Storage infrastructure simplification is an important step a financial institution can take toward meeting the needs of an on-demand business environment. The IBM System Storage DS Family can support business continuity and improve information lifecycle management with competitively priced storage options.
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Financial Services InstitutionsHighlights Over the last several years, the largest Each ?nancial institution faces its ownbanks in the industrial world have particular set of circumstances, butbecome complex ?nancial institutions, they all share one ultimate goal: to? Delivering solutions for simplify- offering a growing variety of services make pro?ts, primarily from the margining storage infrastructures, to international markets and managing between the rate a bank pays for itsleveraging information for real billions of dollars in cash and assets. funds and the rate that it earns by lend-business ?exibility and maintain- Notwithstanding this global trend of ing or investing those funds. By adopt-ing business continuity consolidation at the high-end, banks ing technology that enables businessof all shapes and sizes are looking for ?exibility, ?nancial services companies? Incorporating innovative tech- innovative uses of technology to identify can improve this fundamental ratio-nologies that build on decades new business niches, to develop cus- and transform the ?rm into a high-of IBM disk systems expertise tomized services, to implement innova- performance organization capable oftive strategies and to capture new delivering value in the face of cyclical? Offering a range of scalable market opportunities. As globalization, economic forces.solutions to address your stor- consolidation, deregulation and diversi?-age needs, from the smallest cation continues, ?rms that demon- Customer service can be a key factorstorage server to the largest strate the ability to quickly adapt in for competitive advantage and critical todata center such a dynamic business environment improving revenue and pro?tability. So,are best positioned for success. too, are back office functions that allow? Provides a continuum of enter- for more effective management of dataprise storage products that and risk and compliance concerns.support distributed platformsand mainframe environments
? Offers excellent price/perform-ance options with a broad arrayof products that serve as afoundation for tiered storageenvironments
? Includes sophisticated andeasy-to-use management toolsbased on open standards
2Furthermore, many banks are perform- The dynamics of global ?nancial trends Moreover, the tremendous attention oning advanced customer analytics with are testing the industry's mettle as new and existing regulations is forcingdata warehouse and business intelli- never before. The good news is that ?nancial institutions to implement rigor-gence applications to ?nd new sources ?nancial institutions are emerging from ous compliance measures to protectof business from their existing clients. the crucible in better competitive shape: not only their investors but also them-The survivors are leaner, more respon- selves. With such mandates, the cost Add to that the challenging effects of sive and more pro?table. The leading of not protecting critical ?nancial andindustry consolidation and mergers that institutions are anticipating change and customer information can be typically result in the emergence of one adapting to these market realities by enormous. Succeeding in this challeng-entity's administrative systems as the adopting the technology that enables ing environment, therefore, requiresstandard across the newly-merged business ?exibility. ?nancial services ?rms to align theirinstitution. This type of systems and data storage infrastructures with theiroperational consolidation can place a Financial services ?rms also can face business processes as they workhuge premium on IT standardization, serious consequences-including lost toward effectively managing and pro-as well as ?exible, easy-to-manage revenue and dissatis?ed customers-if tecting their corporate data.IT solutions. their ability to process business trans-actions is interrupted, even brie?y.
3The IBM System StorageT DS Family Virtualize storage systems to boost Streamline storage management tois designed to help businesses optimize ?exibility and availability enable business ?exibilitystorage infrastructure, leverage informa- Virtualization software provides capabili- The IBM System Storage DS Familytion, mitigate risk and enable business ties to logically combine separate physi- incorporates streamlined management?exibi... [download for more]
