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IBM
® and the on demand business
Application flexibility, solution
choice and innovative technology for
extreme performance, outstanding scalability,
reliability and security: IBM is all
about offering you the tools you need
to help transform your organization
into an on demand business.
Becoming an on demand business is
about finding new ways to grow, adapt
and respond in a dynamic business
environment while managing costs.
Most of all, it's about offering new
customer value to meet variable needs
and to help ensure a focus on core
competencies. This requires new levels
of integration, the ability to safely
share accurate, up-to-the-second information
across and beyond the enterprise.
IBM systems are designed to help your
company become an on demand business
that is:
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Responsive:
What differentiates an on
demand business is the ability
to quickly sense and rapidly
respond to a dynamic marketplace.
With advanced virtualization
technology and support for
open standards and open middleware,
IBM eServer systems can help
organizations use rich security
features to widely share information,
creating a real-time, integrated
view of the marketplace.
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Variable:
Success in an on demand world
requires a variable cost structure,
one that lets a company control
costs while still delivering
new levels of customer value.
Instead of requiring you to
buy total capacity today to
meet the unexpected requirements
of tomorrow, IBM eServer can
deliver what you need when
you need it. Flexible pricing
plans and the ability to add
capacity on demand mean you
can build a computing environment
that's powerful and affordable
while allowing you the flexibility
to scale as needed to meet
business volume.
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Focused: One of the key attributes
of an on demand business is
the ability to differentiate
itself by the value it provides.
But that requires concentration
on what you do best and finding
a well-skilled company to
work with you on everything
else. IBM has the technology
and the skills to provide
a growing portfolio of on
demand services-everything
from Web hosting to managing
key applications to complete
business functions such as
e-procurement-based on an
infrastructure that takes
full advantage of IBM eServer
capabilities. This lets you
devote your energies and investment
toward what you do best.
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Resilient: In the on demand
world, the only constant is
change: changing opportunities,
changing customer demands
and changing security requirements.
IBM eServer systems can help
you manage change. They can
configure themselves for your
environment, optimize themselves
for your workload, have healing
capabilities in the event
of a problem-even protect
themselves and your most important
information. Let IBM eServer
help you create a flexible
infrastructure that supports
your business model as it
evolves to meet an evolving
world.
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