On demand solutions for government

IBM System z Government Industry Highlights Government IT leaders are under con- Use innovative technology to stant pressure to deliver results and deliver information to the right conform to the latest e-government people at the right time ● Deliver information to the right initiatives. Before investing in additional In a world where data analysis and people at the right time with infrastructure resources, government delivery—to the right people at the right innovative, standards-based agencies must be sure the current time—plays a critical role in maintaining technology environment is as efficient as possible. peace and order, agencies at all levels Even if the infrastructure meets the must have mechanisms for securely ● Protect security and manage organization’s current needs, transfor- sharing critical information. These costs with a simplified mation often requires linking information organizations can improve productivity IT environment and processes across agencies, levels and increase collaboration by leveraging of government, constituents and the insights gleaned from key informa- ● Align IT resources with agency suppliers. tion, helping them respond to events in objectives to maximize real time. productivity and cost-efficiency Within this new environment, govern- ment must protect critical information, Technology infrastructures can help ensure legislative compliance and governments achieve these goals handle constantly emerging security through standards-based innovation. risks. As geopolitical shifts and By embracing both open and de facto changing economic conditions create industry standards, agencies can help increased caseloads and more complex protect their investments in both hard- information-sharing needs, government ware and software—allowing them to IT leaders at all levels are integrating upgrade key systems without disruption business processes and infrastructure and incorporate new applications as so their agencies can work more needed. efficiently, effectively and securely.

2 Simplify complex IT infrastructures An optimized On Demand Business Maximize agency productivity with with a comprehensive security environment can help protect IT effective IT cost management strategy infrastructures from threats by helping Budget pressures also present chal- To facilitate information sharing, manage security risks and assisting lenges for government IT departments. government IT departments must in regulatory compliance. Tools Because issues affecting private busi- define comprehensive security strate- designed to better tune and manage nesses are also impacting revenue gies that allow them to prepare for, IT systems can help lessen complexity collection and resource management mitigate and recover from emergencies and reduce overall operational costs, organizations in the public sector, while also maintaining privacy and while enhanced business resilience agencies are looking for ways to man- managing costs. At the same time, and compliance capabilities can help age costs through better utilization of government organizations need opera- reduce risk by keeping critical systems assets. By aligning IT resources with tional flexibility to allow for seamless up and running. agency objectives, organizations can growth and easy migration of data. improve resource utilization, simplify These capabilities can enable them Key systems also must be designed to systems management and more to remain nimble rather than being protect sensitive constituent informa- flexibly acquire, finance and manage constrained by their IT infrastructure. tion. By identifying and closing vulnera- technology. bilities before they can be exploited, government agencies can quickly address safety threats and concerns.

3 Becoming an On Demand Business A synergistic approach to systems Extensive scalability provides requires a simplified and integrated design business flexibility infrastructure IBM is committed to deliver advanced The massive horizontal and vertical As companies transition to become IT resources—servers, operating sys- scalability features of the mainframe on demand businesses, they require a tems, middleware, storage and net- offer businesses a foundation from computing environment that addresses working technologies—that support which to support nondisruptive growth three key issues. This computing envi- open standards and work better at low incremental cost. Virtual server ronment must address the economics together to meet our client’s needs. capabilities help support infrastructure of the infrastructure, in particular the IBM’s mainframe systems are the flag- consolidation and simplification, while spiraling costs of management and ship of the IBM systems portfolio. They Capacity on Demand features for support, through the adoption of start with a server that is robust with processors and memory allow compa- automation and management disci- security features, available and scalable, nies to expand IT infrastructures rapidly plines that support workloads across all and provides a choice of operating sys- as their business needs require. the infrastructure elements. It must tems. The latest IBM software is address business risk through the designed to further integrate applica- A “share everything” approach to adoption of infrastructure wide security tions, manage the breadth of the infra- resource management helps mainframe and business resiliency policies and by structure and simplify IT operations. systems provide virtually unmatched providing a simplified and flexible envi- This approach also incorporates the lat- transaction throughput capabilities— ronment through the virtualization of IT est IBM networking and storage tech- for example, it is expected that resources. Finally it must address serv- nology that helps deliver improved 32 IBM System z9™ Enterprise Class ice delivery, enabling collaborative com- responsiveness, lower costs, higher mainframes in a cluster could achieve puting that spans the entire business availability and better recoverability. The approximately 25 billion transactions and beyond to its partners through sys- latest IBM System z mainframes deliver per day,* which is more than the aver- tems built upon open and industry key capabilities that are the foundation age weekly volume of the New York standards. A key consideration in deliv- for an integrated infrastructure. Stock Exchange. Advanced hardware ering this type of computing environ- features allow administrators to ment is taking a broad view of share resources on demand and pro- computing resources through a syner- vide high-speed communications gistic approach to systems design. among partitions via ™ technology.

4 IT optimization helps enhance Business integration delivers key be available. By incorporating redun- responsiveness information insights dant component design and using busi- Because mainframe systems are Using mainframe systems as an infor- ness priorities to guide intelligent designed to enable organizations to mation hub for the enterprise, busi- management of system resources, automatically adjust resources to match nesses can efficiently integrate and mainframe systems can help prevent business priorities through highly intelli- extend applications and data across service interruptions and lost revenue gent and responsive systems manage- the infrastructure—providing a unified with up to 99.999 percent application ment capabilities, they can help view of information that helps improve availability. companies increase their responsive- business decision making. Through ness to changing market requirements. advanced virtualization capabilities and IBM System z9 Enterprise Class: dynamic resource sharing, mainframe The foundation for the intelligent Businesses can further help optimize systems also can help allow companies integrated infrastructure their responsiveness by integrating key to run hundreds of applications concur- Designed to take integration of busi- data and applications. Three special- rently on a single server. New virtual ness and IT to the next level through purpose processor units—the systems can be provisioned in a holistic and synergistic systems IBM System z Application Assist a few minutes, and secure virtual design, IBM’s flagship mainframe, Processors (zAAPs), the new connections help facilitate high perform- IBM System z9 technology delivers System z9 Integrated Information ance for integration and intercommuni- major enhancements to systems secu- processors (zIIP) and Integrated cation of mixed workloads. rity, availability, virtualization and scala- Facilities for ® (IFLs)—are bility, designed to enable information designed to help companies cost- Secure design helps ensure and application sharing across business effectively integrate new Linux, Java™ outstanding business resiliency processes for improved decision- and data serving workloads on the Mainframes are designed with security making. System z9 technology allows same system as the core business built in across the system elements to companies to capitalize on the applications and data. offer peace of mind by assuring that strengths of legacy applications and critical applications and data will always

5 readily incorporate new software as point of entry, highly granular capacity archival or for distribution to other parts they scale to support the complex settings, broad support for specialty of the business or outside to partners, requirements of their growing engines and upgradeability from earlier further protecting critical business On Demand Business™. In April 2006, generations of mainframes, z9 BC is information and assets. This feature is IBM introduced the System z9 designed to deliver the System z bene- available across the System z family, Enterprise Class (z9 EC) which delivers fits in a perfectly proportioned package. including the z9 EC and z9 BC. increased choice and flexibility over the System z9 109 with the addition of Delivering new capabilities on the System z9 Integrated Information 24 further capacity settings. IBM Mainframe Processor (zIIP) IBM Encryption Facility for z/OS IBM System z9 Business Class: In April 2006, IBM announced the avail- Designed for the smaller enterprise In September 2005, IBM announced an ability of the zIIP, delivering significant A new mid range system also intro- extension to the mainframe’s encryption benefits for selected data serving and duced in April, the System z9 Business capabilities allowing for the encryption data mining workloads, helping to lower Class (z9 BC), delivers key System z9 of data at rest. This provides protection the cost of computing and to free up technologies that are ‘Right Sized’ for for data stored on tape either for general purpose capacity for organic the smaller enterprise. Delivering a low growth or new workloads.

6 As government IT departments adopt As political shifts and economic security, application availability and dis- an on demand approach for more changes create increased workloads aster recovery capabilities. Features responsive and higher-quality services and data-sharing needs, System z designed to provide high availability at lower costs, e-government initiatives servers provide a flexible and respon- and solid asset protection can help continue to push them toward more sive platform designed to handle trans- governments protect infrastructures information sharing and process inte- action and data-serving requirements from security risks, keep data safe, gration between agencies, suppliers without disrupting operations. maintain privacy and ensure legislative and constituents. To accomplish these IBM Capacity Backup and On/Off compliance. goals, governments must optimize Capacity on Demand offerings on the their IT infrastructures for flexibility System z platform help enable govern- Mainframe systems also are designed and resiliency using cost-effective, ments to add processor or memory to help agencies simplify IT infrastruc- standards-based platforms. The capacity according to demand for more tures so valuable data can be collected, System z platform can play a key role in effective IT cost management. In addi- analyzed and securely shared where supporting this process with massive tion, the shared resource approach necessary. Advanced virtualization and scalability and integrated system man- allows agencies to adjust IT resources dynamic resource-sharing capabilities agement capabilities, which can be automatically to match objectives— help consolidate workloads and reduce extended across heterogeneous infra- providing the flexibility and responsive- server sprawl—helping to lower costs structures to support resilient, flexible ness to keep critical systems running. and ease integration of software and and cost-effective IT environments. middleware products across heteroge- Because mainframes are designed for neous systems. By modernizing data outstanding resiliency, they offer gov- and applications, governments can ernment IT departments a secure, leverage the insights gleaned from key virus-resistant infrastructure that is information to improve productivity, essential for an on demand environ- reduce operational costs and respond ment. Mainframe hardware, operating to events in real time. system and middleware elements are designed to interoperate for world-class

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