26 Dec 2006. Saudi Business Machines Ltd. (SBM), the General Marketing and Services Representative of IBM World Trade Corporation, recently held a road show in collaboration with IBM and SAP to unveil the benefits of their partnership with regards to the DB2, a universal database management system that delivers a flexible and cost-effective database platform to build robust on demand business applications. The partnership is in line with SAP's commitment to the market place and seeks to improve the Total Cost of Ownership for SAP owners.
With the massive growth in the sizes of databases, many customers today who have one or two tera-bytes of data, are forecasted to have more than double that amount in a couple of years. Russell Meyer, IBM's Data Server Sales Manager, said "By introducing a feature called DB2 Compression we can observe compression of SAP data of up to 50% within the SAP environment. Furthermore based on our estimations and working with customers that host and run applications, it costs about $70,000 per year to maintain one tera-bye of data in its complete environment, security and high-availability. So, if we can reduce the amount of data that has to be maintained and managed, we are looking at massive total cost of ownership benefits."
The IBM and SAP global partnership, handled in Saudi Arabia through SBM and SAP Arabia, highlights IBM's dedication to SAP technology. IBM and SAP have been partners for over 30 years with over 10,000 joint customers worldwide; a partnership continuously being enlarged and enriched.
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About SBM
Based in Jeddah, and with branches in Riyadh, Al-Khobar and Jubail, with over 600 employees and 60 years of experience in the Kingdom, Saudi Business Machines Limited (SBM), has played a leading role in the development of information technology in the Kingdom. SBM continues to power both the private and public sectors in the Kingdom with innovative products, integrated services and e-business solutions. Partnering with the world's technology leader, IBM, further extends SBM's status, positioning it as the most comprehensive information technology solutions provider in the region.
For further information on SBM or any of its products/services/images please contact:-
Lubna Karim
Public Relations,
Memac Ogilvy
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Tel: + 9662- 651-0704 ext.208
Fax: + 9662- 653-3800
Email: lubna.karim@ogilvy.com
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