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IBM launches new 64-bit server Tuesday, April 6, 1999
By PC Week Online Staff http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,1014283,00.html IBM on Tuesday introduced a 64-bit, four-way Web server whose speed, performance and high availability are expected to appeal to e-business customers and Internet service providers. In a statement, IBM (IBM) said the RS/6000 Model H70 addresses e-business, enterprise resource planning, supply chain planning and business intelligence applications. Powered by up to four RS64-II microprocessors and the AIX operating system, the rack-mounted H70 provides a 75 percent Web serving boost over its predecessor, the H50, according to company officials in Somers, N.Y. The H70 has established an industry record of 11,774 hits per second in the latest SPECweb96 benchmark tests, officials said, making it the fastest four-way Web server -- 29 percent faster than a similarly configured Sun Enterprise 450 from Sun Microsystems Inc. The new H70 is the lowest-priced 64-bit high-availability cluster system ever from IBM, officials said. At the same time, IBM has reduced prices on the H50 and HA50 by up to 20 percent. Separately, IBM today launched the International Center for Advanced Internet Research with Northwestern University and other partners for creating advanced Internet applications. The center will "leverage advanced research projects to rapidly deploy breakthrough, interactive applications with enterprise customers." These will include global multiparty videoconferencing, virtual reality-enabled manufacturing and design, collaborative engineering, and full-screen, interactive distance learning. IBM also announced it will establish a European Advanced Internet Application Center in the Netherlands in partnership with the Telematics Institute and SURFnet. It is expected to be operational in the second half of the year. IBM can be reached at www.ibm.com. |