The new service follows a private cloud version released last year
IBM will soon offer software development and testing services through its public cloud, adding to a private cloud option launched in June 2009, the company said Tuesday.
The servers will come with Intel's Xeon 5600 servers, also introduced on Tuesday.
Hewlett-Packard, Dell and IBM rolled-out new servers on Tuesday based on Intel's latest Xeon 5600 microprocessors, which promise better performance and power consumption.
Analyst warns against expecting similar result by the end of this financial year
Government software sales reached a record high in 2008/2009 financial year, but resellers are being warned not to expect similar figures this year, according to an analyst.
Storage software grew by 6.3 per cent in Q4 2009 over previous quarter
According to IDC Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker, the worldwide storage software market experienced a slight increase in year-over-year growth in the fourth quarter of 2009 (Q4- 09) with revenues of $US3.09 billion, representing 0.5 percent growth over the same quarter one year ago, as well as 6.3 percent growth from the previous quarter (Q3-09).
"Linux is the past, present and future..."
While cloud computing is merely a label given to the latest evolution of what organizations have been doing for a long time, one consistent component in the cloud has been Linux, said Jim Elliott, IBM Canada Ltd.'s Linux champion.
Three new staff hires part of ongoing efforts to expand its IT solutions offerings
IT reseller, Corporate Express, has made a raft of new appointments to grow business opportunities and drive its high-end customer solutions push.
The introduction to ARN's special supplement on selling solutions
The phrase “selling solutions” has been thrown about in the channel for many years. But despite extensive discussion and initiatives to promote the concept, many IT players still find it hard to position their business offerings as solutions to their customers.
IBM's Raj Thakur discusses the vendor's selling solutions experience and what partners can do to better their sales technique
IBM Systems and technology Group head of sales, Raj Thakur, speaks to NADIA CAMERON about the vendor’s solution sales approach and how infrastructure partners can succeed in the changing market environment.
It is collaborating for the research with academic institutions in India and Japan
IBM is teaming with researchers in academic institutions in Japan and India to explore an open, common user interface for mobile devices that will make them easier for aged or illiterate people around the world to use.
Introduces all-new class of x86 systems
IBM is offering organisations an opportunity to experience more scalable, workload-tuned computing on the x86 platform. The company has launched new eX5 servers that have the ability to break the technical barriers to reach this goal.
Former Watchfire and Ounce Labs capabilities would be partnered in an enterprise-level product to be released later this year
Honing in on the need for more security in application development, IBM Rational is planning an enterprise-level product that features two separately acquired technologies for security testing and code scanning.
Most vendors experience growth but not Sun
Despite a decline in server shipments in 2009, analyst firm Gartner is predicting growth in the x86 server space.
Researchers closer to developing optical interconnects for chips
IBM researchers are a step closer to developing chips that use pulses of light instead of electrical signals to carry information between them.
Want more memory? Buy a new server.
IBM is planning to release a new class of x86 servers that treat memory, processors and solid-state disk as interchangeable components, saying a more flexible server is needed to satisfy the requirements of virtualized data centers.
IBM separates server processors from memory to boost application performance
IBM on Tuesday announced new System x and BladeCenter servers, which are based on a new server design that the company claims will boost application performance while reducing energy costs in data centers.
