IBM Business Partner Innovation Center

Mark 3 provides a showcase environment for IBM Systems Group solutions in our state-of-the-art center.
The Mark 3 Systems  Business Partner Innovation Center (BPIC) gives customers a one of a kind, hands-on opportunity to learn, assess, design and test our entire family of solutions. From the latest in technology demos to hands-on-testing to proof-of-concepts, the Mark 3 Systems BPIC provides the opportunity to evaluate IBM solutions in local lab environment, ensuring your comfort and competency before your project goes live.
Mark 3 Systems is proud to include the following solutions in our BPIC:

• Green IT – Mark 3 is proud to provide customized energy-saving solutions that provide immediate ROI while at the same time creating a more stable, manageable environment. With IBM Director and Active Energy Manager, we place you in control of your environment.

• Virtualization and Disaster Recovery concepts with VMware and IBM System environments, with complete datacenter infrastructure to see and touch.

• Virtual Desktop – Whether you are looking for better control of your growing desktop environment or to save money on software licenses, Mark 3 can architect a solution from server to thin client that provides a quick ROI and satisfied end users.

• System p – Mark 3 has a long heritage in the design and implementation of large, complex application environments, high performance transaction servers, and highly available/disaster tolerant solutions with IBM System p servers. In our BPIC, we demonstrate how virtualization helps you get more out of your systems than ever before.

• System x – Mark 3 is one of the largest independent VMware resellers in the Houston area. Couple that with industry leading products from IBM and you have the best performing, highest utilized, and most reliable virtualized environment you can buy. Let us demonstrate how you can take advantage of rock-solid virtualization software and management tools to maximize your IT investments.

• System Storage – Mark 3 can demonstrate how storage virtualization increases utilization of your existing storage arrays, centralizes management, consolidates advanced features, and allows you to move data seamlessly between storage tiers.

• Storage Management Software – Mark 3 is the recognized expert in Tivoli Storage Management, the premier backup solution for the smallest to largest customers. The entire backup process, from server to disk pool to tape library can be demonstrated in our BPIC. And, most importantly, we show the speed in which we can restore from bare-metal to production faster than any other backup solution.

The Mark 3 systems team of solution architects manages the facility and is readily available to architect cutting-edge solutions and products to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) within your organization and enhance the overall value proposition for your customers.

We have regular events that focus on educating and informing our customers about new technologies, and we use our Innovation Center to augment our education efforts.

Our BPIC is located in west Houston.

Schedule a visit to the Business Partner Innovation Center today!