THE KEY TO UNLOCKING YOUR DATA’S FULL POTENTIAL

with IBM Spectrum Storage™ family.

THEY’RE ALL GENERATING TONS OF DATA.

THERE’S A DATA AVALANCHE COMING. Are you ge t t ing bur ied under i t?

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THE MORE THE MERRIER.

If you can turn your data into actionable insights, you have a clear advantage.

Learn how to optimize your storage environment to take advantage of this data without straining your budget.

SPEED MATTERS.Over the las t decade, p rocessors , memor y, ne tworks and bus iness per fo rmance have a l l i nc reased exponent ia l l y.

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STORAGE FAMILY. IBM SPECTRUMTHE SOLUTION:

CHANGE THE ECONOMICS OF DATA WITH:

Simpl i f ied Storage Management

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University of Colorado Boulder is a world-renowned institution that has BUILT ITS REPUTATION ON RESEARCH. But all of the data they created was threatening their position.

They needed a smarter solution.

WHAT CAN YOU LEARN FROM BIG DATA?

Th is combinat ion o f D ISK and tape s to rage he lped them g ive ever y researcher access to the da ta they needed , when they needed i t , wh i le keep ing cos ts down.

WORKING WITH IBM,

CU-BOULDER CREATED THE

“What if we could…give each of our researchers a slice of a much more sophisticated solution than they would otherwise have access to? By providing them with a specialized solution, we could free them up to focus more on research.”

— SENIOR HPC ANALYST UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER

Working with IBM, CU-Boulder can now handle

1.5 PETABYTES OF DATA GROWTH over the next 4 years.

ROOM TO GROW.

I B M S p e c t r u m S t o r a g e f a m i l y o f f e r i n g s c a n h e l p

o r g a n i z a t i o n s s i m p l i f y t h e i r s t o r a g e i n f r a s t r u c t u r e s , c u t

c o s t s a n d s t a r t g a i n i n g m o r e b u s i n e s s v a l u e f r o m

t h e i r d a t a .

R e a d t h e e b o o k D ATA W I T H O U T B O R D E R S.

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UNLOCK YOUR DATA’S POTENTIAL.