IBM Targets SMBs With 'Start' Appliance

"Small businesses with five to 500 employees are getting a plug-and-play IT solution from IBM.

"Dubbed the IBM Lotus Foundations Start, the turnkey solution running on Linux, is designed to build out a company's IT infrastructure with e-mail, file sharing, remote access, automatic data protection, backup and recovery. IBM claims Start, priced at $149 per user, can be up and running within 30 minutes. The system includes built-in management tools and self-healing features as well as support for Microsoft Outlook..."

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