No matter which way you turn it seems IBM is everywhere and focused on making database and data center operations as efficient and cost effective as possible.
The latest news has IBM partnering with unified physical infrastructure play Panduit to develop big modular, plug-and-play data centers to market.
Such a data center strategy allows for scalability on a speedier timeline, about three to six months faster than going with a custom-designed center.

Other benefits inherent in an end-to-end solution such as Panduit’s UPI-based products are improved reliability, stronger agility and an opportunity to cut costs.

The two vendors believe that data centers can be flexible, scale on demand and yet do what’s required with less capital and operating costs currently required.

"Panduit and IBM share a similar vision to help organizations optimize their power, cooling, and space needs within the data center environment," said Vineeth Ram, Panduit VP, in a press statement.

"More than 60 per cent of CIOs around the world are expecting significant change brought by soaring data volumes, increasingly complex analyses and ever larger populations of users," said Steven Sams, IBM VP of global site and facilities services.
The option of modular plug and play data centers can ease more than a few headaches brought on with the increasing data volume.

"With today's announcements IBM and partners like Panduit demonstrate our ability to lead data center innovation to meet changing requirements with a very flexible plug and play approach, allowing data center capabilities to be added -- and paid for -- when and where they are needed."