IBM launches new lower-cost high availability technology

IBM has announced that it is ‘driving down the cost of high availability technology’ with a new, flexible offering. Based on IBM’s ‘all-in-one’ System i business computing platform, the new technology is ‘designed to better meet the growing need for businesses to protect against system downtime and to improve regulatory compliance’.

IBM is building on System i’s inherent security and reliability and extending it with the delivery of new System i Capacity BackUp (CBU) Editions that can provide savings to midsize and enterprise customers who need a second system to support business continuity. The CBU Editions come with a set of standby processors that can be used at no-charge in the event of a disaster. This allows customers to keep minimal processing capacity activated on their backup system when it’s not in use, lowering licensing fees and energy costs, then inexpensively ramp up the system when they need it to take over operations in the event of downtime.

Customers can also realize further savings by temporarily transferring their licenses for i5/OS, System i’s flagship operating system, from their primary system to the CBU Edition to avoid incurring extra fees when downtime occurs.

The new System i 550 CBU Editions, designed for mid-sized customers, will be available later this month. New System i 570 and System i 595 CBU Editions for medium to large enterprises, are available immediately.

System i customers can learn more about high availability technology and receive training on the new CBU Editions at the COMMON Fall 2006 IT Education Conference and Expo from September 17-21, 2006 in Miami Beach, Florida where disaster recovery will be the conference’s special educational focus. COMMON, the System i users group, provides more than 22,000 IT professionals involved with the IBM System i opportunities to share information, receive education and network with their peers. For more information, see http://www.common.org/conferences/2006/fall/

For more information on IBM System i, visit http://www.ibm.com/systemi

•Date: 10th August 2006• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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