IBM will apply the existing System p prices to the new server family, Handy said. That means prices shouldn’t change for what used to be a System p server. For “i” customers, ...

The move is important because of the ability of IBM's System p servers to consolidate hundreds of small x86-based servers to save data center floor space, power and cooling costs, Handy said.

IBM speaks about Mainframes that include both System z and some other processing architecture (IBM's Power architecture, called System p, and IBM's X86-based systems, ...

Any IBM solution provider shut out of a System p server deal because another solution provider registered the deal may have a second chance thanks to a partnership between GST and Bull .

The POWER6 chip in the new IBM System p 570 server owns a number of industry “firsts.” It is the first UNIX microprocessor able to calculate decimal floating point arithmetic in hardware.

At the SC07 supercomputing conference (image gallery) in Reno Nevada, IBM previewed the liquid cooled 32-core 4.7 GHz System p 575 Power6 supercomputer last night at the opening gala.

As business users increasingly turn to high-performance hardware, IBM is adding features to its high-performance file systems to help push supercomputing more into the mainstream. IBM on Friday ...

IBM announced Thursday an open beta program for AIX, the company's Unix operating system. Version 6 of AIX exploits the Power 6 microprocessor, which offers advances in energy conservation and ...

IBM released open beta software Monday that enables x86 Linux applications to run on IBM's System p servers. The IBM System p Application Virtual Environment (System p AVE) is designed to allow some 2 ...