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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / OCTOBER 6, 2003: VOL. 2 NO. 40
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Special Features:
'VIRTUAL SERVERS' GRID PROVIDES
BUSINESS WITH NEW CHOICES
IBM announced that it has expanded its services that enable businesses to
access computing capacity on demand over the Internet. Using IBM's new Virtual
Server Service, customers can tap into virtual server capacity on hosted IBM
eServer xSeries, pSeries and iSeries systems, paying only for the computing
power and capacity they require.
IBM is the first vendor to offer businesses a choice of Intel-based,
Unix-based or Linux-based server processing and network capacity delivered on
demand. IBM became the first computer company to offer remotely-delivered
virtual server capacity when it introduced Linux virtual services on eServer
zSeries mainframe systems in July 2002.
With access to virtual server solutions on every IBM eServer platform,
businesses now have the potential to achieve a 30 percent cost savings over
deploying solutions in-house.
"On demand businesses require secure, flexible environments to deploy
critical
applications and services," said Jim Corgel, general manager of IBM e-business
Hosting Services. "We are addressing this need by providing customers with a
comprehensive, scalable virtual service, on multiple technology platforms, to
help them reduce costs and compete better."
Instead of the physical application servers they rely on now, IBM Virtual
Server Services customers will tap into "virtual servers" on IBM eServer
xSeries, pSeries and iSeries systems in a secure hosting environment, paying
only for the computing power and capacity they require.
Multiple, scalable server technology platforms allow customers to deploy
applications or services on varied technology platforms without having to
manage their own systems or overinvesting in unused resources, therefore
reducing time to market and total cost of ownership for the customer. With
virtual servers, customers are able to deploy single or multiple applications
or services within the virtual machine and pay only for the server resources
used.
IBM's Virtual Server Services help customers to systematically decrease
capital spending through consolidation of their current Windows, AIX- or
OS/400-based infrastructure. They can benefit from standardization of tools
and methods across their disparate systems and seize control of their costs
with usage-based pricing. Virtual server solutions are deployed from an IBM
Service Delivery Center and managed by IBM Global Services.
By adding additional virtual infrastructure services, such as Internet
connectivity, caching, storage and backup services, and virtual firewall and
load balancing through IBM's partnership with Inkra Networks, customers can
experience an end-to-end virtual hosting solution with total usage-based
pricing.
Customers will be charged a one-time setup fee, followed by variable
monthly
recurring charges for the computing capacity consumed.
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