#11: 9/5/2007: IBM Introduces New "Virtualization-Ready" System x Server. The new system (System x3950 M2) will be ready for virtualization right out of the box by eliminating software setup and installation time. The fourth generation chipset for x86 servers, x4, was previewed in a high-end, scalable server leveraging the latest in quad-core processing technology from Intel. » Press Release

#10: 8/16/2007: In the last 12 months, 3,000 companies opted for VMware ESX on NetApp storage products. About 15% of all VMware ESX customers are already using NetApp Systems. Learn more about the partnership between NetApp and VMware and technologies for virtualization in the article "NetApp's Virtualization Boss Speaks Up" in Byte and Switch. » Story

#9: IBM System p achieves the top benchmark results for the SAP TRBK (Transaction Banking) standard. The benchmark has a dual transaction set: one of online transactions to simulate day time transaction processing, executed through a group of simulated users; the second via a set of batch account balancing transactions that simulate night time processing providing a proof point in the high transactional banking market. It is the only SAP benchmark result that directly compares POWER/AIX to a current Sun Solaris 10 platform as Sun has not published results using the traditional SD workloads. IBM surpasses Sun with 4 times fewer database cores. And, the IBM result is 87% better for day processing and 73% better for night processing than the result achieved by HP. This highlights the POWER6 processor as a high transactional throughput technology, providing better processing capacity from a system with a smaller footprint and energy consumption and highlights the DS8300 & DS4800 for the high I/O demands of a transactional banking workload. Source: http://www50.sap.com/benchmark/

#8: 8/17/2007: IBM Boosts Mainframe Security:More Robust Security Services, Standards, Policy Management Services and Specialty Engines Strengthen Online Commerce and Identity Management. IBM unveiled a new release of its mainframe operating system -- z/OS -- adding features that increase the software's already fortress-like security for online commerce as well as the next generation of highly secure business transactions. IBM also announced new mainframe software that automates security administration and audit processes. For companies running "thousands" of transactions that require identity validation and lightning fast communications from countless customers and unknown parties, the new IBM z/OS is designed to deliver improved network security policy management, enhanced Public Key Infrastructure services, and adoption of the popular security standard, PKCS #11. » Press Release

#7: 9/6/2007: IBM Tivoli in Gartner's Leader Quadrant for User Provisioning. Gartner, Inc. has positioned IBM in the Leader Quadrant of its latest Magic Quadrant for user provisioning - a subset of identity management that addresses an enterprise's need to create, modify, disable and delete user accounts and entitlements across a heterogeneous IT system infrastructure, including operating systems, databases, directories, business applications and security systems. » Press Release

#6: Once installed, the IBM DS3000 Storage Manager can be discovered and configured in 9 "clicks" ... no expertise or training necessary!

#5: Oracle Announces Availability of Oracle Database 11g on the Linux platform. Oracle Database 11g is the only database designed for grid computing, with more than 400 new features, 36,000 person-months of development, and 15 million test hours. » Press Release

#4: 9/10/2007: NetApp Brings Enterprise-Class Agility to the Midsize Enterprise and leapfrogs Competition in Simplicity. NetApp unveiled the NetApp FAS2000 product line—the FAS2020 and FAS2050—and new deployment and auditing services designed to help simplify data management and maximize existing IT investments. The FAS2000 is enterprise-class storage technology that easily scales to help midsize customers maximize their data infrastructures while minimizing complexity, overhead, and technical staffing costs. » Press Release

#3: 9/21/2007: IBM announced the availability of Lotus Notes and Domino 8, its flagship e-mail and collaboration products. Gartner Analysis: IBM has fulfilled its promises made over the past two years by shipping the long-awaited new release of its flagship Notes/Domino franchise (originally code-named "Hannover") on time and with the expected functionality. Highlights include: Major improvements in usability, particularly in the Notes client; Eclipse-based composite application integration with WebSphere; Integrated office automation tools for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations; Security, performance and manageability improvements. Source: Gartner Research ID Number: G00151352 dated 9/28/2007. 

#2: 8/31/2007: IBM POWER6 Outscores HP in Key Server Performance Tests: Number One SPEC Results Running AIX and Linux Demonstrate Flexibility of System p Servers. IBM's new POWER6 processor-based UNIX server has posted world records in key metrics of computing performance vital to a broad range of technical and commercial applications. These leadership results were obtained on 1-core, 4-core, 8-core, and 16-core servers running either Linux or the IBM UNIX operating system, AIX, allowing customers substantial flexibility. » Press Release