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Cognitive applications use built-in machine learning, natural language processing and next-generation interfaces to unlock more value from data assets. Cognitive solutions give access to insights from structured, unstructured, internal and external content to discover trends and patterns that can help inform decision-making, enhance customer service and increase competitive advantage.  

As the implementation of cognitive systems increases, more and more of these applications will be deployed into mission-critical environments. As that happens, highly resilient architectures and extremely dependable infrastructure components such as business critical storage will become mandatory, since the cost of downtime these days is simply too high.

A Forrester Research study found that the total cost of one-hour of downtime for a messaging service outage can reach $11,142 plus the permanent loss of three customers. Similarly, the cost of two-hours of downtime for a website outage can reach $45,662 with 1,960 affected customers.

Due to its superior performance and uncompromising availability, the IBM DS8880F all-flash data systems are ideal to support cognitive workloads in critical environments. DS8880 systems are where you turn when your mission-critical applications require the highest availability and system reliability possible for mainframe, IBM Power Systems or distributed environments. The new DS8880F family has been designed to manage the broad spectrum of storage workloads that exist in today’s complex IT infrastructures. They do so while offering superior performance: better than six-nines availability, advanced data protection features and two, three and four site remote replication with industry-leading recovery point objective (RPO) and recovery time objective (RTO).

Cognitive solutions are already being deployed in a wide range of industries, which means that more than ever, many enterprises will be considering the move to DS8880F systems. For example, 95 percent of healthcare leaders surveyed who are familiar with cognitive computing intend to invest on it in the next four years. In healthcare, IT performance is crucial and the ability to scale both performance and capacity within limited budgets is critical.

Healthcare isn’t alone; 79 percent of bank executives surveyed familiar with cognitive computing believe it will have a critical impact on the future of their businesses. The financial services industry encompasses businesses ranging from traditional hometown banking through investment and wealth management to global securities exchanges. Though their business models and operational environments vary widely, all members of the financial services industry share something in common: the need for speed.

Over 90 percent of the executives surveyed in the retail industry are also familiar with cognitive computing and are likely to invest in it soon. Some of the largest retailers in the world use DS8880 family storage systems to capture and keep competitive advantage in the rapidly evolving world of online business.

I could go on, but you get the point. Cognitive systems are becoming crucial to business. They need the same performance, scalability and reliability required of traditional mission-critical systems. IBM DS8880F all-flash storage is designed to thrive in these environments. After all, DS8880 systems have been doing so for many years.

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