Blade servers have come to both large data centers and smaller organizations through a long and fitful process. But it's hard to argue that they've now arrived. There are many reasons that blades are an increasingly important component of mainstream IT infrastructures. Taken by themselves, blades offer significant density and physical simplification advantages relative to traditional rackmount servers. However, when it comes to combating data center sprawl and simplifying new application rollouts, it's the combination of blades with virtualization that stands out. In this Webcast, Gordon Haff, principal IT advisor at Illuminata, looks at how blades have evolved and how they're delivering on promises of manageability, availability and flexibility. »

See how IBM Information Server Blade can deliver information you can trust that's easy to manage, highly scalable and efficient, yet offers a lower cost alternative to tradition deployment platforms. We'll show you how IBM has combined the power of world class information integration software with the flexibility of IBM BladeCenter and grid computing virtualization technology that is prepacked, tested and optimized for faster deployment to enjoy improved time to value to create a single view of enterprise information. »

Read how the IBM Information Server Blade offering allows companies a more cost-effective information integration deployment solution that uses IBM system and grid computing virtualization technology to quickly understand and integrate large amounts of information stored within their enterprise. »

IBM Information Server is based on an information grid architecture and utilizes a shared-nothing, massively parallel computing system execution model. Compared to conventional symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) servers, a grid of blade servers is much more cost-effective. »

Get More from Your Information with Dynamic Warehousing. Are you running traditional data warehouses that provide a rear-view look at your data with the basic ability to query on structured, historical information? Are you applying data mining and online analytics to this retrospectively? Learn how your organization can gain competitive advantage by leveraging the next generation of warehousing to incorporate structured and unstructured information in near real time, in the context of daily activities. »

As competitive markets continue to demand increasing responsiveness and business agility from organizations, employees will need more effective tools for finding and accessing information quickly and accurately. Search and content federation services represent technologies that can assist employees. This InfoTrends report examines the requirements for optimum effectiveness, including the need for federating content across the heterogeneous enterprise infrastructure. IBMs OmniFind Enterprise Edition is posed as a candidate solution, addressing the requirements for enterprise integration, usability and security. »

Utilize a range of storage tiers to control costs and increase flexibility. Learn how a relatively small investment can save hundreds of thousands of dollars even as the amount of managed information continues to grow. »

View this 4-minute flash animation which outlines the benefits of virtualization and includes a deeper dive discussion of consolidation, systems management in a virtualized environment, and virtualization beyond the box for workstation, networking and application virtualization. »

Explore how an enterprise can achieve a simpler, more scalable and cost effective IT infrastructure that aligns flexibly with emerging business goals, through virtualization and consolidation. Download the white paper. »

This webcast details how IBM is implementing hardware, software and services to become more energy efficient within their own network and how it can work for you as well. Chris Molloy, Distinguished Engineer, explains how IBM is deploying new technologies to reduce their data center carbon footprint. »

Watch this short video to learn what defines a true green data center. This initial Business First investigation report will help answer these questions -- what is a green data center and why do I need one? »

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Get a 3-month trial of the industry-leading infrastructure software (and InfoWorld 2007 technology of the year) with the purchase of every IBM System x and BladeCenter® server, available from VMware. »

Learn how virtualization can make your infrastructure more efficient. See the different types of virtualization and how IBMs technology can help you achieve a virtualized environment. Watch the webcast. »

How energy-efficient is your data center? This self-assessment tool is designed to identify areas where you can improve the operational effectiveness of your systems. Learn more. »

Learn how to use the IBM POWER6 processors built-in virtualization capabilities to help save energy, reduce costs and build a more efficient infrastructure. Read the white paper. »

This video features Pay By Touch, and discusses the benefits of SOA and of implementing IBM solutions. »

This video features Don O'Toole, Director of IBM Tivoli Strategy, discussing how visibility, control and automation are key aspects of managing value with service management »

A team of IBM experts provide a detailed discussion focused on planning and transforming IT infrastructures into self-managing systems. »

For expert commentary on evaluating and selecting the right automation targets. »

It's fast becoming a Web 2.0 world. Read this paper to learn how to take advantage of new technologies and tap into the collective knowledge of employees, customers, and influencers. »

Upgrade your collaboration environment and access email, news feeds, people, applications documents and more from a single interface. Learn how in this short, interactive education module. »

This document introduces the reader to the concept of Enterprise Portals as a means of conducting business on the Internet. We continue on to a discussion of the value of using Enterprise Portals, combined with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) methods, to tie existing processes and applications together to support the Enterprise. »

IBM WebSphere Portal offers extensive support for Web 2.0 technologies, enabling organizations to easily deploy high performing, intuitive applications that satisfy end users' expectations for a rich browser experience. This demonstration shows Web 2.0 features available today within WebSphere Portal, as well as several features planned for the future. »

This Flash demonstration shows how IBM Lotus Notes® and Lotus® Domino® software together deliver the office productivity tools and capabilities people need to be more productive, efficient and responsive in their daily work. »

IBM Lotus® Sametime® software is an award-winning platform for real- time collaboration. For years, organizations of all types have taken advantage of the softwares powerful,security-enhanced features, such as integrated presence awareness, instant messaging (IM) and Web conferencing, to help people quickly find each other, connect and communicate. And now IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5.1 software provides integration with Microsoft® applications, giving you easy and direct access to a full set of collaboration capabilities without having to leave your in-box or the documents or presentations on which youre working. »

This document introduces the reader to the concept of Enterprise Portals as a means of conducting business on the Internet. We continue on to a discussion of the value of using Enterprise Portals, combined with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) methods, to tie existing processes and applications together to support the Enterprise. »

Answer a short set of questions based on our SOA maturity model to assess your SOA capabilities and take stock of where you are and where you would like to go with SOA. »

SOA enables you to integrate your business as linked, repeatable business tasks or services. But pursuing SOA on an ad hoc basis can drastically reduce its benefits. This white paper outlines IBM's approach to SOA, garnered from best practices and lessons learned from experiences with clients to help extend the value of SOA deployments in a set of guiding principles. »

The forces of change are all around us. Organizations need the agility to adapt rapidly and the adoption of SOA can help provide this agility and enable change. This animated tutorial explains how IBM's Smart SOA approach provides basic to advanced guidance for pursuing SOA projects allowing you to match your company's efforts to your objectives. »

The convergence of SOA and mainframe technologies can help enterprises liberate core business assets by making it easier to modernize, extend and reuse them well beyond their original scope of design in order to maximize flexibility. »

This paper addresses business and technology fundamentals such as examining business models and unlocking the wealth of function buried in siloed mainframe-based systems. Learn to reuse information across the organization to gain a competitive advantage. »

Aurora Health turned to IBM for help streamlining internal processes and improving access to patient information. Read how an IBM SOA solution helped provide Aurora with an infrastructure built to meet the ever-changing demands of the healthcare industry. »

Looking to reap the benefits of SOA, but wondering where to start? Use this online SOA business value analyzer to identify and prioritize goals. Learn how to start on the right path using IBM SOA Entry Point projects designed to reach your specific goals. »