New mainframe next month
In a conference call with investors, IBM Chief Financial Officer Mark Loughridge mentioned that Big Blue will be rolling out its “next-generation mainframe” this year, with the announcement and availability coming in late February.
Loughridge said the new version of big iron will have 50% more capacity than the current System z9 and enable “unprecedented levels of workload consolidation,” as well as being more energy efficient. We haven’t heard about any special events that IBM is holding, but Share, the mainframe user’s group, is holding a conference in Orlando in late February, so don’t be surprised if IBM makes the announcement there.
It has been about two years since IBM introduced its latest mainframes, the Enterprise Class and Business Class.
Posted: January 18th, 2008 under Mainframe servers, Modern mainframes.
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Comment by Suresh Ninan Chacko — March 10, 2008 @ 10:55 am
z10 will be the nextgen mainframe and server. In my opinion, each IT Corporation and management should think about it for a cost effective IT operation and to cut down data center expenses and the money spending on unreliable tiny blades which generate a lots of heat and accupy a lot of racks and their spaces. Accordingly all other expenses will be added.
Comment by Suresh Ninan Chacko — March 10, 2008 @ 11:03 am