IBM TotalStorage Connected Protected Complete

The IBM TotalStorage family of products is designed to deliver the quality and performance that is expected from IBM, while leading the industry in open storage networking. The mandate is to provide solutions that are based on open standards, and that are interoperable in today’s heterogeneous environments. IBM has a heritage of technology leadership. IBM pioneered the storage

business and remains the foundry of invention in the industry with year after year of patent leadership.

As the industry shifts to open storage networking, organizations will be looking for a total solutions approach. IBM has a unique ability to deliver those integrated solutions. IBM TotalStorage has a strategy and portfolio that is connected, protected, and complete.

2.3.1 Connected: Improving data access

IBM storage solutions — based on open standards and storage networking technology — can help improve business efficiency by providing access to information across your organization. By consolidating resources with storage solutions, you can often improve hardware and software utilization and storage management while helping to reduce costs and provide enhanced service. IBM storage networking solutions are designed to provide cross-platform data sharing and any-to-any access, so you can reduce duplication, enhance information availability, and increase network response time and utilization. IBM has proven experience with industry-specialized solutions and applications, and can help optimize solutions for your particular environment.

The IBM SAN solutions can grow quickly, provide exceptional configurational flexibility with any-to-any device connectivity, and help transform the storage infrastructure into an easy-to-manage, highly scalable system. NAS solutions feature high performance storage appliances that can provide efficient pooled storage, allowing data to be shared by multiple clients and servers in a

heterogeneous environment. Additionally, IBM and IBM Business Partners have a worldwide network of testing and integration centers, including IBM

TotalStorage Solution Centers (TSSC), which provide local venues for hands-on test drives of IBM SAN and NAS solutions, as well as TotalStorage disk, tape, and software products.

Furthermore, the IBM TotalStorage Proven program can help identify third-party storage solutions and configurations that have been tested for interoperability with IBM storage products. IBM Tivoli storage management software offers policy-based automated storage solutions that include backup, restore, data protection, and disaster recovery management. These solutions provide a

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business-centric approach for information management that spans the entire enterprise while helping leverage the information technology infrastructure.

2.3.2 Protected: Safeguarding your information

The IBM storage solutions address the need for business continuity through data protection and disaster tolerance. A good backup and recovery strategy protects vital data and reduces the backup window. It enables more efficient storage usage, frees up server cycles, and provides faster, more effective recovery. The IBM storage products are designed to provide reliable technology that avoids single points of failure, offers automated backup and recovery processes, and incorporates comprehensive storage management software. They use powerful RAID disk subsystems that are designed to deliver fast access to stored information, without compromising data integrity.

IBM RAID technology, found in products including the IBM Enterprise Storage Server and Virtual Tape Server, is intended to promote high availability and data protection, and help create a disaster-tolerant environment. By leveraging advanced IBM Linear Tape-Open (LTO) technology, the IBM Ultrium family of products can provide a cost-effective storage solution for handling a wide range of backup, restore, archive, and disaster recovery data storage needs. Products such as Tivoli Storage Manager provide centralized storage management; automatic and routine data backup for workstations, servers, and desktop machines; archive and retrieval capabilities; and high-speed, policy-based disaster recovery.

2.3.3 Complete: Providing comprehensive solutions

IBM is one of the only vendors that can provide storage solutions that encompass a full spectrum of products and services: tape, disk, SAN, NAS, storage software, consulting services, and financing. IBM offers one of the broadest portfolios of data storage services — from assessment, design and integration to storage consolidation, data migration, testing and implementation — including fully managed storage services such as capacity, management, and backup and restore services available as e-business on demand. IBM Global Services brings best practices from its thousands of customer engagements. IBM Global Financing provides flexible payment options at highly attractive rates, and is the world’s premier single-source provider of multi-vendor financing solutions. IBM Global Financing has helped businesses in more than 40

countries realize tremendous savings on systems, software, andservices.

IBM TotalStorage provides connected, protected, and complete storage solutions designed for specific requirements — helping to make the storage environment easier to manage, helping to lower costs, and providing enhanced business

efficiency and business continuity. IBM has solutions for companies of all sizes in all types of industries. With its technology leadership, integrated solutions, and extensive experience, IBM is uniquely qualified to help design and implement a

storage strategy that provides a competitive edge.

For more information visit the Web site:

http://www.ibm.com/totalstorage

For additional information, see the IBM SAN Web site at:

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