We designed IBM SmoothStart Services to help you manage the following phases of your computing life-cycle:

• Software planning: Your services specialist analyses and develops software installation and migration plans, with emphasis on application assessment, system capacity planning, meeting performance requirements and protocol development.
• Software installation: We build and install software on your system -- either centrally or distributed -- and provide integration when multiple components are involved. We also plan, create and document operating system modifications with SmoothStart installation records. When we're finished, your system is fully configured, tested and ready to go.
• Hardware installation: Our hardware installation specialist installs your equipment and ensures that it's fully operational.

IBM SmoothStart Services may also include system planning, pre-installation software configuration, operational customisation and basic skills instruction.

IBM Global Services offers the following SmoothStart Services: