IBM Flex Systems Chosen by Cyber Network

IBM Corporation announced that Cyber Network SA, a provider
of managed services, has chosen IBM Flex Systems and storage to upgrade its IT
infrastructure and grow its cloud business.

The integrated design and management capabilities in Flex Systems will help
Cyber Network to spend less time on IT maintenance and support and devote these
resources to provide lower-cost services for its cloud-based customers. As a
result of this deployment, Cyber Network will be able to focus on expanding its
business by improving services to meet evolving customer requirements.

Cyber Network has deployed a Flex System and Storwize V7000 storage system
solution in each of its two Geneva data centers. Beyond the clear improvements
in performance for both servers and storage, the key benefit offered by the
Flex System is scalability, both in terms of the capacity of the system and its
ease of management.

The Flex System goes beyond competitor’s blade
configurations and provides the building-block elements for PureSystems. They are built-to-order offerings for clients who want to custom
build and tune configurations to their specific requirements. This allows them
to select the specific compute, systems networking and optional storage and
management required to support their specific workloads. The PureSystems
family offers clients an alternative to current enterprise computing models,
where multiple and disparate systems require significant resources to set up
and maintain.

The PureFlex System enables organizations to create and manage an infrastructure.
PureApplication System helps organizations reduce the cost and complexity of
deploying and managing applications. PureData System is tuned for cloud
computing and can consolidate more than 100 databases on a single system. In
addition to the common web application patterns supported by PureApplication
System, the combination of both PureData and PureApplication Systems can be
used for transaction workloads.

"The IBM Flex System gives us
excellent performance and a significant amount of headroom for the future,"
said Marco Tricarico, CTO, Cyber Network. "The technology enables Cyber Network to offer our clients a resilient,
high-performance cloud platform for their business-critical applications."

"Management is the real difference
between Flex System and other options," added Tricarico. "With Flex System Manager, we can control all
the elements of the infrastructure. This single point of control will save us
considerable time and effort, meaning that our investment in Flex System will
translate into lower cost per client."