Do more with less. Get cloud ready. Reduce

downtime. These are just a few of the mantras

that challenge today’s midsize organizations.

But what can you do to get started today?

10 tips to help boost your midsize organization’s computing performance.

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Find Out What YouDon’t Know.

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Start by taking inventory of your servers (both

physical and virtual) as well as the middleware,

applications, SaaS and other public cloud services.

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Locate Redundancies and Stray Licenses.Most applications can be consolidated or virtualized, and

many licenses may no longer be needed. It’s the perfect

time to lighten your software load.

Simplify Whenever Possible.

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The more pieces of your infrastructure that are simplified

and preintegrated, the easier it will be to implement current

and future solutions. With the preintegrated IBM i, you can

continue to simplify and grow with ease.

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Consider Hardware Made for Open System Software

Consider Hardware Made for Open System Software.By implementing hardware that works

with an open source environment like

IBM PowerLinuxTM, organizations have

demonstrated up to twice the level of

efficiency as traditional Windows systems

when deploying SAP.

Think Outside the Box

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Today, the underlying server operating system may

no longer be a determining factor. It’s time to think of

nontraditional approaches, like IBM Power ® running

on Linux, IBM i or AIX®.

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Want to learn other helpful tips to boost your computing performance?Discover these and five more in the full IT

Manager’s Journal,“10 Ways to Boost Computing

Performance in Midsize Organizations.”