IBM and Intel to cooperate on blade servers.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) and Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking have announced their intention to jointly design and develop modular server solutions, commonly called blade servers A server architecture that houses multiple server modules ("blades") in a single chassis. It is widely used in datacenters to save space and improve system management. Either self-standing or rack mounted, the chassis provides the power supply, and each blade has its own CPU, memory and , for the broad enterprise marketplace. IBM and Intel plan to cooperate on blade system and chassis Pronounced "chah-see," it is a physical structure that holds everything or that everything is attached to. A computer's cabinet is often called the chassis. development, networking infrastructure and comprehensive blade system management solutions. IBM brings expertise in systems design, architecture and software, while Intel brings expertise in server building blocks including enterprise processors, chipsets, communications silicon, server boards and optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. of software solutions. The two companies, which share a common vision for highly manageable blade servers, plan to create products that are designed to provide highly scalable performance and new reliability features with a lower total cost of ownership. Customers will use modular, plug-in blade servers to run e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. applications, firewalls, clusters, e-mail and many other enterprise applications. Blade servers are expected to reduce costs by improving systems management, simplifying provisioning and increasing reliability. Instead of sacrificing performance for increased density, IBM and Intel plan to work together on blade development to handle a broad range of server workloads by developing solutions that incorporate either Intel Xeon processors or Intel Xeon MP processors, as well as corresponding Intel-based server chipsets and networking technologies. Systems based on Itanium 2 processors are also expected in the future. "We are extending our strong relationship with Intel to advance the industry in this new paradigm New Paradigm In the investing world, a totally new way of doing things that has a huge effect on business. Notes: The word "paradigm" is defined as a pattern or model, and it has been used in science to refer to a theoretical framework. of blade servers," said Bill Zeitler, senior vice president and group executive, IBM Server Group. "We have in common a vision for blades as a key emerging platform for enterprise applications that will simplify e-business infrastructure as it reduces total costs." "Through this effort Intel will bring its highly scalable range of component building blocks to the emerging blade server market segment. Customers worldwide will benefit from the performance, flexibility and scalability of these new system capabilities," said Mike Fister, Intel senior vice president and general manager, Intel Enterprise Platforms Group. IBM plans to launch blade products in the near future and will focus on delivering total solutions to its customers. Later this year, Intel plans to deliver to its OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers blades based on the Xeon processor family, as well as blade chassis and related management software. Both companies will be able to offer the complete portfolio of jointly developed products to their respective customer bases. |
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