IBM PureSystems shipment exceeds 10,000 units in Q4, 2013

ARMONK, USA: As organizations look to consolidate their existing data centers and shift more of their workloads to the cloud, IBM announced that this trend has helped fuel the growing momentum for the IBM PureSystems family of expert integrated systems, which have now shipped more than 10,000 units through the Q4, 2013.

MSPs - many in key regions such as India, Brazil and China - are increasingly turning to IBM PureSystems over other vendors' offerings in order to transform their data centers and provide the IT infrastructure that meets the needs of their clients. For IBM Business Partners, PureSystems creates a new opportunity to help clients solve the complexity of enterprise IT, reduce costs and encourage innovation.

From resellers to distributors and ISVs, more than 2,200 Business Partners are supporting IBM PureSystems, while more than 370 ISVs have created application patterns and virtual appliances that can be downloaded for PureSystems. This includes leading solutions from some of the world's largest ISVs, from ERP systems to applications for the banking, marketing, healthcare and energy industries.

The IBM PureSystems portfolio offers clients an alternative to current enterprise computing models, where multiple and disparate systems require significant resources to set up and maintain. The entire portfolio is configured to make cloud computing easy for clients and includes:

• Flex System provides the building-block elements for clients who want to custom build and tune configurations to their specific requirements.

• PureFlex System, which provides a preconfigured hardware system and enables organizations to more efficiently create and manage an infrastructure.

• PureApplication System, which integrates pre-configured software and industry patterns to help organizations reduce the cost and complexity of rapidly deploying and managing applications.

• PureData System models, which are optimized for delivering data services to today's demanding applications with simplicity, speed and lower cost.