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Case Study: West Berkshire Council finds new strength with IBM System x
New Strength With IBM System X.pdf – December 2008
“We wanted a system that we could consolidate multiple workloads on with confidence, so the IBM x3950 8-way servers were a natural choice for us. We got the uptime, resilience and growth potential that we were looking for.” – Simon Lawrence, senior corporate analyst, West Berkshire Council

Case Study: Ã–stgÃ¶ta Brandstodsbolag consolidates its infrastructure with virtualization on IBM BladeCenter
Consolidate Infrastructure With Virtualization.pdf – February 2008
“Moving to virtualized Microsoft Windows servers on IBM BladeCenter significantly simplified and optimized our infrastructure.” – Sven-Olof LundstrÃ¶m, IT Manager, Ã–stgÃ¶ta Brandstodsbolag

IBM X-Architecture Blueprint: An Overview
ibm_x-architecture_blueprint.pdf – September 2008
This white paper describes how the X-Architecture blueprint takes a comprehensive approach – innovative hardware, software and services – to solve customer challenges, and it embraces an evolving design approach to address challenges in System x, BladeCenter, and iDataPlex servers.

IBM System X4: Delivering High Value Through Scale Up
VirtualizationWhitepaper.pdf – January 2008
IDC tackles issues such as system utilization, space and energy consumption and operating expenses and why the IBM System x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 address those needs. The eX4 and scale up approach gives IBM advantages especially in areas of virtualization that will translate to bottom line savings.

Virtualization of SAP Applications with VMware ESX Server on IBM System x3850/x3950 M2
Virtualization_of_SAP_Applications.pdf – November 2008
This white paper describes how virtualization can be implemented for SAP environments using VMware and IBM System x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 servers. When used in SAP environments, virtualization can help simplify application management, improve server utilization and speed deployment.

PDF (1.9 MB) – Enhancing the Efficiency of Outsourced IT
PDF (680 KB) – IBM vConsolidate – August 2008
PDF (180 KB) – IBM vConsolidate Performance and Power – August 2008
PDF (196 KB) – IDC Choosing Virtual Hardware
PDF (5.3 MB) – IBM Intel Virtualization – Unlocking IT Innovation

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