IBM has announced its largest ever launch of new storage
hardware, software and services to support organisations' move
towards
cloud computing delivery.
Cloud computing sees services and applications distributed to
users across the internet.
"The new offerings are designed to enable businesses,
governments and other institutions to transform static data managed
in silos into more dynamic information, that is accessible by
individuals wherever they go in a cloud computing environment,"
said Big Blue.
As users now look to take their information with them and have
access on the move, businesses are struggling with outdated
datacentres which are unable to handle the increased information
management demands, said IBM.
As part of its New Enterprise Data Center strategy, IBM has
unveiled over 30 new and upgraded products and services across the
IBM portfolio to address these demands.
These include a highly scalable disk storage system designed to
handle a diverse mix of information. Developed from
IBM's
XIV acquisition in January, it offers features a grid-based
architecture.
IBM said it offers easier management, greater performance
scalability, self-tuning/healing and thin provisioning to help
reduce the cost and complexity of information storage, whilst
enabling consistently quick access to data.
IBM is also introducing the new
DS5000 disk storage system, which can add interfaces, increase
performance, grow capacity in response to internet scale demands,
and be reconfigured on-the-fly.
In addition, IBM is offering the new
SVC storage virtualisation software. This helps users to more
efficiently manage and consolidate volumes of business data,
providing them with a storage system designed to help improve
utilisation rates, energy efficiency, availability, and scalability
of critical applications.