Build a low-touch, highly scalable cloud with IBM SmartCloud Provisioning Academic Initiative © 2011 IBM Corporation

Build a low-touch, highly scalable cloud with IBM SmartCloud Provisioning IBM SmartCloud Provisioning is a true infrastructure-as-a-service cloud, reducing cost and providing a highly scalable, rapid-deployment environment with near-zero downtime and automated recovery across heterogeneous platforms. Get unparalleled scalability, speed and fault tolerance It’s fast Can start 100 VMs in under 3 mins Can start a single VM and load OS in under 10 seconds Can go from bare metal to ready for work in under 5 minutes It’s scalable Add capacity by simply plugging in a blade or server Writes only the data you change Peer-peer architecture to avoid traditional bottlenecks It's fault-tolerant “Live Update” capability to patch or upgrade the cloud No single point of failure Automatic failure recovery Key benefits: Rapid scalable deployment designed to meet business growth with near-instant deployment of 100s of virtual machines Reliable, non-stop cloud capable of automatically tolerating and recovering from software and hardware failures Save IT labor resources at scale by enabling self-service request and highly automated operations Reduce complexity through ease of use and improve time to value Control image sprawl and reduce business risk through rich analytics, image versioning and federated image library features

Driving adoption of IBM SmartCloud Provisioning in the academic community IBM SmartCloud Provisioning allows quick implementation of a cloud to run university virtual computing labs and provide students easy access It enables teaching cloud skills that help students to be competitive with knowledge on new delivery models, breakthrough technology and industry-proven best practices 1. Download IBM SmartCloud Provisioning from the Academic Initiative Website No-charge, unlimited-term access to the latest release of IBM SmartCloud Provisioning with Academic Initiative membership Production-ready software to run and manage a cloud Supporting documentation and materials to learn about the solution and teach it in curriculum 2. Set up a cloud quickly and easily Start small and scale up based on need No additional pre-reqs such as databases, app servers, messaging middleware Freedom of choice for hypervisors: Avoid expensive vendor lock in VMWare ESX, KVM, Xen Measuring success: Number of universities using SCP in their virtual computing labs and in curriculum Determine if references and case studies are possible, eg. NCSU IBM Academic Initiative access – IBM SmartCloud Provisioning V1.2.0 for RHE Linux Multilingual eAssembly (CRGF5ML)

Additional resources IBM SmartCloud Provisioning for the Academic community (code: aCRFL5EN) IBM SmartCloud Provisioning product-related content IBM SmartCloud Provisioning product documentation and information center IBM SmartCloud Provisioning datasheet IBM SmartCloud Provisioning quick demo Join the community: Tivoli Service Management Connect - Cloud and Virtualization IBM SmartCloud Provisioning 30-day trial IBM SmartCloud Provisioning community edition Join the Open beta program Learner portal: IBM SmartCloud Provisioning Self Paced Virtual Class More Tivoli education: www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/education