"Lies, damned lies and..."
In the IT industry, vendors often misuse and mischaracterise statistics - or leave facts aside all together - in an effort to make offerings seem competitive or innovative when they aren't.
IBM invests more than any other IT firm in enterprise innovation. Because of that commitment, we believe it's important to address misrepresentations and lies head-on.
The following will help you separate fact from fiction as you make decisions in a market awash in big claims. Come back often to learn more as IT solutions evolve so you can make the most informed decisions to solve your business problems.
Corrections to Sun's and HP's latest claims:
- HP recently claimed that companies are increasingly choosing Integrity servers over mainframe systems, and that "HP's continued strong market share position" is further evidence of that. (US)
- Sun says that the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 blows away the IBM Power 550 Express and IBM Power 570 with up to four times faster performance and up to two times higher performance per WATT best practice thresholds. (US)
- HP says an IBM System z10 mainframe uses more power than an HP Integrity Superdome. They also question the mainframe's availability and TCO advantage. (US)
- HP says that IBM has not delivered a significant performance increase with the POWER6 processor running the Power 595 servers. (US)
- HP says that their blade offering is more energy efficient and their cooling technology is superior to IBM BladeCenter. (US)
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