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It’s IBM’s System z10 mainframe, the company’s latest, priced to go at than $1 million each, depending on configuration.

The company spent $1.5 billion developing the new computer to compete with Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell for business customers, said Bloomberg News, going on:

“The computer can operate 50 percent faster, handling 70 percent more work, than current mainframes, Armonk, New York- based IBM said in a statement. That reduces energy costs by as much as 85 percent, the company said.”

IBM, the biggest seller of mainframes, “is redesigning the machines to better challenge server networks, which can cheaply deliver Web pages and computer files,” says the story, adding:

“With new software for managing online sales and financial transactions, IBM aims to revive sales of a technology invented decades ago.”

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Also See:
Bloomberg News - IBM to Sell Faster Mainframe, Challenging Hewlett-Packard, Dell , February 26, 2008

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