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IBM i at the heart of Cognitive Solutions7th March 2017

Presented by David SpurwayIBM Power Systems Product ManagerIBM Systems, UK and Ireland

Expose systems as

APIs to enable composable

services

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Architects of the future require IT infrastructure that can do more than ‘just work’Servers and storage are no longer inanimate.

They can understand, reason, and learn.

Today, they can think.

Outthink status quo.Think IT infrastructure for thecognitive era.

Detect anomalies to proactively

resolve issues

Move data to right location

based on usage

patterns

Deliver real-time insights

from oceans of data

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New IBM i Strategy Whitepaper

IBM i plays a critical role in our Power Systems software portfolio. We continuously provide new solutions and are actively engaged in expanding into new technology areas to support the new business requirements of our clients. This year, 2016, we have delivered IBM i 7.3,…

http://ibm.co/23y3TMv

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Derive new insights from critical business data

Ensure High Availability & Disaster Recovery

Deploy Cloudinfrastructure

Transformbusiness solutions with mobile

Focus on securing business assets

Exploitnew storagetechnologies

Top IBM i Client Projects

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IBM i 7.3 – Simplify Insights, Intelligent Security & the Power of Integration• Historical data simplifies business insights for the future

–DB2 Temporal support automatically maintains history

• Intelligent Security matches actual authority with policy–Authority Collection analysis ensures continuous operation

• Simple, integrated data analysis for new insights–OLAP enhancements built into DB2 for i

• Extensive application development options–Easy-to-learn RPG–Integrated Open Source development technology

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IBM i Technology Refresh PTF Group Lifecycle

AprilOctober

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7.1

7.1 TRs

** All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only.

………i next

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IBM i Roadmap2010 2011 2013 20142012 20162015

7.3

7.1 and 7.2 TRs

i next+17.2

IBM i 7.2 TR6 &

IBM i 7.3 TR2

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http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ibmi/techupdates/i72-TR6

and

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ibmi/techupdates/i73-TR2

Announce: February 14, 2017Database PTF Group GA: March 31, 2017

IBM Knowledge Center Updates and IBM i developerWorks landing pages go live on Announce date.

IBM i 7.3 and 7.2 TR-next details

Point clients here!

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IBM i Support and Extended Support Roadmap

• 3 Releases currently available and under normal support and service

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IBM i System Support

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssm1platformibmi

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Development Strategy• Traditional Language Strategy

– Interoperability– Readability– Functionality

• Open Source Strategy– Encourage All Open Source vendors to Support & port to IBM I– Provide the ‘right’ components from the open source community for IBM I– Provide ‘support’ for the ported components.– Opens Power Solutions to include new applications and tools

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2016 options added to 5733OPS

• Option 1 – Node.JS 2.x

• Option 2 - Python 3.4

• Option 3 – GCC / chroot

• Option 4 – Python 2.7

• Option 5 – Node.JS 4.x

• Option 6 – Git

• Option 7 – Tools

• Option 8 – Orion

• Option 9 – cloud-init

• Option 10 – Node.JS 6.x12

New

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Integrated Web Services for IBM i

Host a SOAP or REST Web Service

• IWS Server

• Liberty Based

• JAX-WS (Java API for Web Services)

• JAX-RS (Java API for RESTful Web Services)

• Safe, Fast, Secure, Reliable

Call a Web Service from RPG “natively”

• Client Support

• AXIS2 – SOAP & REST

• Safe, Fast, Secure, Reliable

DIRK ROSSMANN GMBHAdding BI on Linux to IBM i for

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Dirk Rossmann GmbH – Gaining a competitive advantage by having key business figures available at all times

Minimizes riskwith high availability and reduced backup time from 15 hours to 5 seconds

50 percentfaster 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-5Software• 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

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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.

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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.“

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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

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Solution

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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.”

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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.”

HAVERTYSApplication modernisation with Linux and IBM i

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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.

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Business Need“The Company provides its customers with a wide selection of quality merchandise in primarily middle to upper-middle price ranges.“

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Havertys.com

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Customer Interaction

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Meeting Peak Demands with Capacity on Demand

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LOFT Integration

• Sample Rooms • Create My Room

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Results

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Let’s Talk About ...

What’s Next?

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IBM i Response to the Market

• The IBM i market is application/solution driven – IBM i invests in satisfying solutions requirements

• Customers require minimum disruption – Power Systems + IBM i work together

• Today’s users require modern, powerful interfaces – IBM i delivers technology: integrated; open source

• Cloud, Virtualization and SaaS is where the growth is– IBM i on Power delivers on many levels

• Security of the enterprise cannot be compromised– IBM i architecture protects both the system and the data

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Questions?David Spurway – IBM Power Systems Product ManagerEmail: david.spurway@uk.ibm.comPhone: 07717 892 896Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube

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IBM i Page http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/

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Links for 7.3 Announcement Blogs

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http://bit.ly/1MrJ9Sh http://ibm.co/1T1dXss

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