Mainframe Management & System z
Pirean and IBM Tivoli Software unlock the potential of the enterprise server.
The mainframe has a well-earned reputation for security and resilience. With the latest virtualization features, specialty processors and solution edition pricing, System z has never been so powerful or so cost-effective.
Whether you are an existing System z owner looking to achieve maximum return on investment or you are looking for a new platform that offers optimum resilience, availability and scalability, we can help. Pirean can secure your enterprise server, leverage your legacy databases or help you port your distributed services to a secure, green Linux on z cloud, using our trusted experts and Tivoli software.
Across industries and geographies, System z solutions deliver value in all four of the critical areas that make up the IBM Smarter Planet initiative – Dynamic Infrastructure, New Intelligence, Smart Work, and Green and Beyond – helping organisations become more efficient, productive and responsive. Pirean – the world’s most accredited IBM Premier Business Partner – enables you with the right solutions to manage complexity and security and realise rapid return on your System z investment.
Pirean and System z
Pirean’s services for System z provide a joined up capability for securing and managing the mainframe, focused on these five key disciplines of Discovery, Protection, Integration, Monitoring and Automation. On System z this includes:
- Automated discovery of system components in both hardware and software and population of configuration database that underpins consolidated service management
- Integrated security, compliance and identity management, intelligent storage management and disaster recovery
- Integration of security and service management, ticket flow between all disciplines
- Real-time enterprise-wide monitoring of all key service and security metrics on a single dashboard
- ITIL-aligned workflows, automated change detection and correction and a self-service user portal
We can install these on your existing estate, greatly improving the return on your z investment. Or you can take one of the IBM Solution Editions for System z and we will do the rest, building a new Service Management hub to get value out of your System z infrastructure like never before
Everyone Deserves System z Security
While other platforms sometimes appear to have had security “bolted on” as an afterthought, System z has security designed in to every layer from the processor up to the end-user interface. Everything from transparent redundant processing of instructions to preserve absolute integrity of data, to hardware encryption modules, rock solid access control and extensive auditing to virtually eliminate malware and prevent insider threats; System z is the optimum platform to protect your information assets, your reputation and ultimately your bottom line.
It’s no accident then that banks, insurers and retailers have relied on System z for decades, but IBM’s System z Solution Editions have made the platform affordable to all. And with z/VM and Enterprise Linux you can host large virtual server farms on a single System z box, gaining the System z Security benefits along with additional resilience and scalability, all while enjoying software licence and energy cost savings.
System z also makes the ideal security appliance, whether you have a mainframe or not. The IBM System z Solution Edition for Security can enhance your estate with a comprehensive set of rich security solutions designed to address your security needs. These include Encryption and Key Management, Identity and Access Management, Enterprise Fraud Analysis, Secure Virtualisation and Risk Reduction and Compliance.
Putting System z Security to work and simultaneously improving the ROI in your mainframe is a challenge. Tivoli software and Pirean expertise makes all the difference. Pirean skills in Tivoli zSecure, TSIEM, TCIM, TIM, TAM and related Tivoli and IBM software and a proven track record in security consultancy and software implementation will help you realise your System z goals and achieve true, world-class Enterprise Security.
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