Highlights from IBM Edge2015, z Systems.
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The meteoric rise of mobile and the Internet of Things have made it more important than ever for businesses to transform themselves digitally. The economics of IT, app delivery innovations and next-generation skills were all topics covered at the IBM Edge2015 event in Las Vegas.
Highlights from IBM Edge2015, z Systems.
- 1. IBM z SYSTEMS , EDGE2015, LAS VEGAS May 1112, 2015 #IBMz #IBMEdge
- 2. Edge2015, IBMs exclusive two-day summit for IT executives, featured technology announcements, customer success stories, and presentations by industry leaders and IBM experts. These slides highlight the key insights of the event, with a focus on IBMs premium hardware offering: z Systems. #IBMz#IBMEdge IBM z Systems at Edge2015
- 3. #IBMz#IBMEdge The New Age of Digital With the meteoric rise of mobile and the Internet of Things come heightened customer expectations. Mobile delivers immediacy, and it has completely changed our expectations, said Julie Ask of Forrester Research. The world creates 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day, and that enormous volume also translates into greater demands on businesses to serve and engage customers 24/7, and at every possible touch point. There are going to be more words written on Twitter in the next two years than all the words ever written in books. Neil Cattermull Director of Cloud Practice, Compare the Cloud
- 4. Everyone has data, but not everyone can extract the most valuable insights from that data. Even fewer can extract critical insights from the data when its needed most. IBM z Systems in-transaction analytics capabilities can help businesses find the signal in the noisegiving them a sustainable, competitive advantage. #IBMz#IBMEdge Big Data Needs Strong Analytics In the future, when they write the history of technology, they will write about the transistor, the internet and deep analytics. Ken Keverian Senior VP, IBM Corporate Strategy
- 5. #IBMz#IBMEdge Built-in Security Nearly every industry collects sensitive personal information from individuals. But for some industries, the data is hypersensitive and must stay privatesuch as pre-existing conditions for healthcare, credit card numbers for retail, and payment history for financial services. Because z Systems is the worlds most secure enterprise server, it makes sense that so many leading companies in these industries trust z to protect their data. Security is a board-level issue for all of us. Tom Rosamilia Senior VP, IBM Systems
- 6. When purchasing infrastructure, its important for enterprises to consider the total cost of ownership, not the total cost of acquisition. That total cost isnt just the server itselfit includes the full hardware and software stack (storage, servers, networking, software). #IBMz#IBMEdge The Economics of Infrastructure relative to an x86 private cloud. 32% Using the new z13 can lower the total cost of ownership by up to
- 7. #IBMz#IBMEdge Organizations Leading the Way WALMART Retail giant Walmart needed to handle the mammoth spike in demand during the holiday shopping season. For instance, 70 percent of online holiday trafficand 22 percent of total online salescame from mobile devices on Cyber Monday 2014. The company trusted the scalability and unmatched reliability of z Systems to adapt to major market pressures. RADIXX INTERNATIONAL This airline hosting and distribution platform processes crucial personal data, like credit card and passport information. Radixx replaced its 172 x86 cores with 10 z Systems coresmaking its data more secure even as it reduced its total cost of ownership. BANORTE With 1 million mobile users and 5 million ATM visits a month, the bank Banorte has to manage millions of transactions. Banorte used IBM z Systems to integrate all banking channels in the back end for the first time in its history.
- 8. #IBMz#IBMEdge By 2020, half of the workforce will be millennials. So making computer science more accessible and rewarding to students right now is a priority. Can we teach the mainframe to thousands of students? Seth Reichelsona Florida computer science teacher who champions mainframe education and who has been honored by the White Housesays we can. Indeed, hes training a veritable army of young coders in his classroom every day. IBM announced at Edge2015 that it will continue to cultivate the next generation of IT talent through its Generation z Program, which includes the Master the Mainframe contestwhere high school students and college students from around the globe complete extensive tasks in systems programming and application development. Preparing for the Next Generation The future is in good hands.
- 9. Want to catch or relive the action from ExecutiveEdge? Click here to see video replays from select Edge2015 sessions Learn more about z Systems by visiting mainframeinsights.com #IBMz#IBMEdge