IBM has announced benchmark results for the Thomson Reuters Market Data System v6.3 that measure the performance of the IBM BladeCenter* HS22 server running Reuters Market Data System v6.3. Read the details from IBM.
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IBM BladeCenter* HS22 Delivers More Than One Million Financial Data Updates
Thursday, October 15th, 2009Building a Powerful, Resilient, Affordable IT Infrastructure: Business Infrastructure Virtualization for Small and Midsize Companies
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009Virtualization offers small and midsize companies an extremely cost-effective option for transforming IT into a simpler, more powerful computing infrastructure, for distinct competitive and profitability gains. Get the details in this joint IBM, Intel and VMware white paper. (more…)
Server Consolidation with IBM System x and BladeCenter* with Intel® Xeon® Processors
Monday, September 28th, 2009This Alinean white paper examines a recent server consolidation project by a large U.S. retailer who was able to reduce annual IT operating costs by modernizing their IT infrastructure and lower current cash outflows by leveraging attractive leasing options. Access Server Consolidation with IBM System x and BladeCenter* with Intel® Xeon® Processors to see what this company was able to gain by replacing a myriad of older x86-based servers.
Canada’s Fastest Supercomputer
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009The SciNet consortium at the University of Toronto has installed a 4,000-server IBM System x* iDataPlex* supercomputer, powered by more than 7,500 Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series compute cores, that gives Canadian researchers a supercomputer that’s over 10 times more powerful than any other system in Canada and saves enough energy every year to run more than 700 homes. Read about Canada’s Fastest Supercomputer.
Balancing Hardware End-of-Life Costs and Responsibilities
Thursday, May 21st, 2009While most of us understand the imperative of safe data destruction and hardware disposal at end-of-life, confusion still exists due to differing international standards, vendor processes and divisional interpretations of corporate guidelines. This white paper from the Experture Group offers insights on reducing costs and risks associated with the end-of-life tasks. (more…)
IBM Systems Evaluation Tool for Intel
Thursday, May 21st, 2009This new return on investment analytics tool provides a preliminary, high-level analysis of your current systems environment costs based on your projected growth needs and server replacement cycles over the next five years. The results are contrasted to a consolidated Intel-based IBM BladeCenter* or System x* solution with estimated savings potential. (more…)
Increasing Energy Efficiency with x86 Servers
Thursday, May 21st, 2009According to this IT Executive Advisory from the Robert Francis Group, IT executives are going to get the best chance of optimizing power, cost, and performance by selecting computing solutions that are designed to synergistically enhance capabilities in these three areas. The report further explains how IBM Corporation has teamed with Intel Corporation to integrate the benefits of energy-efficient computing. (more…)
Optimizing the Performance of IBM System x and BladeCenter Servers
Thursday, May 21st, 2009Intel® Xeon® processors 5500 series are next-generation quad-core processors targeted at the two-socket server space and will be the common building block across a number of IBM platforms according to this white paper from IBM. This brief details how memory configuration can affect the performance of these systems. (more…)
Extending Innovation in Virtual Product Development with the IBM Cluster Solution
Thursday, May 21st, 2009This brief from the Cabot Partners Group looks at the growing use of computer aided engineering by generalist engineers, designers, and smaller suppliers energized by the availability of flexible and cost-effective cluster computing solutions compatible with desktop computer aided design environment. (more…)
Productive High Performance Computing for Upstream Petroleum with the IBM Cluster Solution
Thursday, May 21st, 2009Driven by an increasing dependence on sophisticated multidimensional seismic imaging and very accurate multi-component, multi-scale, reservoir models to further increase the probability of finding and recovering oil, there is a continuing investment to develop new algorithms and enhance applications for parallel computing environments. This brief from the Cabot Partners Group proposes that these investments will be protected as newer and more powerful cluster systems become available and that the payoff will far outweigh the investment as energy costs continue to escalate. (more…)