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IBM Business Consulting Services (BCS), 66. See also IBM Global Services

IBM Business Partner network, 47, 66

IBM Digital Media Labs, 47

IBM eServer Advantage program, 66–67

IBM eServer Solution Connection, 54–55

IBM eServer strategy, 9–16. See also pSeries

application flexibility, 12, 32, 54

BladeCenter, 10

Capacity Upgrade on Demand (CUoD), 14

clustering (linking), 9, 10, 13, 22

copper wiring innovation, 13, 19

cost reduction, 10–12, 14

cryptographic co-processors, 13

Dynamic Logical Partitioning (LPAR), 14

grid computing, 15

horizontal growth, 13, 53

infrastructure efficiency, 14–15

iSeries (evolved from AS/400), 9, 12

More on the Web, 11, 16

multichip module (MCM), 13

multiple architectures, 15–16

Nintendo, 11–12

one size does not fit all, 15–16

open standards and, 12

operating systems and, 9, 12

performance leadership, 11–12

POWER4/POWER4+ chips, 13, 18–20, 53

price vs. performance, 11–12, 58

pSeries (evolved from RS/6000), 3, 9

risk mitigation, 13–14

"scaling up" ability, 13, 53

security, 13

silicon-on-insulator (SOI) chips, 13, 19

technology leverage, 12–13

total cost of ownership (TCO), 11–12

vertical growth, 13, 53

virtualization, 4–5, 13

xSeries (evolved from Netfinity), 10

zSeries (evolved from S/390), 10

IBM Global Services, 47, 60, 62, 65–66

IBM Silicon Valley Labs, 47

IBM System Network Analysis and Performance Pilot software, 57

IBM TotalStorage, 41–44. See also pSeries

disk storage, 24, 41, 54

Enterprise Storage Servers (Sharks), 41, 43, 44

Enterprise Tape Library, 41

More on the Web, 44

optical storage, 41

tape storage, 41, 54

3995 Optical Library, 41–42

Whirlpool Corporation, 42–44, 54

IDC, 11, 34

inactive standby processors, 23

information access, 47–48

Informix, 31

infrastructure

e-business and, 3–6

efficiency, IBM eServer strategy, 14–15

migrating to pSeries, 47–48

"integration" phase of adoption of e-business, 4, 6–7

internal integration, 7

Internet impact on e-business, 1–2

iSeries (evolved from AS/400), 9, 12

"islands of automation," 48

ITG, 11, 14