LinuxPlanet: 'Cool Blue' Brings Top-End Linux/Windows Servers to Business Side
With its new round of "Cool Blue" PC servers, rolled out last week, IBM is starting to push HPC (high-performance computing) beyond the scientific-technical niche and into the mainstream, particularly among SMBs (small to mid-sized businesses). More business-oriented software solutions are becoming available for Linux and Windows editions of the servers alike, but a set of built-in innovations for making the most of electrical power could act as an even stronger draw for the five new servers.
During a press conference held in New York to launch the AMD Opteron-based systems, IBM brass maintained that blade computing is now making the transition from the "early adopter" to the "early majority" stage.
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