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IBM is helping customers reduce the cost and complexity of e-business
with introduction of the IBM eServer i890 — a new mainframe-type
model atop the iSeries — filling new demands for mid-sized
manufacturing, finance and telecommunications companies.
Now, mid-size customers can step in virtually any direction their
business needs take them, including upward into high-performance,
partitioned operations running Linux, OS/400, Windows and Java.
IBM also has announced plans to support AIX on an iSeries partition
in the future, providing enhanced UNIX capability for added flexibility
and greater server consolidation capability.
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The IBM eServer i890 extends the IBM Project
eLiza self-managing, self-healing technologies.
With this announcement, IBM is introducing Enterprise
Identity Mapping (EIM), first available on the eServer i890.
EIM is a first-of-its-kind technology that associates
and tracks a user's multiple security identities across
a network, enabling programmers to write simpler and
more secure applications without forcing users to sign
on and authenticate to each server in a network.
The Server Group continues to deliver on the
promise of Project eLiza with initiatives like EIM filling
the eServer development pipeline. There is a well-defined
process for these initiatives to enter the existing
development stream, with a steady flow of projects already
moving from concept approval to design checkpoint milestones
alongside other innovative eServer technologies.
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The i890 incorporates IBM's POWER4 microprocessor, nearly doubling
the processing power of the previous top-of-the-line iSeries, giving
customers the tools to run every facet of their operations from
tracking inventory to managing websites and processing transactions.
The new mainframe also incorporates Project eLiza technology —
Enterprise Identity Mapping (EIM) — a first-of-its-kind technology
that associates and tracks a user's multiple security identities
across a network, enabling programmers to write simpler and more
secure applications without forcing users to sign on and authenticate
to each server in a network.
Running the latest release of the iSeries operating system —
OS/400 Version 5 Release 2 — the i890 can support up to 32
OS/400 and Linux dynamic logical partitions, allowing businesses
to reduce cost and complexity by consolidating multiple workloads
onto a single, easy-to-manage server. Dynamic partitions allow customers
to put the horsepower of the server where its needed most without
costly downtime for rebooting.
The OS/400 V5R2 release adds technologies born on its zSeries mainframe
cousin, including new Web caching and Secure Sockets Accelerators
that double the capacity for securely serving Web pages, a key requisite
as Grid Computing expands as a business utility tying together a
"grid" of computing systems.
In addition, Capacity Upgrade on Demand, a key data center technology
that allows customers to immediately add extra processing power
for new workloads or spikes in demand, will now be standard on all
i830 4-way models and above. Customers will now be able to pay for
the capacity they need, when they need it. For example, a 4-way
customer can add one processor at a time as needed to grow to a
5- or 6-way and so on.
IBM Global Financing is offering two attractive financing programs
to drive sales of the i890. Customers in the United States and Canada
can opt for the new 90-Day Payment Deferral and customers everywhere
can choose a competitive, low-rate financing program.
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