1. Build a low-touch, highly scalable cloud with IBM SmartCloud Provisioning Academic Initiative
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2. 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

3. 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)

4. 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