Smart Data Centers Feature Editorial

IBM has announced an improved strategy in order to assist clients maximize the benefits of virtualization with integrated service management by focusing on four key priorities such as consolidation, management, automation and optimized delivery. This strategy is based on a comprehensive view of data center virtualization including servers, storage, networking, software and services.

 

Recent reports have indicated that the worldwide revenue for virtualization related ecosystem is expected to exceed $46 billion by 2013. The data center has become the very critical component for the organizations due to the increasingly complex IT and business issues with a corresponding growth of digital data. Digital data is expected to grow tenfold from 2007 to 2011, and more than one trillion devices will be connected to the internet by 2011.

 

IBM (News - Alert) has stated that they believe in the mixture of virtualization with integrated service management software as the means to provide visibility, control and automation of the data center, IT design and delivery and physical assets which will only help in reduced costs and enhanced ability to manage risks Virtualization is a catalyst for creating an enterprise-wide dynamic infrastructure, enabling integrated management of IT resources, improved resiliency, flexibility and faster service delivery.

 

The company added that virtualization is a key building block of a dynamic infrastructure. By making the infrastructure much more flexible, virtualization can enable IT resources to be allocated faster, more cost effectively and more dynamically – and help clients respond to the challenges of changing demand levels and new business requirements.

 

Helene Armitage, general manager of IBM System Software has said that as the complexity of data centers is growing, it becomes critical to establish good practices of integrated service management. It allows improvements in service, a reduction in costs and the ability to better manage risks. By offering a cohesive portfolio to manage an infrastructure, IBM is helping clients create the infrastructure for smarter buildings, cities, utilities, offices, transportation systems and operations in every industry around the world.