atNewYork.com: IBM Angles for More Mainframe Customers

“Systems vendors these days have been exploring myriad ways to
help their customers raise return-on-investment while paring costs
at a time when spending on systems has become nearly nil. IBM, Sun
and HP have all been looking for ways to move beyond basic server
consolidation to find valuable placement with their vital
customers.

“Looking to go a step beyond traditional server consolidation to
help its own share of customers, Armonk, N.Y.’s IBM Tuesday
announced a promotion for its mainframe customers and rolled out
the high-end, 24- and 32-way versions of its z990 machines,
code-named T-Rex.

“Peter McCaffrey, program director, IBM zSeries Product
marketing, said customers who purchase a zSeries 990 mainframe
server may procure a BladeCenter for additional $250,000, or if the
mainframe is a high-end model, they might even receive it free with
the mainframe system. McCaffrey said IBM believes these department
store-like bargains, good from now until the end of the year, will
help IBM attract new customers…”

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