Big Blue has broadened its Power Systems range with the introduction of a new E850 model. But while other recently introduced models like the E880 and E870 can run AIX, IBM i and Linux, the E850 will run AIX and Linux only, causing eyebrows to be raised. The peerless Timothy Prickett Morgan makes some very […]
New Power models set to “disrupt” competition
Sometimes you’ve just got to admire Big Blue’s chutzpah. Last Wednesday, the corporation announced that it had pretty much wrapped up the sale of its x86 server manufacturing division to Chinese giant Lenovo. Two days later, it made its latest Power Systems announcements with a press release entitled: “IBM provides clients superior alternative to x86-based […]