From:	 jrzadzki@tsicomm.com
To:	 johnr@tsicomm.com
Subject: NEWS: IBM ads LINUX to its iSeries servers
Date:	 Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:10:16 -0400



IBM today marks a key milestone in its campaign to drive Linux further into
the enterprise, with its announcement that eServer iSeries models 270, 830,
and 840, have become Linux enabled. This announcement completes IBM's Linux
server enablement.  Now, Linux runs across all IBM platforms from xSeries
serves handling simple Web serving functions, on up to powerful zSeries
servers, running complex databases for some the world's largest
corporations. Today's announcement makes Linux servers available to the
mid-size and small business market.

Linux support on IBM eServer iSeries, allows mid-size customers to benefit
from iSeries' robust reliability, scalability and security features, while
integrating their core business applications with Linux. A single iSeries
server can support up to 31 separate Linux partitions. Each Linux partition
can share processors, disk, tape, LAN and other resources with other
applications running on the iSeries server. Initially, Linux distributions
from Red Hat and SuSe will be deployed on the new iSeries models.

IBM is building its technology lead by supporting Linux. Last Friday, IBM
announced project eLiza an effort to develop a self managing, intelligent
computer network, able to administer itself with ever fewer maintenance
technicians. Linux systems will play a key role in IBM's ability to deliver
such self healing systems to market.

IBM began its commitment to Linux more than two years ago. Since than it
invested heavily in Linux -- creating the Linux Technology Center within
IBM, to manage the company's Linux initiatives, partnering with Intel to
create the Open Source Development Lab in Beaverton, Oregon, and this year
alone investing more than $1 billion in its Linux programs.

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IBM eServer Drives Down Costs, Improves Manageability for Mid-Market
Customers Powerful servers remove complexity, reduce IT costs by estimated
25 percent

ARMONK, N.Y., April 30, 2001 ... IBM today announced powerful new server
consolidation solutions designed to help mid-sized customers manage
infrastructure complexity and reduce the costs of running an e-business by
an estimated 20 to 25 percent.

These innovative enterprise server management solutions come with new IBM
eServer iSeries models capable of helping even the smallest e-business manage
risk and costs, while continuing to invest in strategic, Net-related
initiatives.  The new solutions are aimed squarely at ?Wintel? customers
overwhelmed by the high cost and complexity of managing large Windows server
farms.

?Using IBM logical partitioning and 24-by-7 availability via Lakeview
Technology?s Mimix software, we were able to consolidate four servers onto
one IBM eServer i840. We saved over $600,000 in less than a year,? said
Nancy Shepherd, senior project manager, Insurance Management Solutions
Group. ?We will complete our consolidation plan this year by installing 10
to 15 directly attached xSeries servers with IBM?s Integrated xSeries
Adapter technology. We expect even greater savings and dramatic improvement
in day-to-day management and disaster recovery of our Windows servers.?

IBM iSeries servers are loaded with some of IBM?s most innovative
scientific discoveries: new PowerPC copper and silicon-on-insulator
microprocessors, dynamic logical partitioning, remote wireless management
technology, IBM Unix in a run-time environment, Linux in a partition, and a
high-speed adapter that connects an IBM xSeries server to an iSeries server
capable of managing a Windows server network while operating like a storage
area network.

?During periods of economic uncertainty, businesses often look for ways to
manage costs and complexity in their operations,? said Judith Hurwitz, chairman
and chief strategy officer, Hurwitz Group. ?Integrated, cost-effective,
easy-to-manage solutions could be exactly what customers need to survive and
stay competitive, while continuing to build their e-infrastructures.?

IBM?s new eServer models include the i270, i820 and i840.  The i840, the
flagship of the iSeries line, delivers SPECjbb2000 Java performance that is 20
percent better than comparable Sun Fire ?midframe? servers from Sun
Microsystems.  Running native Lotus Domino, the i840 outpaces all servers,
shattering its own world record for Domino scalability.  The new server handled
100,500 concurrent NotesBench R5 Mail Users on single server, with an average
response time of 1/16th of a second -- twice as fast as the nearest competitor
with nearly 12 times the number of concurrent users.

?We?re delivering solutions today that our competitors dream about -- simple,
integrated, self- managing software, services and servers they need to manage
their growing e-infrastructures,? said Buell Duncan, general manager,
Mid-Market Servers, IBM Server Group.  ?IBM has the industry?s premier
integrated business server for the mid-market. As ISVs flock to us, even
Sun Microsystems is smart enough to know that IBM put the real ?mid? in
?midframe? computing.?

IBM also announced new software to help iSeries customers manage the output
of e-business from creation to distribution.  Focused on complete e-output
solutions and enterprise-wide print management, the new offerings include
Infoprint Server for iSeries, Infoprint Designer for iSeries and
significant new function in OS/400 and Print Services Facility/400 (PSF/400).

General availability of the new iSeries models and OS/400 Version 5 Release
1 is expected by May 25, 2001.  Pricing starts at $11,200.

# # #

IBM is the number one server company in the world.  IBM eServer iSeries is the
high-performance, integrated business server for mid-market companies.
Combining traditional strengths of reliability, scalability, security and
service with the industry?s hottest technologies, iSeries is a highly versatile
business server capable of managing and connecting a company?s core business to
e-business.

IBM news releases and fact sheets are available at http://www.ibm.com.
IBM eServer news releases and fact sheets are available at
http://www.ibm.com/eserver.

The IBM eServer brand consists of the established IBM e-business logo with the
following descriptive term ?server? following it.

The IBM e-business logo, Infoprint, OS/400, PowerPC, Print Services
Facility/400 are trademarks or registered trademarks of IBM Corporation.
Domino is a trademark of Lotus Development Corporation.  Java and all
Java-related trademarks and logos are trademarks of Sun Microsystems
Inc. in the United States and other countries.  All others are trademarks
or registered trademarks of their respective companies.


IBM eServer iSeries Announcement Fact Sheet

ARMONK, N.Y., April 30, 2001 ... IBM today announced powerful new server
consolidation solutions designed to help mid-sized customers manage
infrastructure complexity and reduce the costs of running an e-business by an
estimated 20 to 25 percent.

Along with OS/400 Version 5 Release 1, the most feature-rich version of the
iSeries operating system ever, new IBM eServer iSeries solutions announced
today include:

Innovative Technology that Delivers New Levels of Simplicity
?    New PowerPC microprocessors that exploit IBM?s second-generation copper and
silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technologies, giving customers industry-leading
performance across a variety of workloads.
?    The Integrated xSeries Adapter, which allows growing mid-sized businesses
to directly attach up to 16 one- two- or four-processor IBM xSeries servers to a
single iSeries system, significantly simplifying the manageability of Windows
servers, storage and edge-of-network appliance servers.  Storage for the xSeries
servers is consolidated in and managed by iSeries, allowing iSeries to function
as a storage area network, reducing storage costs and enhancing performance.
?    The IBM Integrated xSeries Server, an 850MHz Intel-based PC server card
that fits inside an iSeries server, giving small businesses that want to grow
fast a cost-effective, easy-to-manage alternative to Windows server farms,
without adding staff.  Customers can consolidate up to 32 individual Windows
servers inside a single iSeries server.
?    New Fibre Channel disk and tape adapters, increasing the storage options
for iSeries customers by allowing them to participate in Storage Area Network
(SAN) environments.
?    An integrated IBM HTTP Server, powered by Apache, plus IBM WebSphere
Application Server and WebSphere Commerce Suite 5.1, providing customers a full
range of options for deploying secure e-business applications.

New Tools for Managing e-Business
?    True mainframe-class dynamic logical partitioning (LPAR), allowing
customers to consolidate multiple systems onto a single iSeries server, reducing
overall cost and maintaining application independence.  IBM is the first in the
industry to offer logical partitioning on an entry-level server, making
enterprise-class logical partitioning available to neighborhood businesses.
?    Significant enhancements to Operations Navigator, the iSeries graphical
user interface, providing extensive tools and set-up wizards to help customers
manage multiple servers from a single system.
?    New IBM eServer wireless management capabilities, allowing customers to use
a variety of mobile devices to monitor and send commands to iSeries servers
managing large Windows and, soon, Linux server farms.

Application Flexibility with Linux and WebSphere
?    Linux support on IBM eServer iSeries, allowing customers to benefit from
iSeries? robust reliability, scalability and security features, while
integrating their core business applications with Linux.  A single iSeries
server can support up to 31 separate Linux partitions.  Each partition can share
processors, disk, tape, LAN and other resources with other applications running
on the iSeries server.
?  Availability of IBM WebSphere Commerce Suite V5.1 for iSeries, providing a
   framework for customers to establish business-to-consumer and
   business-to-business e-commerceWeb sites.

Record-Breaking Performance and Scalability
?    IBM eServer iSeries sets new world records for Java server performance.
The eServer i840 is the first to exceed 132,000 operations per second with the
industry-standard SPECjbb2000 Java server benchmark -- 20 percent better than
Sun Fire ?midframe? servers from Sun Microsystems.
?    The i840 also shatters its own record for Domino scalability and
performance.  The i840 is the first server to handle more than 100,000
concurrent NotesBench R5 Mail Users, with an average response time of 1/16th of
a second -- twice as fast as the nearest competitor with nearly 12 times the
number of concurrent users.

General availability of the new iSeries models and OS/400 Version 5 Release 1 is
expected by May 25, 2001.  Pricing starts at $11,200.

# # #

IBM is the number one server company in the world.  IBM eServer iSeries is the
high-performance, integrated business server for mid-market companies.
Combining traditional strengths of reliability, scalability, security and
service with the industry?s hottest technologies, iSeries is a highly versatile
business server capable of managing and connecting a company?s core business to
e-business.

IBM news releases and fact sheets are available at http://www.ibm.com.
IBM eServer iSeries news releases and fact sheets are available at
http://www.ibm.com/eserver/iseries.
Information on the SPECjbb2000 results is available at http://www.spec.org.
Information on the NotesBench results is available at http://www.notesbench.org.