Avnet Hall-Mark's Keller Schroeder & Associates Ships First iSeries 870.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 2003 Avnet Hall-Mark today announced one of its premier partners, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Solution Provider Keller Schroeder & Associates, shipped the first IBM iSeries 870. The iSeries Model 870 Enterprise Edition was installed at Old National Bancorp in Evansville, Ind., and includes Linux technology to support the bank's infrastructure. In January, IBM launched an entire new line of iSeries servers -- the 800, 810, 825, 870 and 890. This new line is a cost-effective solution for the small to medium business (SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. ) market because it bundles hardware and software components, including WebSphere. The series also supports IBM's "On Demand" computing, which allows SMB customers to switch on capacity when required. This particular 8-way IBM eServer This article is about the IBM family of computer servers. For the open access electronic text archive, see EServer.org. IBM eServer was a family of computer servers from IBM Corporation. will be used by Old National to consolidate workloads from various servers (AS/400 and Intel Servers) and can easily accommodate expanded growth with its On Demand capabilities. It consolidates multiple workload servers to one, single server. Old National uses the iSeries' advanced logical partitioning (LPAR (Logical PARtition) A logical segmentation of a mainframe's memory and other resources that allows it to run its own copy of the operating system and associated applications. LPARs are caused by special hardware circuits and allow multiple system images to run in one machine. ) to run its core banking applications in tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem" tandem with other critical business applications. One of the partitions is dedicated to Linux and supports the backup and recovery functions for the bank. This Linux partition is used to replicate the network and is readily available in the event of a failure. "Old National has clearly leveraged the new iSeries Enterprise Edition intended eBusiness infrastructure by consolidating systems for efficiency while using partitioning multiple operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. to support multiple operating systems and a variety of simultaneous functions and expanding current capabilities with WebSphere, Linux and On Demand," said Paulo Carvao, vice president, iSeries Sales, Americas, IBM. "IBM has always encouraged its Business Partners to focus on selling solutions. The new iSeries models provide just the right packaging to allow us to approach our customers with high-performance solutions at very compelling price points," said Kristin Gardner, Midrange Solution Sales, Keller Schroeder & Associates. The long-term relationship between Keller Schroeder & Associates and Old National serves as the basis to building cost-effective IT solutions that have most impact on the bank's business. The IBM Business Unit of Avnet Hall-Mark assisted Keller Schroeder & Associates by analyzing various configurations for optimized performance and then performed system assurance diagnostics for the finalized solution to ensure the highest quality deliverable for Old National. About Keller Schroeder & Associates Inc. Founded in 1978, Keller Schroeder & Associates Inc. (KSA KSA Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA Korean Student Association (student organization providing cultural awareness and community empowerment) KSA Knowledge, Skills & Abilities KSA Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes KSA Korean Standards Association ) is a privately held IT consulting services firm and a value-added reseller A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. of IT hardware and software products, located in Evansville. It specializes in customized Web-based and client server application development, software package integration and networking infrastructure design and implementation for regional enterprises such as Old National Bancorp and the University of Evansville, and multinational firms such as Bristol-Myers Squibb and Kimball International. About Avnet Hall-Mark Headquartered in Tempe, Avnet Hall-Mark is an industry-leading, value-added distributor of enterprise servers, storage, software and services, marketing exclusively to the reseller channel. Avnet Hall-Mark is a division of the $2.4 billion Avnet Computer Marketing operating group of Avnet Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ), the world's largest technology marketing, distribution and services company. Avnet's sales for fiscal 2002 (year ended June 28, 2002) were $8.9 billion. For more information about Avnet Hall-Mark, visit: www.hallmark.avnet.com. |
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