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What is Smarter Computing?

Imagine an IT infrastructure that:

  • Leverages the cloud to speed time to market and improve efficiency
  • Unlocks the power of big data to deliver more actionable insight
  • Provides security to protect critical information and reduce risk

You don’t have to imagine this.
It can be your reality with Smarter Computing.

Why Smarter Computing?

data graphic The majority of IT
budget is devoted to
operations and maintenance

Digital content will
nearly quadruple
by 2015

But with the right infrastructure, IT leaders can meet
these challenges while keeping their data secure.

How to get started.

As a CIO, you must identify how to:

  • Speed time to market and improve efficiency
  • Deliver more actionable insight
  • Protect critical information and reduce risk

To be competitive, you must meet all three requirements―and
integrate those individual solutions into a cohesive whole.

Learn more about IBM Smarter Computing capabilities

Cloud computing »

Big data and analytics »

Data and application security »

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Smarter Computing: What’s Next. Ready Now.

Announcing new capabilities to help you anticipate customer preferences, outpace competitors, and respond to dynamic events.


Explore new capabilities

Smarter Computing cloud and data capabilities are ready now for the Software Defined Environment in your IT infrastructure.

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Get the details

Scott Firth shares more detail about the new Smarter Computing capabilities announced at Edge2013.

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Smarter Computing at IBM Edge2013

IBM executives and subject matter experts announce new Smarter Computing capabilities at the IBM Edge2013 Global Conference in Las Vegas.


Watch the video feed from Edge2013

Join executives and IT professionals from around the world as IBM announces new offerings to help you meet big data and cloud infrastructure challenges. The videos are from our live broadcast event at Edge2013.

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IBM Smarter Computing Magazine

Learn more about IBM’s new computing model that is built on a Software Defined Environment, designed for Big Data, and open and collaborative.


Essential IT infrastructure for a new era

IT leaders provide guidance on leveraging open environments, improving data center efficiency, analytics and much more.

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Read about improving your data center efficiency with Smarter Computing

Meeting the challenges of today’s business world with Smarter Computing

Learn how IBM can help clients leverage a new IT model to break down silos, unlock insight into data and support workload-focused performance.


Executive perspective on Software Defined Environments (SDE)

Watch as Jamie Thomas, IBM General Manager of Software Defined Environments, discusses our view on the datacenter of the future.

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  • Click to view What is SDN? slide New from IBM
  • Click to view DB2 slide IBM Edge2013
  • Benefits of SDN slide Magazine
  • New SDE slide New SDE video

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Blog author Lisa Johnston
Open, software-defined and data-centric IT

Posted by Lisa Johnston

IBM is pioneering a new computing model to help our clients build an IT infrastructure that is simple, automated and flexible. We call this approach Smarter Computing and it has three defining characteristics: it’s built on a Software Defined Environment (SDE), designed for big data and open.

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Blog author Colin Parris
Evolving applications for big data and analytics

Posted by Colin Parris

Striving to transform organizations is what we at IBM are focusing on as we develop industry-leading edge systems and next generation applications to mine big data and drive innovation that matters for the future.

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Making Smarter Computing possible

Making Smarter Computing possible

Working with IBM Global Financing you can accelerate your move to Smarter Computing while preserving capital and credit

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