IBM i and Linux case studies
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The document outlines various case studies showcasing the integration of Linux with IBM i and Power Systems across multiple companies, highlighting improvements in efficiency, scalability, and cost reduction. Companies like Dirk Rossmann GmbH, Retraites Populaires, Sanmarco Informatica, and Tieto Sweden AB report significant benefits such as faster data processing, increased sales, and reduced operational costs after implementing these solutions. Overall, leveraging IBM technologies has enabled these organizations to modernize their IT infrastructure and respond effectively to evolving business needs.
IBM i and Linux case studies
- 1. Add Workload For Free Presented by David Spurway IBM Power Systems Product Manager STG, UK and Ireland
- 2. Agenda • Dirk Rossmann GmbH – Adding BI on Linux to IBM i • Retraites Populaires – Adding Webshere Application Server on Linux to IBM i • Sanmarco Informatica – Redesign solution with Linux and IBM i on POWER8 • Tieto Sweden AB – Linux enables Cloud for IBM i • Havertys – Application modernisation with Linux and IBM i
- 3. DIRK ROSSMANN GMBH Adding BI on Linux to IBM i for
- 4. Dirk Rossmann GmbH – Gaining a competitive advantage by having key business figures available at all times Minimizes risk with high availability and reduced backup time from 15 hours to 5 seconds 50 percent faster access to critical business figures speeds up decision-making processes Increases IT efficiency and saves costs with improved scalability and fewer migrations Solution components The transformation: Rossmann’s retail managers need up-to-date sales figures to help match product ranges to consumer buying patterns, but existing systems struggled to keep up with the avalanche of data. Switching to IBM DB2 on IBM Power Systems servers brings super-fast responses, even during peak times, enabling informed decisions that help maximize revenue growth.Hardware • IBM® Power® 770 • IBM System Storage® DS8870 • IBM System Storage SAN48B-5 Software • IBM DB2® • IBM i • IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power POP03756-WWEN-00 “Running our data warehouse on DB2 with Linux on IBM Power Systems has increased IT efficiency, management productivity and cut costs.” —Heike Köhler, Head of Data Center Operations, Dirk Rossmann
- 5. Background Dirk Rossmann GmbH is Germany’s second largest drugstore chain. The company operates approximately 3,250 outlets across Europe, of which almost 2,000 are located in Germany, where 27,400 staff are employed. Rossmann manages 17,000 products and generates annual revenues of EUR 7.2 billion, or USD 7.7 billion. The company plans to open an additional 155 new stores in Germany in 2015.
- 6. Business Need Heike Köhler, head of data center operations at Dirk Rossmann GmbH: “It was important for us to be able to process and access key sales data efficiently so that managers could make informed purchasing decisions for an ever larger number of stores.“
- 7. Business Need • Could not scale • Migrating systems every year • Costing time and money. • Backups over-ran • Slow down staff during business hours • Rapid availability of analytics needed at all times
- 8. Solution
- 9. Benefits • Flashcopy – backups from 15 hours to 5 seconds • IBM DB2 Compression – reduced data volumes by up to 80% • Self-Tuning Memory Manager - cut time on manual performance optimization by 50% • Automated time-based table partitioning – reduced table sizes, process only data needed, delivering enormously faster responses • IBM Capacity on Demand – “provides 50 percent faster access to analytics reports and shorter loading times.” “Running our business warehouse on DB2 with Linux on IBM Power Systems has increased IT efficiency, management productivity and cut costs. Rossmann’s managers now make purchasing decisions based on up-to-date retail figures, ensuring product ranges match consumer preferences and maximizing sales revenues, enabling the next phase of the company’s growth.”
- 10. Business Result “Rossmann, a German drugstore chain based in Burgwedel (Lower Saxony), has generated consolidated sales of €7.2 billion in fiscal 2014, i.e. 8.7% more than in the previous year. It is the first time that the company has exceeded €7 billion in sales within one fiscal year.”
- 11. RETRAITES POPULAIRES Adding Webshere Application Server on Linux to IBM i
- 12. Retraites Populaires Gains greater overall functionality while powering up its IT infrastructure The need: While running its two disparate Power Systems, Retraites Populaires was not able to leverage the requisite flexibility and on-demand capacities to allow for a smooth evolution towards new technologies while keeping the existing systems running. Moving forward, the company wanted more functionality and power from its IT infrastructure. The solution: Working with IBM®, Retraites Populaires implemented two Power 770 systems running i and Linux – Red Hat, which allowed the company to have a homogenized Power architecture and gain the needed technology and capacity to implement its IT strategy. The two systems ensure high availability, thereby negating performance penalties for the end-users. The benefits: Consolidated the hardware and software investments to lower the TCO Performed smooth evolution of IBM i system architecture to modern POWER7 architecture Increased flexibility with the exploitation of the virtualization technologies offered by the Power architecture Solution components: IBM® Power Systems 770 IBM i IBM Power Systems running Linux - Red Hat
- 13. Background Founded over 100 years ago on strong human values and cultivating the spirit of mutuality, Retraites Populaires is specialized in the areas of life insurance and pension. Retraites Populaires is a key player in the second and third pillar (part of the Swiss social insurance system), as in the sectors of real estate lending and institutional fund management. It serves individuals, businesses and institutions the platform of skills and know-how they needs. The company was founded in 1907 and is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
- 14. Business Need Retraites Populaires was not able to get the needed flexibility and on-demand capacities to allow for a smooth evolution towards new technologies. IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment v6.1 in the client's existing environment, was running on Intel and Power which brings more complexity to test and deploy on both environments. POWER5 POWER6
- 15. Business Need An internal study showed that to fulfill it's mission, Retraites Populaires's IT department had to : • Homogenize the Power System architecture to new POWER7 systems. • Increase the flexibility of resource allocation (processors and memories). • Increase the flexibility of building IBM WebSphere Application Server environments and in a second step IBM i environments • Get the ability to test new versions of Operating Systems (IBM System i and Redhat). • Get the ability to conduct performance tests being independent of application test environments. (i.e. need more partition and processing power) • Perform backup and restore tests between the two Power systems (Disaster Recovery). Technology had changed a lot since 2005 and 2007 when Retraites Populaires first installed their POWER5 and POWER6 systems. Their business has grown and they wanted more functionality and power, it was time to upgrade to the POWER7 System family.
- 16. Benefits Retraites Populaires gains a wide array of benefits from the new POWER7 system consolidated architecture : • Increased flexibility with the exploitation of the virtualization technologies offered by the Power architecture. • The ability to adapt the resources dynamically to respond to the workload. • Consolidating the HW and SW investments to lower the TCO. • Smooth evolution of IBM i system architecture to POWER7 architecture. • Increase security responding to the backup and disaster recovery needs. • Being in line with the trend architecture and technologies of the market. This was from 2010 – customers have been doing this for years!
- 17. SANMARCO INFORMATICA Redesign solution with Linux and IBM i on POWER8
- 18. Sanmarco Informatica – Doubling ERP software sales by finding new routes to market Significant reduction in clients’ time-to-deployment through flexible resource provisioning 50% increase in ERP sales, boosting profitability and market share 50% average reduction in clients’ IT costs achieved via workload consolidation Solution components The transformation: Sanmarco Informatica saw an opportunity to drive sales and enhance service to clients by finding new routes to market for its ERP software. The company has now created an innovative cloud model for delivery of its ERP software based on IBM POWER8 technology, which can be installed on or off client sites and packaged with remote managed services. Hardware • IBM® Power System S814 Software • IBM i • Linux POP03790-WWEN-01 “The innate flexibility of the IBM Power Systems platform enables us to support multiple delivery models for our solutions, which gives us the opportunity to serve a far wider market.” —Renato Bardin, President, Sanmarco Informatica
- 19. Background Founded in 1984 near Vicenza, Italy, Sanmarco Informatica S.p.A. is a software and IT consulting managed services provider and IBM Business Partner. Employing 300 people and collaborating with a network of 15 partners, the firm has offices in several cities in Northern Italy and serves around 1,500 small and medium-sized clients across the country.
- 20. Business Need Italy Economic Growth September 1, 2015 The combination of low oil prices, a relatively stable political environment and stronger economic fundamentals are expected to drive the country’s first year of growth since 2011. However, medium-term prospects for the economy rely heavily on the successful implementation of much- needed structural reforms. FocusEconomics panelists expect the Italian economy to expand 0.6% this year, which is unchanged from last month’s forecast. For 2016, the panel sees economic growth picking up to 1.2%. http://www.focus- economics.com/countries/italy • Times of recession – Tempting to stick to what you know • Lean IT Budgets – Businesses selective in purchasing – New, more cost effective solutions can make the difference • Previous solutions required separate server environments • Clients base want simplicity – Opportunity!
- 21. Private Cloud Solution Power S814 “Cloud on site” Service Power S814
- 23. Intel’s Performance per Core is Not Increasing Over Previous Generation
- 24. Benefits • Cloud-on-site delivery model – Benefits of cloud – avoid management and maintenance costs for physical infrastructure – Security concerns addressed • Reductions in time-to-deployment for new ERP applications • Substantial power, cooling and management savings – Average reduction in their operational spend of 50% “…doubled our ERP sales in less than a year, and we expect that this figure will continue to climb.” Power S814
- 25. Sanmarco Informatica - PowerJ Project Sanmarco Informatica is an ISV IBM Business Partner with more than 1500 IBM i customers using their Jgalileo ERP. The Need The Architecture - Optimizing business processes - Simplifying the solution complexity - Removing x86 dependency - Replacing existing Terminal Server interface with a Linux based one - Removing current Operating System and device limitations The Results - Integrated all Power solution, removing requirement for additional servers - No limitations of x86 platform, while gaining the benefits of POWER8 architecture - Capability to provide independent interface support without depending on external SW providers - Reduced costs using Linux and leaving many commercial softwares - Reduced hardware maintenance costs - Maximum safety for corporate data - IBM Power S814 with IBM i and Linux virtual server running Fedora 20 ppc64 - X2Go as front-end and VDI solution, MariaDB, Apache, Tomcat - Working in order to integrate also Alfresco, Pentaho, Libreoffice based solutions in Jgalileo Sanmarco Informatica set an ambitious target to provide customers a unique, complete and integrated solution, exploiting the potential of Linux on Power. This target is summarized in the new All in One paradigm: - Only one server for all company needs - Only one ERP solution - Only one monthly rate for everything Mission PowerJ represents the realization of this goal The capability to run IBM i & Linux allows us to more effectively protect our customer’s investments in the Power platform, and enables us to provide them with an enhanced and really integrated solution that is more cost effective, reliable, and easier to manage. Renato Bardin, CEO, Sanmarco Informatica
- 26. TIETO SWEDEN AB Linux enables Cloud for IBM i
- 27. Tieto Sweden AB – Doubling revenues every eight months by launching industry-optimized cloud services Higher client satisfaction achieved by offering flexible, customized cloud services Doubling revenues every 8 months, with 2 new cloud services customers per week Accelerated time-to-value with 2-hour setup time for new environments, reduced from days Solution components The transformation: Recognizing that its understanding of industry-specific challenges is a key strength, Tieto wanted to bring this expertise to bear on its range of cloud services. By drawing on ultra-flexible computing resources to tailor its cloud services by industry, Tieto is winning new customers faster than ever before. Hardware •IBM® Power® S824 and 740 Express •IBM Storwize® V7000 Gen2 Software •IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack •IBM PowerHA® •IBM PowerVM® •IBM Systems Director •IBM System Storage® SAN Volume Controller •Red Hat Enterprise Linux POP03752-WWEN-00 “Teaming with IBM has helped us build a solution that brings in two new customers a week.” —Jimi Inge, Head of Cloud Services, Tieto Sweden AB
- 28. Background Tieto Sweden AB provides a full range of IT services to the private and public sectors. It offers project consulting, design, business and information process improvements, application management, and IT and communication-technology infrastructure services. The company is based in Stockholm, Sweden, and is part of Finland-based Tieto Corp., which was founded in 1968. Tieto employs more than 14,000 people, operates in more than 20 countries and reports revenue of approximately EUR 1.6 billion.
- 29. Leading managed service provider saves time, money and energy with IBM Power Systems Tieto provides a business cloud infrastructure that takes the worry and effort out of managing IT The Need Tieto wanted to improve their ability to cope with varying capacity demands, reduce costs, and overall total cost of ownership The Solution •IBM POWER7, POWER8, AIX 6.1 & 7.1, IBM i 6.1, 7.1 & 7.2 •Platform as a Service (PaaS) – ITAP •Software as a Service (SaaS) -- Tieto EntraCard application The Results • Up to 30% more transactions per hour on POWER8 • Reduced floor space by 75% • Increased server utilization from 20% to 80% • Significant energy savings • Reduced software licensing “The performance of POWER8 is outstanding and better than we ever could have imagined. We knew it was fast but not this fast! We can easily say that POWER8 is a cloud ready solution that provides performance throughout the whole stack.” ~Jimi Inge, Product Manager Tieto Reference
- 30. Tieto iTap provides a business cloud infrastructure “on Tap”…. takes the worry and effort out of managing IT • IBM Power Systems technology enables iTap to provide cost effective, virtualized, optimized IT “on Tap” – Allows the customer to focus on the application not the platform – Provides rapid responsiveness to business growth & new requirements – Enables flexible high quality service levels • Security, non-disruptive change, DR-HA, backup, support • Technology to support & expand the business into new product offerings • Overview and details here: http://www- 304.ibm.com/partnerworld/gsd/solutiondet ails.do?solution=44795&lc=en&stateCd=P &tab=1 • “iTAP is an elastic service and comes with an Self Service Portal where the customer can change their capacity (7x24).” “IBM i and Power technology has allowed us to build an infrastructure that is highly available, cost effective, and energy efficient as we help clients focus on their business instead of managing technology." Jimi Inge, Lead Service Architect
- 31. Linux used as infrastructure building block IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/servi cemanagement/cvm/sce/index.html IBM PowerVC – Virtualization Center http://www- 03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/virtual ization-management/index.html Open Innovation to Put Data to Work
- 32. HAVERTYS Application modernisation with Linux and IBM i
- 33. Background Founded in 1885 in Atlanta, Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. ("Havertys") is a full- service home furnishings retailer with over 100 showrooms in 16 states in the Southern and Midwestern regions of the USA. They employing 3,388 people, have 119 stores across 16 States and have counted Elvis Presley as one of their customers.
- 34. Business Need “The Company provides its customers with a wide selection of quality merchandise in primarily middle to upper-middle price ranges.“
- 35. Havertys.com
- 39. Meeting Peak Demands with Capacity on Demand
- 40. LOFT Integration • Sample Rooms • Create My Room
- 41. Results
- 42. Questions? David Spurway – IBM Power Systems Product Manager Email: david.spurway@uk.ibm.com Phone: 07717 892 896 Twitter: D_Spurway
- 43. Why i? Setting a higher standard for business computing • Business computing is its purpose • It delivers integration by design • It is trusted • It is price and cost competitive for the purpose it serves • It is well equipped to handle the fast pace of change in business and technology
- 44. Why Linux? • Linux in the enterprise has grown steadily – In 2014 more than 87 percent of enterprises added Linux servers, and 82 percent planned to add more servers in 2015 • Linux is very common in the Cloud – Microsoft’s Azure stands alone as the only major public provider running Windows as its primary platform base. – Microsoft recently acknowledged that over 20 percent of the virtual machines on Azure are running Linux. • Drivers for Linux (over Windows) are – Feature Set – Security – Lower TCO • The management view of Linux is consistently positive, with a steady 95-97 percent viewing the platform as equally or more strategic to the organization • Concerns about Linux are dropping • IBM can assist with implementation and support
- 45. Why not use Windows? http://www.linuxfoundation.org/publications/linux-foundation/linux-end-user-trends-report-2014