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New IBM products launched in Sri Lanka by Elmo Leonard Sri Lanka is an important market for IBM and the company has been making significant investments here from time to time, IBM ASEAN and South Asia's pSeries Product Manager, Meng Hock Ee told the media in Colombo. IBM introduced to Sri Lanka, the powerful Unix server, the fast IBM eServer p690 system that provides a 65 per cent performance boost over its predecessor, the Singapore-based Ee, who was here for the launch, said. IBM also announced new 'on demand' features that allow customers flexibility in turning capacity on and off and test-driving additional capacity before paying to use it. IBM also introduced the new mid-range eServer p670 system, which performs 90 per cent better than the previous version of the p670, Product Manager Storage Systems Group for ASEAN and South Asia, Rathiga Renganathan said. A new ultra-dense high performance eServer p655 system that delivers performance increases of as much as 83 per cent over its previous version, was also introduced. "IBM spends five billion US dollars on research, more than the revenue of some of its competitors. This puts it ahead of its competitors," IBM Country Manager in Sri Lanka, Kavan Ratnayake said. Ee said the eServer pSeries is consistently gaining market share. "Integrating POWER4+ technology into the high-end of eServer pSeries systems reinforces our commitment to Unix in offering customers on demand systems that have uncompromising price, performance and reliability." IBM is one of the world's largest information technology companies with over 80 years in the industry. It offers a range of services, solutions and technologies that enable customers to take full advantage of e-business, Ratnayake said. IBM Sri Lanka is a branch of IBM World Trade Corporation in USA and has been operating since 1962, as a fully functional marketing and services organisation in IT. The products introduced to Sri Lanka were only recently launched in USA, according to IBM, Communications Manager, Enterprise Systems Group, for ASEAN and South Asia, K.S. Narahari. 'On demand' features of the new products include on/off capacity 'Upgrade on demand', offered on the eServer p690 and p670, which allows customers to activate and turn off processors when they want; 'Memory on demand', which allows customers to activate memory in 4GB as needed; and 'Software on demand', price selecting software for the pSeries by the day when temporary capacity is turned on by the customer, Renganathan explained. IBM allows a 30-day trial at no additional cost of capacity upgrades for memory and processors, she said. IBM also introduced a family of storage virtualisation products that will help customers lower their IT costs while increasing business efficiency. |
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