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2 total The IBM TotalStorage value-add The IBM TotalStorage family of products is designed to deliver the quality and performance that customers expect from IBM, while leading the industry in open storage networking. Our mandate is to provide solutions that are based on open standards, and that are interoperable in today s heterogeneous environments. IBM has a heritage of technology leadership. We pioneered the storage business and remain the foundry of invention in the industry with year after year of patent leadership. Our scientists and engineers are hard at work developing new technologies that will continue to shape the future of storage. As the industry shifts to open storage networking, organizations will be looking for a total solutions approach and need help with component consolidation. IBM has a unique ability to deliver those integrated solutions. Let us help you formulate a winning storage strategy and provide you with IBM TotalStorage that is connected, protected and complete. Connected improving data access and reducing costs IBM storage solutions based on open standards and storage networking technology can help improve business effi ciency by providing access to information across your organization. By consolidating resources with IBM storage solutions, you can often improve hardware and software utilization and storage management while helping to reduce costs and provide enhanced service. IBM storage networking solutions are designed to provide cross-platform data sharing and any-to-any access, so you can reduce fi le duplication, enhance information availability and increase network response time and utilization. IBM has proven experience with industry-specifi c solutions and applications and can help optimize solutions for your particular environment. IBM can provide storage area networking (SAN) solutions that can grow quickly, provide exceptional confi guration fl exibility with any-to-any device connectivity, and help you transform your storage infrastructure into an easy-to-manage, highly scalable system. IBM network-attached storage (NAS) solutions feature highperformance storage appliances that Complete providing comprehensive solutions Today, IBM is one of the only vendors that can provide storage solutions that encompass a full spectrum of products and services tape, disk, SAN, NAS, storage software, consulting services and financing.

3 storage can provide effi cient pooled storage, allowing data to be shared by multiple clients and servers in a heterogeneous environment. Additionally, IBM and IBM Business Partners have a worldwide network of testing and integration centers, including IBM TotalStorage Solution Centers, which provide local venues for hands-on test drives of IBM SAN and NAS solutions, as well as TotalStorage disk, tape and software products. Furthermore, the IBM TotalStorage Proven program can help you identify third-party storage solutions and confi gurations that have been tested for interoperability with IBM storage products. IBM Tivoli storage management software offers policy-based automated storage solutions that include backup, restore, data protection and disaster recovery management. These solutions provide a business-centric approach for information management that spans the entire enterprise while helping you leverage your information technology infrastructure. Protected safeguarding your information and increasing availability IBM storage solutions address the need for business continuity through data protection and disaster tolerance. A good backup and recovery strategy protects vital data and reduces the backup window. It enables more effi - cient storage usage, frees up server cycles and provides faster, more effective recovery. Our storage products are designed to provide reliable technology that avoids single points of failure, offers automated backup and recovery processes, and incorporates comprehensive storage management software. IBM uses powerful RAID disk subsystems designed to deliver fast access to stored information without compromising data integrity. IBM RAID technology, found in products including the IBM Enterprise Storage Server and Virtual Tape Server, is intended to promote high availability and data protection, and help create a disaster-tolerant environment. By leveraging advanced IBM Linear Tape-Open (LTO) technology, the IBM Ultrium family of products can provide a cost-effective storage solution for handling a wide range of backup, restore, archive and disaster recovery data storage needs. Products such as Tivoli Storage Manager provide centralized storage management; automatic and routine data backup for workstations, fi le servers and desktop machines; archive and retrieval capabilities; and high-speed, policy-based disaster recovery. Complete providing comprehensive solutions Today, IBM is one of the only vendors that can provide storage solutions that encompass a full spectrum of products and services tape, disk, SAN, NAS, storage software, consulting services and fi nancing. IBM offers one of the broadest portfolios of data storage services from assessment, design and integration to storage consolidation, data migration, testing and implementation including fully managed storage services such as capacity, management, and backup and restore services available as e-business on demand. IBM Global Services, the leading data storage services provider

4 in the world with nearly 6,000 skilled storage and network professionals and approximately 17,000 maintenance and support personnel, brings best practices from its thousands of customer engagements. IBM Global Financing provides fl exible payment options at highly attractive rates, and is the world s premier single-source provider of multivendor fi nancing solutions. IBM Global Financing has helped businesses in more than 40 countries realize tremendous savings on systems, software and services. IBM TotalStorage Connected. Protected. Complete. IBM TotalStorage provides connected, protected and complete storage solutions designed for your specifi c requirements helping to make your storage environment easier to manage, helping to lower costs, and providing enhanced business effi - ciency and business continuity. IBM has solutions for companies of all sizes in all types of industries. With our technology leadership, integrated solutions and extensive experience, we are uniquely qualifi ed to help you design and implement the storage strategy that will provide you with a competitive edge. For more information Visit our Web site to learn more about IBM TotalStorage solutions, products and special offers and register for a complementary subscription to our quarterly storage magazine, IBM TotalStorage Solutions. ibm.com/totalstorage Unmatched Infrastructure Capabilities Disk storage devices Tape-storage devices UNIX servers Middleware Large-scale Linux support Hosting Networks IBM PowerPC chip technology Storage software Microsoft Windows NT servers Enterprise software Traditional mainframe Consulting and implementation services Alliances Database software Managed Storage IBM HP Sun Microsoft Compaq NetApp Hitachi EMC Quantum STK Veritas Accenture

5 Strategic storage imperatives The explosion of data created by e-business is making storage a strategic investment priority for companies of all sizes. As storage takes precedence, two major concerns have emerged: business continuity and business efficiency. Business continuity requires storage that supports data availability so employees, customers and trading partners can access data 24x7 through reliable, disaster-tolerant systems. Business efficiency, where storage is concerned, is the need for investment protection, reduced total cost of ownership and high performance and manageability. Storage can t be an afterthought anymore. Too much is at stake. Two new storage trends Two new trends in storage are helping to drive new investments. First, companies are searching for more ways to efficiently manage expanding volumes of data and make that data accessible throughout the enterprise this is propelling the move of storage into the network. Second, the increasing complexity of managing large numbers of storage devices and vast amounts of data is driving greater business value into software and services.

6 ibm.com/totalstorage Copyright IBM Corporation 2002 IBM Storage Systems Group 5600 Cottle Road San Jose, CA U.S.A. Printed in the United States of America All Rights Reserved IBM, the IBM logo, the e-business logo, e-business on demand, Enterprise Storage Server, PowerPC, Tivoli and TotalStorage are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. Microsoft and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries. Linear Tape-Open, LTO, the LTO logo, Ultrium and the Ultrium logo are U.S. trademarks of HP, IBM and Seagate. Other company, product and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. References in this publication to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in all countries in which IBM operates. IBM Global Financing offerings are provided through IBM Credit Corporation in the United States, IBM Canada Ltd. in Canada, and other IBM subsidiaries and divisions worldwide to qualified commercial and government customers. Rates are based on a customer s credit rating, financing terms, offering type, equipment type and options, and may vary by country. Other restrictions may apply. Rates and offerings are subject to change, extension or withdrawal without notice. G G