IBM Systems and Technology Landstar Driving improved business economics with IBM Power Systems and IBM i The need: Landstar has been providing supply chain services for nearly 40 years, with transportation and logistics solutions to support the delivery of goods across the USA and globally. The company needed a flexible and robust IT platform to drive its critical applications, and a solution that would provide the investment protection to support their unique business model. The solution: Landstar implemented a pair of IBM Power® 570 servers to support the company’s business-critical IBM i applications. The IT environment includes other IBM software, such as IBM Rational®, IBM WebSphere® and IBM Tivoli®, as well as a core company database on IBM DB2®. “No matter how fast Landstar grows, we have plenty of headroom.” —Greg Beeman, director of application development, Landstar Solution components: IBM Power Systems™ 570 servers IBM System Storage® tape drives IBM i IBM DB2® for IBM i The benefit: Allows control of the software portfolio value through in-house application development Provides high performance and availability for business services Delivers superior IT economics via a small footprint, reducing operating costs POP03173-USEN-00