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IBM to Sell Faster Mainframe, Challenging Hewlett-Packard, Dell

International Business Machines Corp. introduced a mainframe computer that performs tasks more quickly while using less power, stepping up competition with Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc. for business customers. The computer can operate 50 percent faster, handling 70 percent more work, than current mainframes, Armonk, New York- based IBM said in a statement. That reduces energy costs by as much as 85 percent, the company said.

The mainframe, called the z10, allows businesses to better share, track and automate information among millions of users, IBM said. The mainframe has the capacity of almost 1,500 standard servers, while using 85 percent less power. The computer, available now, uses as many as 64 so-called quad-core processors. That means there are four processors on piece of silicon. IBM's last mainframe, the z9, had 54 dual-core processors.

Bloomberg

Posted by | Tue, Feb 26, 2008 - 08:36 AM