IBM Express Servers and Express Storage

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It’s a simple idea. Technology should make our lives easier – not more complex. It should clear the way for innovation – not throw up roadblocks. That’s why IBM has a full portfolio of solutions to help clients of all sizes focus on their business – not just their IT. And IBM makes it easier than ever for mid-sized businesses to navigate their broad range of products and services with the IBM Express Advantage program. Because the world is complicated enough…

PEDRO FERNANDES:

Simple experiments give out hundreds and thousands of results in a single go and this means that in fields like Genomics, Proteomics, Microscopy whatever you name it, you get piles and piles of data that you then have to organize, put into databases, summarize, process, publish the results.

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IBM understands that working with clients doesn’t mean telling them what they need to buy – it means helping them design and implement a solution to reach their goals.

PEDRO FERNANDES:

IBM did listen to me and tried to approach my problem in a way that made things very uncomplicated.

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When I went to IBM and actually when I went to other vendors, I have explained that although I have limited budget, my aims are to satisfy people in a short period of time and during the lifetime of this system, to be able to accommodate for their evolving needs.

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Instead of a complex network of PCs which could be difficult to manage and maintain, IGC opted for a streamlined grid solution based on IBM BladeCenter. Like the solution developed for IGC, the IBM® Grid and Grow™ Express offering provides an easy to deploy, integrated solution for customers interested in beginning the grid journey.

PEDRO FERNANDES:

Going for a compact solution based on Blades and the compactness of BladeCenters means that we have a much more manageable solution in our hands.

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To help speed up deployment, IGC selected a software offering for bioinformatics and worked with IBM to create a pre-built solution.

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The benefit of having a pre-built system in the factory is big if you want your applications to run shortly after delivery of the boxes.

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Simplicity of the system is important, because with a small team of IT personnel a community of up to 300 internal and more than 300 external researchers and users can be supported.

PEDRO FERNANDES:

A solution like this is ridiculously low in manpower needs…. Also the software that manages it is incredibly simpler to operate with.

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IGC’s system also needed to be simple for its users – the scientists who rely on the system to do their research.

PEDRO FERNANDES:

Our users look for simplicity in the way in their access to the system and this is why it is crucial for us to go for a solution that provides a portal with web services behind. Web services also means that we can deploy new applications with relative ease … From the users’ point of view they always see the same type of screen.

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And regardless of budget, IBM solutions are designed and built for outstanding reliability.

PEDRO FERNANDES:

The reliability of this system is high and this has to do with two things. One thing is the redundancy …The second aspect has to do with the construction of the system itself.

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Through the IBM Express Advantage program, IBM and IBM Business Partners help make technology easy to buy, easy to install and easy to use.

PEDRO FERNANDES:

In the sense of combining smaller space, higher density, more efficient cooling, and yet providing the most attractive computing power aggregated in a single cabinet. This solution was far away from the next competitor.

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Find out how IBM’s innovative technologies, the relevant experience of IBM Business Partners and the portfolio of express solutions can help simplify your business so you can innovate, grow and prosper.

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Now that’s a simple idea.