Highlights

• Speed private cloud implementation using a preinstalled, preintegrated system with software, servers and services
• Automate service delivery and help save operating costs through a self-service portal and service catalog
• Help decrease capital expenses by more effectively leveraging your investments
• Minimize complexity and better control risk through automated management and superior reliability
• Adapt to changing requirements with the ability to scale and manage additional platforms and workloads

A fast path to private cloud computing

Cloud computing offers many potential benefits, including improved service delivery and reduced capital and operating costs. Yet the challenges of installing and configuring a private cloud platform can be overwhelming. IBM CloudBurst™ provides a preintegrated and preloaded system with software, server, storage and QuickStart services to help you take the guess work out of establishing a private cloud computing environment. A fast, easy way to install, deploy and start realizing the benefits of cloud computing, CloudBurst can help you get up and running in days, not months. CloudBurst is built on the IBM System x® platform, bringing the advantages of the latest IBM BladeCenter® capabilities to the cloud environment—including rapid scaling, high resiliency and large network bandwidth capacity. IBM CloudBurst is available in multiple configuration sizes to meet your organization’s specific needs.

Deliver services more efficiently

The ability to efficiently and cost-effectively deliver quality services is vital to your bottom line. IBM CloudBurst helps address the high cost of administration by providing a self-service portal, service catalog and prepackaged automation templates. These capabilities can help you accelerate the creation and management of your service delivery capability for a variety of workloads with a high degree of flexibility, reliability and resource optimization. With the web-based 2.0 self-service portal, users can request the services they need when they need them, for the duration they need them, eliminating manual processes for requesting resources. The service catalog provides a single repository for pre-engineered cloud services, enabling consistency of service delivery across the enterprise. The prepackaged automation templates facilitate fast, automatic provisioning of the required user environment, helping eliminate manual work and keep skilled employees focused on key projects. This integrated service management system allows management of both physical and virtual workloads through a single interface to servers, storage and networking resources assuring fast provisioning, de-provisioning and remediation of issues. Resources can be provisioned in minutes versus weeks in a consistent manner every time and quickly returned to the resources pool when no longer needed, helping deliver availability for other users and increasing the efficiency of data center assets. A “web replay” feature allows skilled employees to record provisioning tasks once, and this scripted library of scenarios is then available for common use.