Friday, March 16, 2012
Temenos staakt fusiegesprek met Misys
Temenos staakt fusiegesprek met Misys
16-03-2012 11:55 | DoorRik Sanders | Lees meer artikelen over: Fusies | Lees meer over de bedrijven: Misys, Temenos | Er zijn nog geen reacties op dit artikel | Permalink
Het Zwitserse financiële softwarebedrijf Temenos ziet af van een fusie met de Britse concurrent Misys. Beide bedrijven kondigden in februari een voorgenomen fusie aan, maar sindsdien hebben zich diverse durfkapitalisten gemeld met belangstelling om Misys over te nemen. Daaronder bevindt zich ook Valueact, de grootste aandeelhouder van Misys.
Temenos stelt in een verklaring dat het bedrijf niet tot overeenstemming kon komen met de aandeelhouders van Misys. Het Zwitserse softwarebedrijf zegt teleurgesteld te zijn over het afketsen van de fusie. Temenos gaat op zoek naar andere mogelijke fusie- of overnamekandidaten die een aanvulling kunnen betekenen op het eigen portfolio.
Het vlaggenschip van Temenos (opgericht in 1993) is het pakket T24 voor banken. Temenos bereikte in 2010 een omzet van 338 miljoen euro en telt ruim zeshonderd medewerkers.
Misys (gestart in 1979, omzet 2010: 431 miljoen euro, elfhonderd medewerkers) is vooral sterk in transactiegerichte backofficesystemen; Bankfusion is de bekendste oplossing. Na het afblazen van de fusie met Temenos is het voor het bedrijf afwachten geblazen. Van de Amerikaanse durfkapitalist Vista Equity Partners ligt een bod van 1,9 miljoen dollar op tafel. De combinatie CVC Capital Partners en Valueact Capital heeft gemeld ook belangstelling te hebben in een overname en moet uiterlijk begin april met een bod komen.
Read more: http://www.computable.nl/artikel/nieuws/erp/4447120/1276992/temenos-staakt-fusiegesprek-met-misys.html#ixzz1pHYA2QYX
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Multivac modernises machines for maximum efficiency
Multivac modernises machines for maximum efficiency
Date Posted: February 10, 2012 07:53 AM
Author: Seamus Quinn
German packaging equipment giant Multivac has installed two new Power 740s plus a pair of 720s in the latest part of an eight-year global SAP-on-i rollout.
After looking at Microsoft and AIX and deciding to keep the faith with IBM i, Multivac embarked on a migration to SAP in 2004. It started with SAP ERP 4.6c on an i825 for ten users. By 2007, it was running two i570s with SAP add-ons such Human Capital Management and NetWeaver Business Warehouse for around 1,000 users in 16 countries. In 2010, it added IBM System Storage DS5100 hardware and SAN Volume Controller software to the mix. Domino is also firmly embedded in the ever-expanding project and, notably, the whole set-up is managed by just a five-man IT team that now serves 24 countries.
Wolfertschwenden-based Multivac makes and sells packaging machines such as thermoformers, traysealers and vacuum-chamber machines. It is a massive name in food and medical equipment markets and employs more than 3,400 people at over 60 subsidiaries in 140 countries. Its new Power 740s, each with nine Power7 processors and 256 GB main memory, and two IBM Power 720 servers with four processors and 64 GB memory apiece, will help it continue the worldwide roll-out.
The new hardware came courtesy of Fritz & Macziol, part of the ever-expanding Netherlands-based technical services outfit Imtech. However, the Multivac team says there was no pressing capacity-related or technical need for the upgrade. Instead, its motivation was driven purely by the desire to reduce costs and optimise its infrastructure. For instance, unlike many upgrade projects, Multivac decided to implement pretty much the same processing capacity but take advantage of new licensing models. For its 740s, the company selected CPU-based licensing, while for the Power 720 machines it opted for user-based licensing.
At the end of the leases for its old gear, the company was obliged to return its servers and storage devices. This introduced something of a challenge, as Jürgen Dauner, IT team leader of system integration at Multivac, reports: "A big part of the upgrade to the Power7 technology was about logistics. We needed to store our old systems temporarily. Because we are talking about six tonnes of server, storage and backup hardware, this was quite a challenge."
To replace its old Power6 servers, Multivac set up a new 740 system in parallel, integrated it into its cluster solution and then transfered the workloads to the new box. "We migrated our main SAP systems to the new Power7 servers without interruption of the production applications," says Jürgen Dauner. "And half-an-hour later, all systems were back in normal operation on the new hardware."
Multivac uses dynamic LPARs for all its core applications (SAP Business Suite and IBM Lotus Notes) on four physical servers – three for production and one for development and testing systems. Each 740 runs four LPARs. In two LPARs, Multivac runs Virtual I/O Servers to ensure redundancy for the virtualisation layers; one LPAR hosts the company’s mission-critical SAP ERP and CRM applications. The final LPAR is configured to run its Notes and Domino environment.
The deployment takes a shared LPAR approach, where a number of LPARs share a given hardware environment of CPU and memory. Instead of a fixed assignment of CPU and memory resources, each shared LPAR is assigned a floating min/max entitlement and a priority rating. As long as sufficient hardware resources are available, all LPARs receive their maximum entitlement. In case of a shortage of resources, CPU and memory are automatically re-assigned, increased or reduced according to set priorities and minimum entitlements.
Multivac’s DR strategy is also based on LPAR. To prepare the server upgrade, Multivac moved from internal disk systems supported by an Enterprise Storage Server 6000 to a SAN solution with System Storage DS5100 disk systems and SAN Volume Controller.
Date Posted: February 10, 2012 07:53 AM
Author: Seamus Quinn
German packaging equipment giant Multivac has installed two new Power 740s plus a pair of 720s in the latest part of an eight-year global SAP-on-i rollout.
After looking at Microsoft and AIX and deciding to keep the faith with IBM i, Multivac embarked on a migration to SAP in 2004. It started with SAP ERP 4.6c on an i825 for ten users. By 2007, it was running two i570s with SAP add-ons such Human Capital Management and NetWeaver Business Warehouse for around 1,000 users in 16 countries. In 2010, it added IBM System Storage DS5100 hardware and SAN Volume Controller software to the mix. Domino is also firmly embedded in the ever-expanding project and, notably, the whole set-up is managed by just a five-man IT team that now serves 24 countries.
Wolfertschwenden-based Multivac makes and sells packaging machines such as thermoformers, traysealers and vacuum-chamber machines. It is a massive name in food and medical equipment markets and employs more than 3,400 people at over 60 subsidiaries in 140 countries. Its new Power 740s, each with nine Power7 processors and 256 GB main memory, and two IBM Power 720 servers with four processors and 64 GB memory apiece, will help it continue the worldwide roll-out.
The new hardware came courtesy of Fritz & Macziol, part of the ever-expanding Netherlands-based technical services outfit Imtech. However, the Multivac team says there was no pressing capacity-related or technical need for the upgrade. Instead, its motivation was driven purely by the desire to reduce costs and optimise its infrastructure. For instance, unlike many upgrade projects, Multivac decided to implement pretty much the same processing capacity but take advantage of new licensing models. For its 740s, the company selected CPU-based licensing, while for the Power 720 machines it opted for user-based licensing.
At the end of the leases for its old gear, the company was obliged to return its servers and storage devices. This introduced something of a challenge, as Jürgen Dauner, IT team leader of system integration at Multivac, reports: "A big part of the upgrade to the Power7 technology was about logistics. We needed to store our old systems temporarily. Because we are talking about six tonnes of server, storage and backup hardware, this was quite a challenge."
To replace its old Power6 servers, Multivac set up a new 740 system in parallel, integrated it into its cluster solution and then transfered the workloads to the new box. "We migrated our main SAP systems to the new Power7 servers without interruption of the production applications," says Jürgen Dauner. "And half-an-hour later, all systems were back in normal operation on the new hardware."
Multivac uses dynamic LPARs for all its core applications (SAP Business Suite and IBM Lotus Notes) on four physical servers – three for production and one for development and testing systems. Each 740 runs four LPARs. In two LPARs, Multivac runs Virtual I/O Servers to ensure redundancy for the virtualisation layers; one LPAR hosts the company’s mission-critical SAP ERP and CRM applications. The final LPAR is configured to run its Notes and Domino environment.
The deployment takes a shared LPAR approach, where a number of LPARs share a given hardware environment of CPU and memory. Instead of a fixed assignment of CPU and memory resources, each shared LPAR is assigned a floating min/max entitlement and a priority rating. As long as sufficient hardware resources are available, all LPARs receive their maximum entitlement. In case of a shortage of resources, CPU and memory are automatically re-assigned, increased or reduced according to set priorities and minimum entitlements.
Multivac’s DR strategy is also based on LPAR. To prepare the server upgrade, Multivac moved from internal disk systems supported by an Enterprise Storage Server 6000 to a SAN solution with System Storage DS5100 disk systems and SAN Volume Controller.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Saturday, May 7, 2011
You and i: SAP
You and i: SAP
02/25/2011
Happy Customers: Svendsen, SAP and IBM i
By Steve Will
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the newly published ITG study, which outlines the low total cost of ownership IBM i (twitter hashtag #ibmi) continues to provide. You can still find the executive overview of that study linked to the “Power of i” page.
Sometimes, though, examples speak louder than studies. Today I’ll use an example of one of our many happy customers: Svendsen.
Svendsen is a specialist distributor of DEUTZ engines, and also provides services for manufacturers such as Voith and Pleiger. Based in Stuttgart, Germany, the company focuses on southern Germany, and has subsidiaries in eastern Bavaria and Switzerland.
Svendsen employs around 30 people and is growing rapidly. This is the type of customer that benefits greatly from IBM i – they have a small staff, they want to run their business without worrying about running their system, and they want to do it efficiently.
Svendsen had been running an SAP Business One on Microsoft Windows. As they grew, they needed their system to grow with them. They decided to move to SAP’s Business All-in-One solution. Their IBM Business Partner, Kirbis, advised them to look at Power Systems and IBM i. I’ll let the customer speak:
“SAP Business All-in-One was almost an automatic choice for us – it is the obvious step-up from SAP Business One, and we were confident that Kirbis would do a good job on the implementation. For the same price as the proposed Intel architecture, we purchased a single, more powerful and scalable Power Systems server, with all the characteristic advantages of IBM i: legendary reliability, high resilience against viruses, and the built-in IBM DB2 database.” --Lutz Ilgner, CEO
Since the new IBM i implementation, Svendsen has been pleased with the performance of the solution, but is especially impressed with the reliability of IBM i on their Power System. The company has experienced no unscheduled downtime, and spends almost no time on the maintenance and administration of the hardware, operating system or DB2 database. Again, Mr. Ilgner:
“We need all our staff to be able to focus on our core business – we cannot afford their productivity to be hindered by the need to manage and maintain IT systems.”
What works in Germany works worldwide. Software solutions that do exactly what a business needs, running on a platform that doesn’t make the customer worry about multiple servers, security patches and reboots, but lets them focus on their own business. That’s IBM i.
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02/25/2011
Happy Customers: Svendsen, SAP and IBM i
By Steve Will
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the newly published ITG study, which outlines the low total cost of ownership IBM i (twitter hashtag #ibmi) continues to provide. You can still find the executive overview of that study linked to the “Power of i” page.
Sometimes, though, examples speak louder than studies. Today I’ll use an example of one of our many happy customers: Svendsen.
Svendsen is a specialist distributor of DEUTZ engines, and also provides services for manufacturers such as Voith and Pleiger. Based in Stuttgart, Germany, the company focuses on southern Germany, and has subsidiaries in eastern Bavaria and Switzerland.
Svendsen employs around 30 people and is growing rapidly. This is the type of customer that benefits greatly from IBM i – they have a small staff, they want to run their business without worrying about running their system, and they want to do it efficiently.
Svendsen had been running an SAP Business One on Microsoft Windows. As they grew, they needed their system to grow with them. They decided to move to SAP’s Business All-in-One solution. Their IBM Business Partner, Kirbis, advised them to look at Power Systems and IBM i. I’ll let the customer speak:
“SAP Business All-in-One was almost an automatic choice for us – it is the obvious step-up from SAP Business One, and we were confident that Kirbis would do a good job on the implementation. For the same price as the proposed Intel architecture, we purchased a single, more powerful and scalable Power Systems server, with all the characteristic advantages of IBM i: legendary reliability, high resilience against viruses, and the built-in IBM DB2 database.” --Lutz Ilgner, CEO
Since the new IBM i implementation, Svendsen has been pleased with the performance of the solution, but is especially impressed with the reliability of IBM i on their Power System. The company has experienced no unscheduled downtime, and spends almost no time on the maintenance and administration of the hardware, operating system or DB2 database. Again, Mr. Ilgner:
“We need all our staff to be able to focus on our core business – we cannot afford their productivity to be hindered by the need to manage and maintain IT systems.”
What works in Germany works worldwide. Software solutions that do exactly what a business needs, running on a platform that doesn’t make the customer worry about multiple servers, security patches and reboots, but lets them focus on their own business. That’s IBM i.
Posted at 10:01 AM in DB2, IBM i, Power, SAP | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Top Ten Most Commonly Used IBM i Passwords
What are your IBM i passwords?
Qsecofr? qsec0fr? qsys0pr? 11111111? 22222222? qibm? Or maybe ibmce?
Like most systems, the IBM i passwords tend to contain or be the user profile, or one of those passwords found in a list of commonly used passwords published regularly by many of the white hat organizations.
The Lab Services Security team often performs security assessments; in fact, it's our most requested security service. Invariably during these security assessments we find too many privileged profiles and default passwords.
Compounding the password problem is the misconception that because the i is considered to be one of the most secure operating systems in the industry, it's inherently secure without any need for administration. As a result, many IBM i customers have given little thought to passwords or password complexity unless forced upon by an auditor, at least until quite recently.
In a recent study, it was reported that 7 percent of the most commonly used passwords could be found in a dictionary of 100 words. The study found that the shortness and simplicity of passwords means many users select credentials that will make them susceptible to basic forms of cyber attacks known as "brute-force attacks." Nearly 50 percent of users used names, slang words, dictionary words or trivial passwords (consecutive digits, adjacent keyboard keys, etc.). Other studies have shown as many as 36 percent of the most commonly used passwords could be found in a list of 5,000 words. This means that a dictionary style, brute-force attack, could be effective in as much as 36 percent of password-cracking attempts.
The password policy capabilities for IBM i are strong as demonstrated below, never the less despite the proven security features on IBM i, a poor selection of a password can make it vulnerable to a brute-force attack
The following outlines the IBM i password policy capabilities for version 5 release 4:
•Minimum password length
•Maximum password length
•Restricting new passwords that are the same as old passwords
•Restricting use of consecutive digits
•Requiring a numeric character
•Limiting consecutive repeated alphanumeric characters
•Requiring different characters in the same position of a new password
The additional IBM i password policy capabilities for version 6.1 are:
•Specifying minimum and maximum number of special characters, alphabetic characters, or numeric characters
•Requiring mixed case
•Requiring or disallowing the first character or last character of a password from being a special character or numeric character or alphabetic character
•Disallowing profile name within the password
•Requiring three out of four password components: uppercase characters, lowercase characters, special characters, and numeric characters
Brute force is basically a term for a method of “forcing” combinations of passwords against an account login and is usually performed by a software program to automate the process. Sometimes these programs use a dictionary file of common words to guess the password, or they will literally try every combination of letters, numbers and characters possible. The possibility of guessing the password with a dictionary file is extremely high, especially when the attack is automated. Despite all of the warnings of security breaches, one out of five users still decides to leave the digital equivalent of a key under the doormat: they choose a simple, easily guessed password like “abc123,” “iloveyou” or even “password” to protect their identity.
Now, let’s answer the question: "Why do I need a Password Validation Tool? I thought the built in security features of IBM i already offered enough security and password support?"
At the request of members of the IBM i Large Users Group (LUG), IBM Systems Lab Services and Training developed the “Password Validation Tool” to further enhance the built-in security features of IBM i by preventing users from using passwords that aren't audit compliant. The intention is to assist users and security managers in tightening up the password security on their IBM i systems by preventing key user mistakes. Overall, this tool supports with security compliance and auditability, reduces administrative costs associated with password reviews, and provides greater flexibility in enforcing strict password policy statements.
Key features of the Password Validation Tool are:
•Validates upon entry that an employee's password meets company and industry recommended security rules and guidelines.
•Allows users to define restricted words from 3 to 128 characters and checks to insure the password does not contain predefined words.
•Allows the security administrator to establish and provide a dictionary of excluded terms, to further tighten up password security. This is an enhancement to IBM i built in security which does not specifically allow you to exclude certain terms that may be deemed offensive, or too risky.
•Allows for additional custom checks that are not covered by the password policy capabilities of IBM i as additional function can be tailored to a company’s password policy
This tool is an affordable addition to your system's security tools. For more information regarding this tool, please contact IBM Systems Lab Services and Training at stgls@us.ibm.com, or visit: ibm.com/systems/services/labservices
This blog article was compiled by Leonard Broich, Sharon Su, Terry Ford, and Vincent Hennessey, who all work for IBM Systems Lab Services and Training in Rochester, Minn. IBM Systems Lab Services and Training is composed of experts who develop and deploy solutions across IBM's systems family offerings. Services and offerings include in-depth product expertise, knowledge transfer and platform specific hardware and software solutions.
Qsecofr? qsec0fr? qsys0pr? 11111111? 22222222? qibm? Or maybe ibmce?
Like most systems, the IBM i passwords tend to contain or be the user profile, or one of those passwords found in a list of commonly used passwords published regularly by many of the white hat organizations.
The Lab Services Security team often performs security assessments; in fact, it's our most requested security service. Invariably during these security assessments we find too many privileged profiles and default passwords.
Compounding the password problem is the misconception that because the i is considered to be one of the most secure operating systems in the industry, it's inherently secure without any need for administration. As a result, many IBM i customers have given little thought to passwords or password complexity unless forced upon by an auditor, at least until quite recently.
In a recent study, it was reported that 7 percent of the most commonly used passwords could be found in a dictionary of 100 words. The study found that the shortness and simplicity of passwords means many users select credentials that will make them susceptible to basic forms of cyber attacks known as "brute-force attacks." Nearly 50 percent of users used names, slang words, dictionary words or trivial passwords (consecutive digits, adjacent keyboard keys, etc.). Other studies have shown as many as 36 percent of the most commonly used passwords could be found in a list of 5,000 words. This means that a dictionary style, brute-force attack, could be effective in as much as 36 percent of password-cracking attempts.
The password policy capabilities for IBM i are strong as demonstrated below, never the less despite the proven security features on IBM i, a poor selection of a password can make it vulnerable to a brute-force attack
The following outlines the IBM i password policy capabilities for version 5 release 4:
•Minimum password length
•Maximum password length
•Restricting new passwords that are the same as old passwords
•Restricting use of consecutive digits
•Requiring a numeric character
•Limiting consecutive repeated alphanumeric characters
•Requiring different characters in the same position of a new password
The additional IBM i password policy capabilities for version 6.1 are:
•Specifying minimum and maximum number of special characters, alphabetic characters, or numeric characters
•Requiring mixed case
•Requiring or disallowing the first character or last character of a password from being a special character or numeric character or alphabetic character
•Disallowing profile name within the password
•Requiring three out of four password components: uppercase characters, lowercase characters, special characters, and numeric characters
Brute force is basically a term for a method of “forcing” combinations of passwords against an account login and is usually performed by a software program to automate the process. Sometimes these programs use a dictionary file of common words to guess the password, or they will literally try every combination of letters, numbers and characters possible. The possibility of guessing the password with a dictionary file is extremely high, especially when the attack is automated. Despite all of the warnings of security breaches, one out of five users still decides to leave the digital equivalent of a key under the doormat: they choose a simple, easily guessed password like “abc123,” “iloveyou” or even “password” to protect their identity.
Now, let’s answer the question: "Why do I need a Password Validation Tool? I thought the built in security features of IBM i already offered enough security and password support?"
At the request of members of the IBM i Large Users Group (LUG), IBM Systems Lab Services and Training developed the “Password Validation Tool” to further enhance the built-in security features of IBM i by preventing users from using passwords that aren't audit compliant. The intention is to assist users and security managers in tightening up the password security on their IBM i systems by preventing key user mistakes. Overall, this tool supports with security compliance and auditability, reduces administrative costs associated with password reviews, and provides greater flexibility in enforcing strict password policy statements.
Key features of the Password Validation Tool are:
•Validates upon entry that an employee's password meets company and industry recommended security rules and guidelines.
•Allows users to define restricted words from 3 to 128 characters and checks to insure the password does not contain predefined words.
•Allows the security administrator to establish and provide a dictionary of excluded terms, to further tighten up password security. This is an enhancement to IBM i built in security which does not specifically allow you to exclude certain terms that may be deemed offensive, or too risky.
•Allows for additional custom checks that are not covered by the password policy capabilities of IBM i as additional function can be tailored to a company’s password policy
This tool is an affordable addition to your system's security tools. For more information regarding this tool, please contact IBM Systems Lab Services and Training at stgls@us.ibm.com, or visit: ibm.com/systems/services/labservices
This blog article was compiled by Leonard Broich, Sharon Su, Terry Ford, and Vincent Hennessey, who all work for IBM Systems Lab Services and Training in Rochester, Minn. IBM Systems Lab Services and Training is composed of experts who develop and deploy solutions across IBM's systems family offerings. Services and offerings include in-depth product expertise, knowledge transfer and platform specific hardware and software solutions.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
You and i: Happy Customers: Svendsen, SAP and IBM i
You and i: Happy Customers: Svendsen, SAP and IBM i
By Steve Will
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the newly published ITG study, which outlines the low total cost of ownership IBM i (twitter hashtag #ibmi) continues to provide. You can still find the executive overview of that study linked to the “Power of i” page.
Sometimes, though, examples speak louder than studies. Today I’ll use an example of one of our many happy customers: Svendsen.
Svendsen is a specialist distributor of DEUTZ engines, and also provides services for manufacturers such as Voith and Pleiger. Based in Stuttgart, Germany, the company focuses on southern Germany, and has subsidiaries in eastern Bavaria and Switzerland.
Svendsen employs around 30 people and is growing rapidly. This is the type of customer that benefits greatly from IBM i – they have a small staff, they want to run their business without worrying about running their system, and they want to do it efficiently.
Svendsen had been running an SAP Business One on Microsoft Windows. As they grew, they needed their system to grow with them. They decided to move to SAP’s Business All-in-One solution. Their IBM Business Partner, Kirbis, advised them to look at Power Systems and IBM i. I’ll let the customer speak:
“SAP Business All-in-One was almost an automatic choice for us – it is the obvious step-up from SAP Business One, and we were confident that Kirbis would do a good job on the implementation. For the same price as the proposed Intel architecture, we purchased a single, more powerful and scalable Power Systems server, with all the characteristic advantages of IBM i: legendary reliability, high resilience against viruses, and the built-in IBM DB2 database.” --Lutz Ilgner, CEO
Since the new IBM i implementation, Svendsen has been pleased with the performance of the solution, but is especially impressed with the reliability of IBM i on their Power System. The company has experienced no unscheduled downtime, and spends almost no time on the maintenance and administration of the hardware, operating system or DB2 database. Again, Mr. Ilgner:
“We need all our staff to be able to focus on our core business – we cannot afford their productivity to be hindered by the need to manage and maintain IT systems.”
What works in Germany works worldwide. Software solutions that do exactly what a business needs, running on a platform that doesn’t make the customer worry about multiple servers, security patches and reboots, but lets them focus on their own business. That’s IBM i.
Posted at 10:01 AM in DB2, IBM i, Power, SAP | Permalink
By Steve Will
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the newly published ITG study, which outlines the low total cost of ownership IBM i (twitter hashtag #ibmi) continues to provide. You can still find the executive overview of that study linked to the “Power of i” page.
Sometimes, though, examples speak louder than studies. Today I’ll use an example of one of our many happy customers: Svendsen.
Svendsen is a specialist distributor of DEUTZ engines, and also provides services for manufacturers such as Voith and Pleiger. Based in Stuttgart, Germany, the company focuses on southern Germany, and has subsidiaries in eastern Bavaria and Switzerland.
Svendsen employs around 30 people and is growing rapidly. This is the type of customer that benefits greatly from IBM i – they have a small staff, they want to run their business without worrying about running their system, and they want to do it efficiently.
Svendsen had been running an SAP Business One on Microsoft Windows. As they grew, they needed their system to grow with them. They decided to move to SAP’s Business All-in-One solution. Their IBM Business Partner, Kirbis, advised them to look at Power Systems and IBM i. I’ll let the customer speak:
“SAP Business All-in-One was almost an automatic choice for us – it is the obvious step-up from SAP Business One, and we were confident that Kirbis would do a good job on the implementation. For the same price as the proposed Intel architecture, we purchased a single, more powerful and scalable Power Systems server, with all the characteristic advantages of IBM i: legendary reliability, high resilience against viruses, and the built-in IBM DB2 database.” --Lutz Ilgner, CEO
Since the new IBM i implementation, Svendsen has been pleased with the performance of the solution, but is especially impressed with the reliability of IBM i on their Power System. The company has experienced no unscheduled downtime, and spends almost no time on the maintenance and administration of the hardware, operating system or DB2 database. Again, Mr. Ilgner:
“We need all our staff to be able to focus on our core business – we cannot afford their productivity to be hindered by the need to manage and maintain IT systems.”
What works in Germany works worldwide. Software solutions that do exactly what a business needs, running on a platform that doesn’t make the customer worry about multiple servers, security patches and reboots, but lets them focus on their own business. That’s IBM i.
Posted at 10:01 AM in DB2, IBM i, Power, SAP | Permalink
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