IBM launches $2 bn 'integrated expertise' system
IBM yesterday launched "PureSystems", an innovation that has been developed over three years with an investment of US$2 billion (Bt63 billion).
Terri Virnig, vice president and business line executive for cloud at IBM’s Systems and Technology Group, told a news conference in Bangkok yesterday that the company had officially launched IBM PureSystems around the world this week and it would be available for customers in Thailand next week.
The IBM Technology Conference and Expo was held yesterday in Bangkok to update local partners, customers and prospective customers on the computing giant’s latest developments.
Virnig said IBM PureSystems integrated expertise to build a cloud-computing environment. The company has spent more than $2 billion on research and development and acquisitions over the past three years with millions of development hours across 37 laboratories in 17 countries on the system.
Under IBM PureSystems, there are two main parts: IBM PureFlex System, which is the service’s infrastructure, and IBM PureApplication System, which is the platform.
IBM PureFlex System combines computing, storage, networking, virtualisation and management into a single infrastructure that is expert at sensing and anticipating resource needs to optimise corporate infrastructure. Meanwhile, IBM PureApplication System is a platform designed and tuned specifically for transactional Web and database applications. Its workload-aware, flexible platform is designed to be easy to deploy, customise, manage and secure.
Tanapong Ittisakulchai, country manager for the System and Technology Group of IBM Thailand, said that according to International Data Corporation research, about 70 per cent of annual information-technology spending of businesses was to maintain their existing systems rather than to invest in innovative technologies. So IBM PureSystems offers them an alternative to stay in touch with the latest developments while saving on maintenance costs.
IBM also launched a PureSystems Centre, an online enterprise application and solution showcasing more than 150 general and industry-specific applications that are optimised for IBM PureSystems.
