IBM ships 2000th eServer p650 to discover financial services.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) has announced that in only two months since it became available, the 2000th eServer p650 has been purchased by Discover Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . This new eServer, the first to include IBM's newest POWER4+ microprocessor, is transforming the economics for midrange server customers by redefining the price/performance matrix; it's affordably priced without making any compromises on performance. "Discover Financial Services has leveraged highly scalable computing power since the early 1990's," said Diane Offereins, executive vice president and CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. of Discover Financial Services. "Keeping with that tradition, we have invested in the newest and fastest technology. The POWER4+ microprocessor from IBM has the unique blend of speed and reliability to run our mission critical applications." The eServer p650 was the first server to include IBM's latest 64-bit microprocessor, POWER4+, which takes advantage of the most advanced 0.13 micron fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. process and contains over 180 million transistors. The POWER4+ chip is available in the eServer p650 with 1.2 and 1.45 gigahertz. IBM's POWER family of microprocessors is among the most widely used in the industry and can be found in Nintendo game consoles, Apple computers and some of the world's most powerful supercomputers and storage systems. In addition, the eServer p650 offers great flexibility, with up to eight dynamic partitions. The p650 is designed to run the AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. 5L operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. and Linux simultaneously in separate partitions. "The success of the eServer p650 sends a clear message that customers are embracing high-performing, feature-rich servers that don't break the bank," said Karl Freund, vice president, IBM eServer pSeries. "IBM's POWER architecture combined with logical partitioning capabilities and scalability provides a leap forward in price/performance and flexibility that enable IBM servers to meet the most stringent customer demands." |
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