"Big data and cloud technologies that were once only affordable to large enterprises are now available to the masses," said Rod Adkins, a Senior Vice President in IBM's Systems & Technology Group.
The company said it was rolling out new servers based on its Power architecture with the Power Express 710 starting at $5,947.
"The 710 is competitively priced to commodity hardware from Oracle and HP," IBM said, referring to Oracle's Sparc servers and HP's Itanium integrity servers. "With these new systems, IBM is forging an aggressive expansion of its Power and Storage Systems business into SMB (small- and medium-sized businesses) and growth markets," Adkins added.
Forrester Research analyst Rich Fichera said that while the product range would not "make or break IBM," it was a signal to competitors and customers alike.
Source: Reuters
