cloud
How do the Costs compare: AWS & Azure vs. Softlayer Cloud?
In February 2016, Cirba conducted a study across three different public cloud offerings including Amazon® AWS, Microsoft Azure® Virtual Machines and IBM® SoftLayer® Bare Metal to compare costs and investigate the impact of Bare Metal infrastructure. On a sample of just under 1000 workloads, representative for enterprise usage, SoftLayer Bare Metal servers provided 53% cost […]
Keep your cloud management simple
With more and more IT operations moving into the cloud, there is an increasing need for all those operations to be managed in a simple, efficient way. Traditionally this would mean procuring services from different vendors for different areas and monitoring them individually, but thankfully this time-heavy, resource-intensive method is a thing of the […]
How the cloud can supercharge SAP HANA for you
The costs of maintaining your SAP database can be huge – both in terms of the time needed and in the cost of hiring the expertise to keep it in shape. With IBM Cloud Enterprise Application Deployment, systems integrators and MSPs have the ability to pick and choose the services they need and benefit from […]
Move forward and cut costs with integration
A study of chief financial officers found that 70% of IT budgets are spent on maintaining existing operations just to stand still, rather than innovating and driving new insights to go forward. For managed service providers an integrated infrastructure can change all that by adding value and drastically reducing costs and time inefficiencies. This […]
A little flash goes a long way
Lead the way with flash storage Incorporating flash storage into an infrastructure can improve performance and streamline resource utilization hugely, but as yet its use hasn’t become widespread. This opens up an opportunity for managed service providers to move to the cutting edge of the market in offering these state-of-the-art advances to their customers. […]
Interview with CEO of Salesbox CRM about cooperation with IBM
Andreas Lalangas, CEO of Salesbox CRM, talks about predictive and mobile CRM, Salesbox and Salesbox’s cooperation with IBM around IBM Softlayer. See the video here: http://youtu.be/sDEfsT2oaxM
Cloud Solution for today and tomorrow
While meeting today’s cloud demands is important for systems integrators, ensuring a system is prepared for tomorrow’s tech challenges is just as crucial. Cloud service provider Key Information Systems has sped up its runtimes as much as 48 times by using IBM’s Power8 technology. Find out how they have managed to slash hours off their […]
Grow your market reach through QRadar
As SIEM proves to be a critical component for service providers to offer, it’s reassuring that IBM has yet again been recognised as a leader in security intelligence. QRadar – IBM’s leading security intelligence solution – has come top in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for SIEM. QRadar offers integrated end-to-end visibility with minimal up-front cost and […]
Embracing the New World of Hybrid Cloud
IT leaders face the challenges of operating in an increasingly dynamic world, and thus have to juggle a blend of on-premise, private cloud and public cloud infrastructures in order to deliver the first class services that business leaders demand from them. Hybrid cloud services – seamlessly blending on-premise infrastructure with cloud infrastructure – are […]