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internetnews.com: IBM Eyes Unix Future With P5 Servers

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 13, 2004

“Gearing up to pry more server market share from rivals HP and
Sun Microsystems, IBM has unveiled the first servers forged from
its POWER5 chip architecture.

“The machines, which serve as the foundation for an aggressive
push to knock Sun and HP out of their UNIX leadership positions,
run UNIX and Linux and scale from two to 16 processors in order to
fill the needs of small- to mid-range enterprises…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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