IBM unveils new system x and blade center

Mumbai, June 26 (UNI) IBM today introduced a new IBM BladeCenter blade and System x servers and workstations geared to help reduce power and cooling costs while delivering substantial performance gains over earlier technology.

The new systems enable up to 90 per cent better application performance and up to 163 percent better performances per watt.

The systems are designed and optimized to support more advanced computing with future quad core CPU models, a release issued here today said.

''IBM continues to provide customers with the latest advancements in systems design and performance efficiency,'' said Viswanath Ramaswamy, Country Manager, IBM Systems. ''The new IBM systems offer the latest in energy efficient performance and dual-core technology.'' The new IBM BladeCenter HS21 is a high density modular blade server designed to support the entire family of BladeCenter chassis. It allows users to double their performance using their current BladeCenter infrastructure.

The system x servers and workstations are based on the next generation of IBM's Xtended design Architecture providing high performance availability manageability and flexibility advances on top of industry standard components.

IBM PowerExecutive, the first solution on the market that provides customers with the intelligence needed to effectively manage power consumption in the datacenter, is also available across the line of blades and servers introduced today free of charge and available by download for customers.

IBM expects the systems introduced today to be available in August.

Additional x86 systems for a variety of business computing needs will be introduced as part of the IBM system x portfolio and IBM Express portfolio in the coming months, the release added.

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