IT Business Perspectives

Build a Smarter Data Center with Juniper Networks QFabric
Industry Solutions

Redguide, published 6 Mar 2012, last updated 7 Mar 2012

  (based on 5 reviews)

In this IBM® Redguide™ document, we highlight the key requirements for a smarter data center network and show how the data center fabric, a new switching architecture, provides the required performance, scalability, and management. We explore Juniper Networks’ QFabric, a revolutionary DCN fabric product, and describe how its characteristics and key network innovations provide real business value in rapid service deployment, cost-efficient service delivery, energy efficiency, and business resiliency and security. We examine Juniper's QFabric design, product software, hardware, and ... [more]

Cloud Computing and the Value of zEnterprise
IBM Z

Redguide, published 12 Sep 2011

  (based on 3 reviews)

The emergence of cloud computing delivery models for IT services has many executives thinking they can reduce costs and improve qualities of services for their user communities. But, not all server platforms are equal when it comes to cloud computing. The function-rich, highly secure zEnterprise infrastructure makes it an ideal environment for cloud computing. This IBM® Redguide™ publication highlights the distinctions of cloud computing on the IBM® zEnterprise System and its unique ability to integrate and manage workload-optimized software solutions spanning multiple server architectures. ... [more]

Taking Back Control of Your IT Infrastructure: Consolidating to a Data Center in a Box
IBM Z

Redguide, published 7 Sep 2011

  (based on 2 reviews)

The relatively recent advent of server virtualization for distributed systems has given companies much needed relief in dealing with server sprawl. However, consolidating all workloads “in place” on the same distributed-system architecture is not necessarily the best choice to maximize business agility while driving down expenses. The IBM zEnterprise System delivers a unique workload optimization and server consolidation platform that can help companies spend less on IT, and at the same time, deliver superior levels of service quality that can create improved business results. This IBM ... [more]

Exploiting IBM SAFR to Solve Financial Accounting Challenges
IBM Z Software

Redguide, published 29 Sep 2010, last updated 18 Aug 2011

  (based on 1 review)

Financial services companies face tremendous challenges related to information processing and financial reporting. Some of these challenges are caused by massive increases in both the amount of data and the complexity of financial systems that have occurred in recent years. Others are related to expanded regulatory demands for data transparency and compliance with specific reporting and audit requirements like International Financial Reporting Standards and GAAP. At the same time, the business demands that timely and accurate information be produced in a cost-effective manner, in ways that ... [more]

WebSphere Commerce V7.0 Feature Pack 2 Search Solution Overview and Deployment
Commerce

Archived Redbooks, published 13 Jul 2011, last updated 5 Aug 2011

This IBM® Redbooks® publication focuses on the enhanced search capabilities of the newest release of IBM WebSphere Commerce V7.0 Feature Pack 2. We divided this book into three parts to highlight search business-to-consumer (B2C) and search business-to-business (B2B) use cases and a conceptual overview of the search solution. This book can help you to enable the search features of WebSphere Commerce V7.0 Feature Pack 2 and set up the WebSphere Commerce search environment, experience the design and management of Solr indexes, and experience several B2C scenarios using the Madisons Feature ... [more]