe application environment that it plans to implement a second phase to add new SAP applications to its application portfolio

SAP on Linux on a Mainframe!Colacem S.p.A. - Case Study from Clabby Analytics


Solution components:IBM System z9 Enterprise ClassIBM z/OSIBM z/VMLinuxIBM Global MirrorIBM Metro MirrorIBM Tivoli® OMEGAMON®

IBM WebSphere® MQSeries®

“With IBM System

z, instead of buying an oversized server and growing into it over the years, we only need to pay for what we use. As volumes increase, we can ask IBM

to activate more processors within the mainframe to deal with the demand”.

- Mr. Mikhail Senatorov, Deputy Chairman, Bank of Russia

Business challenge:With a variety of local payment processing systems running on more than 200 distributed servers in 74 data centers across 11 time zones, the Bank of Russia faced significant challenges in terms of operational efficiency, technical support and security.

Solution:Working with IBM and EC-Leasing, the Bank consolidated the entire infrastructure to just four IBM System z9 Enterprise Class (z9 EC) mainframes at two data centers; using a new software landscape under z/OS and virtualized Linux servers under z/VM.

Benefits:Cut payment processing costs by 95 percent, saving US $400 millionAchieved further savings on licensing, maintenance and electricityReduced workload for technical staff by 85 percent

Reintegrating payment processing for Russia’s national bankBank of Russia


Business challengeMarist College is a leading comprehensive liberal arts institution that has gained a reputation as a trailblazer in virtualization and mainframe technologies. The college’s IT infrastructure supports a variety of functions, including systems for administration, development, production and education.

SolutionMarist installed their first IBM eServer™ zSeries® 900 (z900) over six years ago and has recently upgraded to an IBM System z9. The z9 mainframe runs IBM z/VM which enables extremely high utilization of computing resources with a reduced footprint. z/VM also enables high performance for its hosted virtual servers, which include Linux. Storage in the z9 is being transitioned to two IBM System Storage™ DS8100 disk storage systems.

BenefitsEnables extremely high utilization of computing resources

Simplifies maintenance and management of over 600 virtual servers

Increases utilization and capacity while reducing footprint

“System z has been wonderful. Fabulous. A crown jewel. I can’t say

enough superlatives about what it’s done for us.”

“z/VM is much easier to manage from a technology point of view. It takes less staff and provides more

useful tools,”

A. Harry Williams, director of technology and systems,

Marist College

Marist CollegeEnabling 600 hosted virtual servers on IBM System z9


Business needTo meet customer demands in the fast-paced construction industry and to operate as optimally as possible, BRZ needed a robust, powerful IT platform. BRZ’s challenge was compounded by the fact that its existing IBM S/390® Multiprise® 2000 mainframe was running at capacity.

Solution On a recommendation from IBM and IBM Premier Business Partner Fritz & Macziol GmbH, BRZ migrated to an IBM System z9 Business Class (z9 BC) server running the IBM z/VSE™ V4 operating system. The System z9 technology offered the flexibility to run the z/VSE operating system while also allowing the company’s Linux applications to coexist. Leveraging the z/VSE environment with the System z9 BC server acting as the data hub.

BenefitsProvides the flexibility to run the z/VSE operating system in parallel with Linux applicationsAccelerates processing run times for batch jobsReduces run times for 200,000 payroll stubs by 50 percent over the company’s previous system

"A maximum in flexibility, stability and availability is simply what our clients expect and is a require-ment for the permanent improvement of process flows. With the IBM System z9 BC we can meet these requirements."

- Oliver Neureuther, director of product management systems, BRZ Deutschland GmbH

Reduces data processing times by deploying IBM System z9 and IBM System Storage technology

BRZ Deutschland …


Business challengeUnivar USA is the leading industrial chemical distributor in the United States, providing chemical products and distribution services. After acquiring a competitor and taking on additional workloads from other geographies, Univar USA faced an immediate need to upgrade its IT infrastructure to handle the increased data processing requirements.

SolutionThe company turned to IBM Premier Business Partner Sirius Computer Solutions for help in developing and implementing a new hardware solution. Univar USA replaced their existing IBM eServer zSeries 890 (z890) mainframe with an IBM System z9 Enterprise Class server. The solution allows the company to leverage specialty engines such as Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) to provide additional processing capabilities.

BenefitsEnables a multi-OS mainframe environment

Facilitates business continuity efforts

Provides scalability options to accommodate future growth

“The z9 was the perfect solution for what we needed. No matter what the business does in the future, we have a footprint that we can grow in.”

— Dean Schultz, manager of technical services, Univar

USA

Responding to rapid growth in a mainframe environment Univar USA


Business needBank of New Zealand (BNZ) was close to reaching capacity in its datacenter and needed a new solution that could maximize space and resources while keeping costs down. With a heavy carbon-neutral focus as a core part of its corporate values, BNZ looked for ways to green its IT architecture and carve out costs.

Solution In mid 2007, BNZ began overhauling its mission-critical front-end IT environment, including its Internet banking and bank teller functions, and its middleware layer providing connectivity through to its core back-end data. It migrated its systems to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 running under z/VM on the mainframe. Today, BNZ utilizes both z10™ and z9 systems, exclusively running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, to power the bank’s customer-facing banking systems, including Internet banking and teller platforms.

“Deploying IBM mainframes with Red Hat Enterprise Linux to address our carbon footprint and cost savings concerns was a very big deal, especially at the senior management level.”

- Lyle Johnston, infrastructure architect at BNZ

Benefits:Recovered 30 percent of datacenter floor space33 percent reduction in heat output and a 39 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions for its front-end systemsReduced power consumption by 38 percent20 percent return on investment (ROI) over the life of the platformThe new virtualized platform has also boosted the speed and simplicity of new deployments.

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Bank of New Zealand … Reduces Carbon Footprint with Red Hat on the Mainframe


Solution components:IBM System z10

IBM System Storage DS8300

IBM InfoSphere®

“The new System z10 is much more powerful than our UNIX servers. This will allow us to avoid the upgrades to processor capacity that trigger additional

licensing costs.”

— Gaetano

Scebba, Chief Technology Officer, Gruppo

API

Business challenge: A rapidly expanding distributed UNIX® landscape was proving increasingly complex for Gruppo API to manage. As the company anticipated further growth, it recognized the need to increase flexibility while keeping a sharp eye on costs and energy consumption.

Solution:Implemented an IBM System z10 mainframe with seven Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) processors, two CPs and one zIIP engine. Installed IBM System Storage DS8300 to deliver high-performance storage.

Benefits: Simplified infrastructure management: processing time for SAP BIreduced by 35 percent compared to the distributed server landscapeQuick, pain-free migration: 1,200 user mail boxes moved to System z in just two weeks, without any interruption to end usersGreen benefits: energy consumption cut by 35 percent, floor-space requirements reduced by 15 percent, and cooling by 35 percent.

Source: Transworld Data Case Study, 2009

Gruppo APIConsolidates its distributed server landscape to gain flexibility and savings with IBM System z Greater capacity enables growing companies to achieve their potential


Business needTo meet its environmental objectives, reduce operational costs and save data centre space, the IT department at Dundee City Council wanted to revolutionize its infrastructure through the use of server virtualization and thin-client architectures.

SolutionIBM helped Dundee consolidate more than 50 application servers to a pair of energy-efficient IBM System z9 Business Class mainframes with IBM System Storage DS6800 storage, and introduced thin-client devices using Windows terminal services software running on IBM BladeCenter® server farms.

BenefitsProven ability to run hundreds of virtual servers side-by-side in a single physical footprintIBM System z platform is ideally positioned as a solution to shrinking space, power and air conditioning capacity in the typical data centre.System z9 mainframes, thin-client devices and BladeCenter servers are designed to increase Dundee’s computing resources while decreasing electricity and air-conditioning requirements – reducing operational costs and carbon footprint.

“The z9 mainframes give us a significant increase in processing power and scalability, while reducing the amount of electricity and air conditioning we require. Instead of 50 under-utilized boxes, all with their own power supplies and air conditioning requirements, we have two physical machines hosting 50 virtual servers –

making optimal use of our resources.”

- Tim Simpson, IT Support Manager, Dundee City Council

Builds an energy-efficient infrastructure with IBMDundee City Council …


Business needThe driving business challenge at EFiS was the requirement to reduce cost, risk and resources while increasing the efficiency and ecology at the same time. Security requirements, scalability and the need to process huge amounts of transactions while saving cost for software licenses furthermore lead to the decision to move from various hardware platforms (including x86, IBM eServer pSeries®, SPARC/Solaris and HP) to System z running Linux.

Solution Migrating various servers from different vendors to one IBM System z9 BC (Linux only machine), EFiS managed to optimize their data center back in 2008. The fact that fewer server had to be managed, lead to an easier control and operation of the existing environment. With the update of the current production z9 to a z10 based Enterprise Linux Server, EFiS continuous the optimization of their IT-infrastructure to the constantly changing business requirements.

“We chose an IBM Enterprise Linux Server with a System z Business Class configuration, running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z from Novell for the high reliability, advanced security, extreme scalability and high compute power this solution offers,"said Ernst Bauer, Chief Operating Officer at EFiS Financial Solutions AG.

"Another crucial factor for the decision to move to this combined solution was the energy and power savings this offering from IBM and Novell could provide us.

Together with our implementation partner PROFI Engineering Systems AG we were able to integrate Green IT as an important part of our strategy.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z on an IBM Enterprise Linux Server Business Class provides us with optimal resource utilization, while addressing our critical energy and power costs."

Resolves data center Pain Points and further optimizes the IT infrastructure using the IBM Enterprise Linux Server

Benefits:The Continuous optimization of the IT-Infrastructure lead to fewer servers to manage – and to ease the control and operationReduced cost, risk and resourcesRecovered data center floor spaceStrengthened ability to scale with business growth

EFiS Financial Solutions...

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Business needProvide the organization’s sales force with secure, centralized, efficient Web-based access to critical sales information.

SolutionThe IBM Cognos® 8 BI for Linux solution on System z enables a streamlined approach for the IBM sales force of 30,000+ to access critical business information from a single Web portal, when and where they need it.

BenefitsA simplified user experience with enhanced capability, enabling greater productivity; greater value to the business and to the IT group; a foundation platform for the standardization of BI across IBM

"This IBM Cognos system is a very powerful tool that gives quick and easy business information access to a large number of users. We will eventually have approximately 40,000 people using it, as we continue down the path of adoption and implementation."

- John Palermo, Director Global Incentives Business Transformation, IBM FMS

IBM Cognos® 8 BI for Linux on System z: 30,000 users in production in just four months

IBM Field Management Systems (FMS)


IBM solutions enable digitization and high availability

Business challenge:The Russian Hydrometeorological Research Institute – World Data Center receives more than 200 GB of new data each day and maintains over 1.5 petabytes of weather monitoring data. They also store archives on a variety of media, including paper. The organization needed a new mainframe and storage solution that would enable them to collect, process, store and share all information digitally.

Solution: World Data Center implemented an IBM System z9 server running IBM z/VM and Linux. It features Integrated Facility for Linux and is connected to multiple IBM System Storage components. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, IBM Content Manager OnDemand and IBM DB2 support data management. Custom applications on the z9 server copy digital content from original documents.

Benefits:Consolidates different media types and simplifies data accessManages risk by enabling backward compatibility with legacy programs Accommodates a repository that grows by 200 GB each day

“Our new System z9 server and upgraded storage solution have enabled us to ensure continued availability and reliability of our data archive for years to come.”

— Vladislav Shaymardanov,World Data Center

Solution components:IBM System z9 with Integrated Facility for LinuxIBM z/VM 5.3 and 5.4IBM System Storage DS8300IBM System Storage 3500 Tape Libraries IBM System Storage Tape Drives IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Edition 5.4IBM Content Manager OnDemand for Multi-platformsIBM DB2 9 and DB2 Express-C 9

RIHMI-WDC (World Data Center)


Solution components:IBM System z10, IBM z/OS (multiple Linux LPARs), IBM CICS, IBM DB2, IBM Rational®Application Developer, IBM WebSphere“ Application Server, IBM WebSphere Everyplace

“Con-Way’s use of the System z proved that the same capabilities that made the System z its core production workhorse make it ideal for SOA.”

—Alan Radding, Independent Assessment

Business challenge: Customer satisfaction is key for Con-Way Freight, which means providing on-line booking, payment and tracking among other services. Core business applications and databases had not been designed for the internet world and were perceived as hard to develop and refresh.

Solution:Native handling of XML, standard messaging protocols and CICS® on IBM System z10 allow existing business logic to be rapidly re-used as Web services components to create new customer-focused applications.

Benefits:

Con-Way Freight … Delivers quicker and slicker across the US with Web services and SOA based on IBM System z Business-critical applications re-delivered

Source: Alan Radding, Independent Assessment, 2009

Pickup, delivery, tracking, payment and more are available online based on secure, reliable data managed by IBM System zExisting application and data investments can be re-used at low cost More than 40 re-usable components available for fast development


IBM Systems enrich performance, availability and flexibility

Business challenge: Peter Hahn, a European clothier, was growing rapidly and needed to improve data availability. With call centers operating 24/7, they could not accommodate any downtime. They also faced challenges with database performance and downtime required for backups.

Solution: With the help of IBM and IBM Premier Business Partner COMPAREX, Peter Hahn upgraded their legacy IBM zSeries mainframe to IBM System z9. Peter Hahn then migrated their IBM DB2 database with IBM z/VSE applications to a Linux environment. To enable automated backups, they installed IBM System Storage DS8100, connected to the company network by IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller.

Benefits: Improves availability and performance of the IT environmentProvides flexibility and capacity for the DB2 databaseReduces risk by enabling automated backups with zero downtime

“The change was like switching to a Porsche without having to modify our applications for this purpose.”

– Holger Schönenmann, department manager of the computer center at Peter Hahn

Solution components:IBM System z9 with Integrated Facility for Linux

IBM System Storage DS8100

IBM SAN Volume Controller

IBM DB2

Peter Hahn


Business challenge: Wessels+Müller found that the IBM eServer zSeries 890 (z890) mainframe was unable to keep pace with the company’s growing processing demands. With the system operating at 80 percent just to handle day-to-day operations, the business was concerned about peak processing periods when high volumes of data need to be analyzed.

Solution:Working with IBM Business Partner Becom, Wessels+Müller migrated its business systems to an IBM System z9 Business Class mainframe. The IBM hardware, leveraging the IBM z/VSE operating platform, supports multiple Linux virtual machines that host the client’s online parts ordering and information management systems as well as an IBM DB2 data server containing part information.

Benefits:Improved application speeds and reduced response times — even during peak processing periodsIncreased staff productivity with a more responsive environmentReduced operating costs by simplifying the infrastructureHighest ever availability of applications

“This System z main-frame has reaffirmed our confidence in IBM’s hardware. Not only does the server offer more power but more control over the environment as well.”

Wessels+Müller AG

Solution components:IBM System z9 Business Class mainframe

IBM DB2 data server

Improves application response times and cuts operating costs with an IBM System z mainframe

Wessels+Müller AG …


Business Challenge:The University of North Carolina (UNC) Health Care System needed to create a consolidated view of patient information that could better serve the diverse needs of varied user groups.

Solution:IBM worked with UNC to create a robust, closely governed data warehouse solution that unifies multiple data stores, making it possible to quickly and easily access data and transform it into useful information.

Solution components:Software• IBM DB2 • IBM InfoSphere DataStage®

• IBM InfoSphere Information Server • IBM WebSphere Application Server • IBM WebSphere Portal • IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory • IBM z/OS • Linux on System zServer• IBM System z10Services• IBM Global Business Services:

Strategy and Change

"This is a great example of how information management and technology can actually drive important medical research."

- Dr. Donald Spencer, associate director of medical informatics, UNC Health Care System

Benefits:Delivers complex search results spanning multiple information repositories in minutes instead of the weeks or even months required for manual searchesProvides a single view of data across the organizationBreaks down information silos to enable new lines of inquiryEnables governance of user groups, storage and access to optimize user benefits and ROI Establishes procedures to disseminate information throughout theorganization

Enabling health informaticsUniversity of North Carolina


Solution components:IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console®

IBM Tivoli Monitoring

IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE on z/VM and Linux

IBM System z

“By using IBM Service Management solutions to increase system utilization, we can avoid investing in and powering unneeded hardware. This contributes to greater energy efficiency and lower energy costs.”

— Chris Young, Linux on System z Specialist, IT Delivery, IBM

Business challenge:As part of the IBM Project Big Green, IBM consolidated roughly 3,900 servers across the business to approximately 30 IBM System z mainframes. This move not only reduces management burdens for the associated systems but also yields improved server efficiency and higher utilization levels. As part of this effort, IBM wanted to apply the latest monitoring technology to optimize performance, availability and server utilization.

Benefits:Reduced operational costs through improved staff efficiencyIncreased system utilization to avoid investment in and poweringunneeded hardwareDecreased service disruptions through increased visibility

Lowering energy costs by optimizing server utilization

Solution:Using IBM Service Management solutions, IBM IT Delivery staff can proactively identify and respond to issues in and utilization of its System z environment and related applications. By doing so, administrators can resolve problems before they impact users and deliver a higher quality of service using fewer people. By helping improve system utilization, the solution also helps staff avoid investing in and powering unneeded hardware.

IBM IT Delivery


Business challenge:Casas Bahia wanted to gain competitive advantage and reach new customers across Brazil by implementing a new online store.

Solution:Working with IBM Brazil, Casas Bahia built a highly scalable, secure and available online store, based on IBM System z10 Enterprise Class servers running z/OS and Linux on z/VM.

Benefits:The online store receives more than 250,000 customer visits per day, and serves as a major new revenue stream

The IBM solution can handle up to 12,000 concurrent connections,ensuring a smooth shopping experience

The System z infrastructure can dynamically adapt to changing patterns of demand, ensuring optimal performance at all times.

“The performance of the System z servers is excellent, delivering a very fast and smooth shopping experience for online customers.”

— Frederico Wanderley, CIO, Casas Bahia.

Solution components:Hardware

IBM System z10 Enterprise Class

SoftwareIBM DB2 for z/OSIBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OSIBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-businessIBM z/OSIBM z/VMSUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Casas Bahia Building a high-performance online store


Baldor Electric Company Consolidation on IBM System z10 cuts complexity and cost

Business challenge:When Baldor Electric acquired its major competitor, Reliance Dodge, it also acquired hundreds of separate servers that cost money, time and effort to support and maintain. Baldor Electric aimed to reduce IT costs, which meant reducing complexity, consolidating systems and simplifying the software landscape. The company wished to integrate the two organizations as rapidly and cost-effectively as possible.

Solution:Baldor consolidated to SAP Business Suite, hosted on 70 virtual machines running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on the IBM System z10 Enterprise Class platform. Where previously Reliance Dodge relied on overnight batch processes to synchronize data on different servers, the SAP applications on z10 provide an always-up-to-date picture of current business. Baldor also migrated data from separate storage systems to the IBM System Storage DS8100 platform.

Benefits:Cut IT costs by 50 percent as a proportion of sales, while maintaining ultra-high availability

Eliminated more than 200 stand-alone servers

Cut electricity costs by 60 percent and floor-space requirements by 50 percent

“We have freed up an area of about 3,000 sq. ft., which is now being turned into office space. This has also dramatically reduced the power and cooling requirements of our infrastructure—cutting electricity costs by 60 percent.”

— Mark Shackelford, Director of IT Services

Solution components:IBM System z10 Enterprise ClassIBM System Storage DS8100IBM DB2IBM z/OSIBM z/VMSAP Business SuiteSUSE Linux Enterprise Server


Solution components:IBM System z, WebSphere SOA, Linux and IBM Tivoli management products

“System z is our enterprise server of choice due to clear advantages in cost-of-acquisition and operation –

these savings are vitally important to us as they ensure NBC remains competitive in bidding situations.”

— Doug Bourgeois, Director, National Business Center

Business challenge: Despite being part of the Department of the Interior, the National Business Center (NBC) does not receive governmental funding and relies on competitive bids to operate. It needed to be able to offer the best service while keeping a sharp eye on costs to succeed.

Solution:Implemented IBM System z mainframes running Linux and IBM WebSphere SOA. A range of IBM Tivoli products help manage mainframe virtualization, provisioning and balancing workload.

National Business Center Slashes Costs by Creating Strategic Enterprise Cloud Platform on IBM System z

Benefits:System z operates at 80-100 percent utilization compared to the 10-20 percent average of distributed servers, maximising ROI

Offers customers solid and secure service, ensuring maximum satisfaction

Takes advantage of virtualization capabilities to optimize resource provisioning and workload balancing

Efficient datacenters prove a competitive advantage

Source: Clabby Analytics, August 2009


Achieves cost-effective Web-enablement of legacy applications with IBM Rational HATS and an IBM Enterprise Linux Server solution

Business need: Marsh wanted to make it easier for employees to use its green-screen Eurosys back-office processing application by creating an intuitive Web-based user interface.

Solution: The IT team decided to deploy IBM Rational HATS, and looked for the most cost- effective platform to run the new solution. Following a detailed cost-benefit analysis, the team decided to run the solution on the IBM Enterprise Linux Server (ELS) platform, creating Red Hat Enterprise Linux partitions under IBM z/VM and activating an IBM Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) engine in Marsh’s existing IBM System z9 Business Class mainframe.

Benefits: Web-enablement with Rational HATS reduces training costs and enables more business users to access the Eurosys application. Rational HATS gives Marsh the ability to easily enhance this application and integrate it with new solutions. Even though the Linux environment is relatively small, an IBM ELS solution is more cost-effective than comparable ten-core x86-based architectures. IBM z/VM virtualisation can create new Linux test and development partitions in minutes.

"IBM z/VM enables us to set up new test and development partitions in a matter of minutes…

This flexibility gives the Enterprise Linux Server a major advantage over a traditional distributed infrastructure, where you would need to purchase a new physical server for each new environment."

- Tim Bennett, Project Manager, Marsh

Marsh


Solution components:IBM System z10

“IBM System z10 has really ticked all the boxes. It reduced the dependency on a data centre and complexity from over 60 servers down to one box. It enabled us to put a lot more robustness around the server in terms of DRP and scalability, and was environmentally friendly as well.”

— Steven Coles, CIO, Allianz

Business challenge: Tremendous growth, particularly in the use of its web-facing applications, led Allianz to seek greater capacity. The company needed a solution that was scalable and robust, implemented with minimal disruption to customers.

Solution:Migrated critical applications to an IBM System z10 server running zLinux, eliminating the need for 60 Wintel boxes in the process.

Benefits: Migrated in the space of one weekend with almost no impact on customers

Reduced complexity of the server environment, allowing Allianz to scale easily according to growth

Consolidation to z10 cut power usage by 90 percent and slashed datacenter costs, paying for the investment within one year

Allianz Achieves a Seamless Migration from 60 Servers to a Single IBM System z10 in just 48 hours

IBM System z provides capacity for growth

Source: ‘Allianz consolidates 60 servers to 1 mainframe in 48 hours’ Trevor Clarke, Computerworld Australia, November 2009

System z creates a more scalable, environmentally friendly environment


Moves towards continuous availability with IBM System z

Business need: Improve the quality of service and support to The Home Depot’s store associates and customers. Provide continuous availability of SAP for Retail applications across five time zones. Ensure that all SAP systems can be fully recovered within 48 hours in case of disaster. Create an infrastructure capable of processing more than four million line items per hour in SAP for Retail applications. Reduce the cost of the IT infrastructure supporting the SAP applications.

Solution: Four IBM System z9 EC and one z10 EC servers deployed at two data centers, with failover capability and EMC storage mirrored asynchronously. The Home Depot runs 72 IBM DB2 for z/OS version 8 databases for their SAP applications, some of them in active-active data-sharing mode. IBM AIX® 5.3 on IBM Power Systems™ servers; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 and z/VM 5.3 on IFL processors in the System z environment.

Benefits: System z provides continuous availability for DB2 databases and has proven capable of processing five million line items per hour in SAP for Retail applications – providing significant capacity for growth. Power Systems architecture provides high levels of performance and reliability for production SAP application servers. Fast provisioning of servers with z/VM eliminates the need to deploy and configure new hardware. Hardware data compression on System z reduces storage needs by 50 percent.

“Continous

availability and manageability are the design principles of our IT architecture. We’re proud of our ability to failover without data loss in a very short period of time. The improved availability and disaster recovery capabilities delivered by running the SAP applications on Linux for System z provide an extra layer of insurance against potentially damaging and expensive outages.”

- Clifford W. Gum; SAP Technical Architect, The Home Depot

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Business need:With many of its clients keen to move their business-critical systems onto Linux, Computacenter wanted to find a way to deliver world-class availability and security for Linux environments at a competitive price-point.

Solution:IBM helped Computacenter deploy an IBM Enterprise Linux Server (ELS) at its Hatfield Solution Centre, enabling the company to run proofs-of-concept demonstrating the superiority of Linux on the mainframe over traditional distributed server architectures.

Benefits:The ELS can host thousands of virtual Linux environments within a single physical footprint – improving energy efficiency by up to 90 percent and supporting Green IT objectives. Powerful IBM Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) processors reduce the cost of per-processor licensed software (such as Oracle) by up to 97 percent. IBM z/VM enables new Linux environments to be provisioned in minutes with no need to procure new hardware, increasing enterprise agility.

Helps clients cut costs with the Enterprise Linux Server offering from IBM

"The IBM ELS has the potential to provide the best of both worlds for our clients – combining the traditional reliability, availability and serviceability of System z with the openness and flexibility of Linux."

- Paul Casey, Datacentre Platforms Practice Leader, Computacenter

Computacenter


Business need:Provide University faculty and staff with better access to information to help improve productivity and optimize organizational performance

Solution: An enterprise content management solution within a service oriented architecture that facilitates intelligent aggregation and delivery of content regardless of where it is stored

Benefits: Expected to reduce production printing costs by 50%; significant time savings that enables staff to spend more time on student outreach and organizational growth; innovative learning opportunities that provide students with a competitive advantage in the job market

"With IBM ECM all of a sudden information is available—as it’s needed and where it’s needed."

Charles Tuite, Lead Enterprise Content Management Architect, Ball State University

To cut costs and improve organizational efficiency with IBM ECMBall State University


Business need: Searched for a replacement for proprietary software for its IBM mainframe servers that could provide greater flexibility, manageability, and utilization opportunities. Migration Path: HP–UX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Solution: SRP decided it would prefer to use one reliable Linux distribution in both its mainframe and distributed environments.

Benefits: Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM System z mainframe servers has provided SRP with a very stable and predictable solution that can be easily managed via Red Hat Network Satellite.

"Since we were already leaning toward Red Hat in our distributed environment, choosing Red Hat on the mainframe coincided perfectly with our desire to have one corporate standard for Linux."

- Kevin Masaryk, Senior Linux/UNIX Administrator at SRP

Migrates to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM Mainframes for Flexibility and Performance

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Business needCoping with rapid workload growth while maintaining guaranteed response times according to SLAsEnsuring continuous availability of key systemsDecreasing costs Provisioning of SAP application servers within minutesComplying to highest security standards

Solutiongkd-el implemented their SAP landscape on Linux for System z and benefits from IBM z/OS and IBM z/VM virtualization technologies. IBM System z10 Enterprise Class with IBM System zIntegrated Information Processor (zIIP)IBM System z Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) processorIBM System Storage DS8100 for data storage

boosts SAP system throughput by 270 per cent and cuts costs by 30 per cent by migrating SAP solutions to IBM System z10 Enterprise Class

Benefits:End-user satisfaction has increased, thanks to reduction in average SAP dialog response times from 570ms to 190ms.Significant reduction in downtime during SAP release upgrade cycles.Total cost of ownership has been reduced by 30 per cent with the help of zIIP and IFL technology.System z and System Storage technologies help gkd-el to maintain a flexible yet easy-to-manage infrastructure, provision new Linux servers within minutes, and balance workload efficiently.

gkd-el …

“By migrating to z10 and conducting associated streamlining work, we were able to reduce our monthly operational costs for the mainframe environment by 30 percent. In this way, urgently needed capital became available for other necessary investments.”

— Willi Lohmann, CEO of gkd-el.

Solution components:IBM System z10 Enterprise ClassIBM System Storage DS8100IBM z/OS 1.8IBM z/VM 5.3IBM DB2 for z/OS V8IBM DB2 Connect™8.1


“Nationwide’s Linux on System z project is currently estimated to save $16 million dollars over the next three years, not including floor space. We also were able to provide a reduction in server cost of more than 50 percent to our customers. The Linux on System z system saved significant data center floor space and power consumption.”

Steve Womer, Senior IT Architect

Business needFaced with the need to build a new, multimillion-dollar data center to cope with server proliferation and seeking to streamline application development and daily operations overall, Nationwide Insurance instead made a strategic decision to move to a flexible, virtualized IT environment.

SolutionNationwide deployed two IBM System z mainframes running Linux. The solution is a cornerstone of Nationwide's strategy of moving all new development to virtualization and J2EE as a means of "future-proofing" its IT environment.

BenefitsAnticipated cost savings of US $15 million over three yearsEnables server utilization of 85-90 percentReduces environmental costs by 80 percentLowers Web hosting costs by 50 percentLeverages investments by using development/testing hardware for business continuitySimplifies and speeds server provisioning, enabling developers to try out new ideas quickly

Using virtualization as a foundation for innovation


Challenge:Winnebago Industries, Inc., one of the leading manufacturers of recreational vehicles in the United States, wanted to replace its previous e-mail system with a Linux operating system- based solution that would provide stability and support essential functionality, such as calendar-sharing. Winnebago Industries chose a solution from Bynari, Inc., an IBM Advanced Business Partner that participates in IBM Partnerworld® Industry Networks. Winnebago Industries chose Bynari because of its dependability, security features, low overhead and ease of administration.Solution:Winnebago Industries deployed Bynari’s Insight Server on the Linux operating system running on the company’s existing IBM System z mainframe. Insight Server is a Linux operating system-based e-mail solution that runs on all IBM platforms and can handle thousands of users. It includes anti-spam and anti-virus protection, backup and recovery software and a complete statistics tool to monitor performance.

Slashes e-mail costs and administration time with solution from Bynari, IBM and Linux

Solution components:Insight Server Enterprise Edition 4.2IBM System z9 Business ClassIBM SUSE Linux EnterpriseServer 10 operating system

"The IBM partnership is absolutely paramount to our business. It has helped us tremendously with marketing and sales and provided a level of credibility that we simply don't have as a small company."

- Hyun Kim, president, Bynari, Inc.

Benefits:By using Bynari’s e-mail solution running on the IBM and Linux platforms, Winnebago Industries:

Slashed e-mail serving costs by 80 percent

Reduced e-mail management time by 50 percent

Enjoyed nearly 100 percent email availability

Winnebago Industries


Challenge:To introduce new applications for major clients in the insurance and rail transport industries, Atos Origin needed be able to support large numbers of users and high transaction volumes. The company required a high- performance infrastructure that could offer 24x7 availability.Solution:Atos Origin decided to implement the new applications in Linux environments running under z/VM on an IBM Enterprise Linux Server (ELS). The ELS is an IBM System z10 Business Class server which uses Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) engines to deliver excellent price- performance.

Builds a cost-effective hosting solution on the IBM Enterprise Linux Server platform

Benefits:The z10 IFLs in the ELS deliver up to ••40 percent more capacity at a 50 percent lower price than the previous generation of hardware – a price-performance improvement of up to 65 percentRunning multiple Linux ••environments on a single ELS can potentially reduce TCO by up to 80 percent, compared to a traditional distributed x86 environmentIBM Capacity Backup Upgrade ••enables full, rapid disaster recovery while keeping operational costs low

“We have been using IFL processors for several years now, and in our opinion, System z has proved itself as an ideal enterprise Linux platform”

- Colin Clews, Technologies Manager, Atos Origin

Atos Origin


Business need:With 18 different business units, each with its own intranet solution in distributed environment, RENFE had difficulty in presenting information consistently; IT administration costs were high, and the architecture had limited scalability

Solution:Working with IBM Global Services, RENFE deployed IBM WebSphere Portal running under SUSE Linux Enterprise server on the IBM System z platform, to create a single, consistent source of corporate information

Benefits:Fast access to information on a unified platform

Reduced operational costs through IT consolidation

Ability to create new virtualized servers rapidly and easily, without the expense and delay of procuring new hardware

"As we migrate services to Linux on the IBM System z platform, we anticipate that we will require fewer people to manage them, and our long-term costs can be reduced."

- Carlos Varela, Director of IT Systems, Renfe Operadora

Gets on track with Linux and WebSphere Portal on IBM System z RENFE …


Business need: Providing the opportunity to learn real-world business skills in the academic environment presents a significant challenge for higher education institutions. Ensuring students gain access to commercial- scale databases, enterprise software and high-performance infrastructure can strain the resources of even the most progressive institutions.

Solution: The University of Arkansas, supported by local businesses, and by SAP and IBM, has implemented a complete SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse application landscape on an IBM eServer zSeries 900 server running Linux. Businesses have contributed copies of anonymized commercial databases, which run on IBM DB2 for z/OS, to provide a real-world education environment available for Arkansas students and thousands of guest students from other institutions.

Benefits: Students in multiple schools such as computer science, computing, finance and accountancy have access to a world-class enterprise-scale server, complete with commercial data and the latest software and applications. Free licenses for the entire SAP application suite for the z900 and IBM software components allow students to learn the latest techniques on the most current software, gaining skills on IBM System z that will be valued by their future employers.

Creates new learning with SAP and IBM

Solution components:Industry: Education Applications: SAP ERP 6.0 applications, SAP NetWeaver® Business Warehouse 7.0, SAP NetWeaver Portal 3.5 Hardware: IBM eServer zSeries 900Software: IBM z/OS 1.8, IBM z/VM 5.3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, IBM DB2 v9.1, IBM CICS, IBM Rational Developer for System z, IBM FlashCopy®.

"The collaboration between the University of Arkansas, local businesses, SAP and IBM demonstrates our commitment to providing future generations with mutually beneficial teaching, research and learning experiences."

- David Douglas, Director of Enterprise Systems, University of Arkansas

University of Arkansas …


Business need: Replace a mixed farm of physical servers, create a simpler, more flexible and more scalable infrastructure; increase the availability of systems while driving down costs

Solution: Implemented an IBM eServer zSeries 890 server, running Linux under z/VM; migrated core portal creation system to Linux; now running customer systems as virtual servers on the z890

Benefits: Fast creation of new servers, thanks to virtualization; easier management, single point of control; ability to scale up or down according to changing client requirements, offering greater value for money

Enables On Demand Business with Linux on IBM System z

"The new IBM System z solution gives us great flexibility in meeting our clients’

changing requirements."

- Tomasz Dec, CIO, TORN Sp. z o.o.

TORN


Business challenge:Create Linux skilled resource and introduce SOA and Web Services courses into the curriculum. To do this, School of Information Technology (SIT), KMUTT created a Linux virtual server for each student to allow them the ability to develop practical skills on Linux and to initiate feasibility studies and research projects in areas such as SOA and Web services, software architect, and many other applications.

Solution:School of Information Technology (SIT), KMUTT deployed the IBM zSeries 890 (z890) running Linux for zSeries with IBM TotalStorage®

DS6800 680 GB, LTO and SAN Switch consolidating its IT infrastructure to one physical server. School of Information Technology (SIT), KMUTT is now part of the IBM Academic Initiative Program

Benefits:A “Virtual IT Playground” for hundreds of SIT students at the same timeReduced maintenance and administration costsLower electricity and air-conditioning expenses Smaller footprint in the server room

“We believe that Virtualization is the future of the server infrastructure. The System z provides us the flexibility to manage the computing infrastructure for our training courses.”

- Prasert Kanthamanon, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean of Administrative Affairs, School of Information Technology, KMUTT

Students experience the power of Virtualization on System zKing Mongkut’s University


Business challenge:Introducing a new enterprise computing systems degree concentration at Illinois State University depended on access to real-world mainframe capacity. Existing systems were not capable of handling the extra workload, so students could not experiment in a real large-scale integrated programming environment.

Solution:IBM provided a z890 on long-term loan to the Illinois State University College of Applied Science and Technology.

Benefits:Ability to train students in real-world enterprise-class programming environment

Addresses need for skilled personnel in enterprise computing

IBM Academic Initiative minimizes financial risk and makes course possible

“Using the z890 will also offer students new opportunities to work in teams on virtual projects and lab assignments, and build skills on virtualization, enterprise-class Linux and the full mainframe architecture.”

- Chu Jong, Assistant Professor at the College of Applied Science and Technology, Illinois State University

Building new enterprise computing skillsIllinois State University


IBM announced new Linux offerings for System z to help clients run smarter and more efficient data centers that maximize the use of IT resources and reduce energy costs. For clients currently running a distributed computing environment, IBM’s new Enterprise Linux Server is a standalone system fully dedicated to running the Linux environment. “We chose an IBM Enterprise Linux Server running Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for its high reliability, advanced security, extreme scalability and high compute power," said Ernst Bauer, Chief Operating Officer at EFiS Financial Solutions AG in Germany.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/29006.wss

IBM Introduces New System z Linux Solutions for Large-Scale Consolidation and Savings

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IBM Builds Massive Business Analytics Cloud for 200,000 Employees and Unveils Version for Clients

IBM announced the world's largest private cloud computing environment for business analytics, which will provide IBM sales teams and developers new levels of insight to better meet the needs of clients worldwide. The cloud will launch initially with more than a petabyte of data, the equivalent of more than 300 billion ATM. IBM System z - supports the foundation for the cloud with z/VM, industry-leading virtualization running Linux on efficient "specialty engines" for massive scale with resilient, secure, multi- tenant operations.

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Strong business continuity, security and cost-efficiency results by deploying virtualization technology using Linux and z/OS on IBM System z servers

Handelsbanken (Sweden): The System z mainframe can consolidate hundreds of virtual servers into a single mainframe - allowing to run critical customer transactions in the midst of executing other strategic IT projects. To maintain business operations for the 660 branch offices, the bank utilizes Parallel Sysplex IBM's System z clustering technology and IBM's availability and disaster recovery solution Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex™ (GDPS®).ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/27282.wss

New IBM mainframe customer selected System z to create an advanced IT platform to support the explosive Internet growth

China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC): After stringent tests and simulations on various industry solutions in late 2008, CNNIC decided to use IBM System z9 BC as the IT foundation of its "Prospective Business Research Platform". CNNIC chose IBM's mainframe technology for its superior integration capability, as well as unmatched stability and security required for its IT infrastructure.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/27768.wss

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Linux on IBM System z is matching the attributes of a dynamic infrastructure

- exploiting the leading z/VM and System z capabilities to run multiple, mixed mission-critical & infrastructure workloads concurrently

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EFFICIENCY AUTOMATION+SECURITY &RESILIENECY+

Clients are leveraging the unique values of the Linux on System z environment

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