IBM

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Partner since 2001
 

Platform and IBM

IBM and Platform have a strategic partnership within the grid computing market based on a complementary fit for products and go-to-market approach and objectives. While IBM can resell Platform products, both companies’ sales teams collaborate across all global regions and a number of key industries, including industrial manufacturing, financial services, government and life sciences.

 

IBM and Platform have worked together to help customers achieve breakthrough performance and optimization within their infrastructures. Joint customers include Magna-Steyr, BASF, RBC Insurance, Capital One and other financial services organizations.  By helping these organizations derive more value from their infrastructure, IBM and Platform are able to help them reduce the cost of IT or TCO.

 

Platform Products

 

IBM Products

·         Joint offering from IBM and Platform: Clash Analysis (IBM Grid Offering for Design Collaboration: Clash Analysis in Automotive, Aerospace and Defense)

·         Integration between Platform LSF and IBM Rational Clear Case V4.2

·         Tivoli TWS and Platform JobScheduler integration

·         Various HW/OS: RS 6000 AIX; SP 2/3; pSeries, zSeries (Linux); xSeries (x86)

·         IBM eServer series: the product line forms a solid platform for designing and developing grid solutions -- even for managing entire grids based on Platform middleware.

·         IBM Services: IBM Global Services offers a variety of value-add services regarding the implementation, deployment and management of grid infrastructures using Platform products.

·         IBM Rational Software: The IBM Rational Software Development Platform is a complete solution for developing software and software-based systems. It allows organizations to operate more efficiently and deliver innovative products and services that set them apart from their competitors.

·         IBM Tivoli Software: Intelligent management software from Tivoli helps customers realize maximum business value by enabling them to integrate, manage, and secure their e-business infrastructures and processes end-to-end.

 

About IBM

IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. Drawing on resources from across IBM and key Business Partners, IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that enable customers, large and small, to take full advantage of the new era of e-business.

IBM Grid Computing brings together the appropriate services, software and hardware that can help your organization create a grid or expand an existing implementation.

 

IBM Grid solutions are tailored to five key business areas across nine industries.