If you've decided to implement security-rich, flexible IBM Power Systems servers with advanced virtualization capabilities, then you’re probably eager to get started. But if your organization is like many companies, it may not have the available resources and required technical expertise. IBM Server Product Services for Power Systems servers can hasten server implementation while potentially reducing disruptions and risks to ongoing operations. Experienced IBM specialists can assist you with planning as well as hardware and software implementation, configuration and integration. Your systems can become operational quickly—with minimal impact to system users and business operations.

Highlights

• Provides access to highly skilled services professionals to supplement in-house skills
• Speeds implementation of new technologies while increasing return on investment
• Creates an optimized, security-rich, highly available and flexible server environment

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IBM CustomPac is a suite of services tailored to your installation, migration and maintenance needs for the IBM z/OS platform. Rather than attempting to perform these complex tasks internally, you can count on IBM's expertise for faster, more efficient solutions designed to mitigate risk. You can also support your z/OS platform needs without onsite assistance. CustomPac is the only family of services for the z/OS platform that can be customized and built remotely and sent to you for implementation.

Choose from:

• IBM SystemPac® service for installation or system replacement
• IBM SystemPac Plus for z/OS system replacement and new technologies enablement, come in as optionally selectable modules
• IBM SubsystemPac for installation of individual subsystems
• IBM ProductPac® service to add or upgrade multiple selected products
• IBM RefreshPac for a preventive service upgrade
• Follow-on services for system enhancements and problem resolution, included with any of the above.

IBM’s proven process for collecting your requirements, developing a customized package, and installing the right software and enhancements can help maximize the resources allocated to your System z investments.

Globally, organizations are implementing new storage and data solutions in order to help them derive more value from their available data, reduce costs, simplify storage management, and enhance business resilience. All this often requires complex data migration requirements. IBM can help.

Highlights:

• Provides a simple and flexible approach to achieve non-disruptive data migration, regardless of platform, distance or storage hardware vendor
• Offers a portfolio of data mobility software and services that provides superior levels of choice and flexibility for migrating data
• Supports efficient and accurate data migration for your mainframe and open-systems environments
• Helps reduce the time and resources associated with data migration
• Helps increase the value of your storage- and data-related hardware and software
• Leverages IBM’s methods, tools and expertise to help mitigate project risk and speed implementation

Our services combine the experience of IBM services professionals with Softek migration tools such as Softek® Transparent Data Migration Facility (TDMF™), Softek Logical Data Migration Facility (LDMF™), and IBM System Storage™ SAN Volume Controller. We can help you with project planning and management, and can provide technical assistance for migrating data—including hardware environment refreshes, storage reclamation, consolidation and other key infrastructure initiatives. Our experience can help you mitigate project risk and more quickly utilize new storage and data platforms to achieve IT and business results.

We offer:

• Softek Transparent Data Migration Facility (TDMF)
• Implementation services for system storage copy functions - global mirror
• Migration Services for data for open systems attached to System Storage disk systems
• Migration Services for System z data

IBM Server Managed Services offers you access to processes, tools and methodologies developed by IBM in our experience managing more than 206,000 servers worldwide. These services help you establish a collaborative, innovative computing environment to support your business without significant up-front costs. These services can help you:

• Contain the costs and challenges of managing your IT environment
• Release strategic IT resources to focus on other projects
• Increase security, stability, server availability, operational efficiency and scalability
• Access alternative funding models to help you work within financial constraints
• Enhance service-level visibility and management
• Enhance effectiveness of internal charge back mechanisms
• Reduce total cost of ownership

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Your organization may be ready for the enhanced performance, greater flexibility and lower total cost of ownership afforded by an open source Linux environment. But do you have the skills and resources in house to successfully perform and support a Linux implementation project?

The IBM Server Product Services for Linux offering can help you plan, deploy and configure your Linux installation with greater speed and at a reduced cost, enabling you to reap the benefits more quickly. And IBM's proven industry track record, extensive hands-on experience and technology expertise help minimize implementation risk.

We offer implementation Services for:

• High Availability Clusters
• OS hardening
• Linux Distributions
• Linux High Performance Computing Clusters
• Linux Server Consolidation

In addition to standard Linux installation and configuration services, IBM offers:

• Linux high-power computing cluster services
• Linux high-availability cluster services
• Linux server consolidation services
• Linux migration services
• Migration Services - consolidates file/print and Web serving workloads for Linux zSeries
• Server Product Services for Linux - IBM Implementation Services for open source

IBM can provide the skills and expertise you need to start leveraging the technology more rapidly and efficiently without impacting end-user productivity in the process. IBM Server Product Services for Microsoft provides comprehensive solutions that address a broad spectrum of Microsoft server products, including Microsoft Windows® Server, Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, Systems Management Server, and Internet Security and Acceleration Server.

We offer migration services including:

• Server consolidation for Microsoft environments: Consolidate and streamline your Microsoft Server environment with comprehensive server and virtualization services
• Microsoft Exchange: Design a messaging environment that meets your growing email, calendaring and collaboration demands
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: Enabling an efficient transition to an optimized server environment using IBM’s proven methodologies and experience
• Microsoft Windows Servers: Increase the flexibility of your server infrastructure as you transition to the latest version of Windows Server and Active Directory

We also offer Implementation Services including:

• Enterprise integration services for Microsoft technologies: Designed to help you integrate complex, disparate systems to create a flexible, cost-effective information flow solution for Windows platforms
• Exchange email archiving: Implement a cohesive Exchange email archiving and record management solution

IBM Server Product Services for System i servers can hasten server implementation while potentially reducing disruptions and risks to ongoing operations. Experienced IBM specialists can assist you with planning as well as hardware and software implementation, configuration and integration. Our specialists use proven, repeatable methodologies to ease the transition to new servers. They can also provide hands-on skills transfer to help your team more quickly understand how to manage the new servers.

We offer Implementation Services including:

• iSeries securityPlan for basic security functions on iSeries servers: Helps you plan for basic security functions on iSeries servers.
• iSeries clustering and independent auxiliary storage pools: Obtain services for iSeries planning and implementation.
• System i – single sign-on: Eliminate most sign-on prompts to lighten your administrative and support burden, reduce costs, boost productivity and decrease security risks.
• System i and LPAR: Plan and install logical partitioning (LPAR) on your IBM System i server with IBM's help in consolidating, testing and workload balancing.

We offer Migration Services including:

• System i: Migrate or upgrade to a more efficient IBM System i™ server environment by working with technical experts who have the knowledge and experience needed to perform a smooth, rapid System i migration.
• System i and LPAR: Migrate to logical partitioning (LPAR) on your IBM System i server with help in reconfiguring, adding, upgrading, consolidating, testing and workload balancing.
• AS/400 - Data Migration: Save time, receive reliable data and help ensure a smooth application migration to your AS/400.
• AS/400 System Transition: Plan and execute a smooth transition to your new AS/400 system.

We also offer High Availability Services for AS/400 to keep your critical business applications running continuously on your AS/400 system.

Drive business growth with the exceptional availability, manageability and scalability of IBM System x product technology

IBM Server Product Services for IBM System x servers can help you shorten the time to plan, implement and deploy new servers and software, and reduce integration-associated risks. You gain the ability to adopt new technology more quickly and improve end-user service levels. IBM can help you:

• Respond more rapidly to changing business and IT requirements
• Speed deployment of new technologies while reducing risk
• Reduce downtime, extend business continuity and increase return on investment
• Create an optimized, security-rich, highly available and flexible server environment
• Better comply with governmental regulations.

We offer Implementation Services including:

• ServicePac for x86 BladeCenter or System x Servers: Streamline and optimize the implementation of two of these servers, at the same time, in the same location - at reduced per-server costs
• System x - ServicePac for VMware Infrastructure proof of concept: Obtain hands-on server virtualization education in your own environment
• System x – ServicePac for IBM Director: Implement the IBM Director environment with help from experienced IBM professionals
• System x – ServicePac for VMware: Implement the Vmware environment with help from experienced IBM professionals
• ServicePac Implementation Services for BladeCenter and System x: Get help installing, configuring, deploying and exploiting BladeCenter and System x