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Storage services

IBM Global Services for Storage and Storage Networking

Data Storage Services from IBM can help companies achieve their business objectives by creating cost-effective data storage solutions that address the requirements of key business applications. These solutions can support multiple platforms and product vendors, helping to provide enhanced protection for critical business data, increased asset utilization, availability and reliability levels with reduced management costs.

IBM Global Services, as the leading data storage services provider, brings best practices from its thousands of customer engagements to work with your employees to integrate new solutions and technology with your business and IT needs. IBM offers a comprehensive portfolio of data storage services including:

●Analysis of enterprise information needs and environment

● Defined enterprise-wide storage strategies

●Quantified business benefits

●Backup/restore and business continuity planning

● Performance and capacity planning

●Enterprise security architecture

●Storage migration and consolidation

●Networked storage architecture design

● SAN configuration and integration services

●Proof of concept, validation and certification

●Implementation, testing and migration services

● Education and training

●Installation, relocation, cabling and site preparation

●Business and application recovery services

● Systems monitoring and management

●Managed Storage Services

IBM Global Services has a track record in offering services for open and mainframe storage, data migration, installation and support services for IBM and non-IBM environments. Some examples are:

●IBM Storage Strategy Assessment assists with the vision and strategy, assessment, archi- tecture and conceptual designs to help customers optimize their storage infrastructure to new architectures.

●IBM Planning Services for 3494 Automated Tape Library and Virtual Tape Server can help improve tape storage management and gain control of an often expanding library of tapes.

●IBM Operational Support Services for Tivoli® Storage Manager assists customers in the planning and implementation of storage management software.

●IBM Managed Storage Services offer scalable, cost-effective storage capacity, manage- ment and backup/restore services on a usage basis.

More information about IBM storage services can be found at ibm.com/services/storage.

IBM Global Financing

IBM Global Financing offers competitive financing to credit-qualified customers and

IBM Business Partners to assist them in acquiring IT solutions. Our offerings include financ- ing for IT acquisition—including hardware, software and services, both from IBM and other manufacturers or vendors—as well as commercial financing (revolving lines of credit, term loans, acquisition facilities and inventory-financing credit lines) for IBM Business Partners.

Offerings (for all customer segments: small, medium and large enterprise), rates, terms and availability may vary by country. Contact your local IBM Global Financing organization or visit the Web at ibm.com/financing.

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