IBM Power Systems Battles With Intel Corporation With New Power-based Linux Servers

IBM has introduced Power Systems to compete with Intel Corporation in technology market.

IBM has taken an initiative to dominate the competitive market. It is trying to grab Intel’s x86 server chip enterprise’s market share as it has introduced a new set of Power Systems that are equipped with the capacity to run Linux.

The recent systems would be delivered to clients through the internet. The LC group of servers, which were launched in the market on Thursday, is aimed at businesses utilizing cloud or clustered environments, especially for managing Spark, Hadoop, and other workloads that contain crunching huge volumes of information.

IBM news affirmed that the Big Blue’s official, Stephanie Chiras, has stated that the company is presently selling Power servers operating Linux, but these new features vary in a number of means, and point towards the most recent step by the corporation to extend its Power network into new markets.

Initially, the servers utilize industry standard apparatuses, encompassing the memory DIMMs, cut down prices, and they do not spontaneously "call home" to IBM in case of failure, as carried out by the Power systems.

They are also supplied with a lower-cost guarantee when clients buy spare parts themselves. In short, IBM is learning lessons from the x86 markets to provide servers that would be more cost-competitive with Intel-based devices when compared with brands, such as the computer makers Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo.

This model tends to differ from the one that IBM characteristically followed with its Power systems, in which gadgets are offered for greater prices in return for greater degrees of support and consistency.

IBM news today exclaimed that the new model is obviously in the purchasing procedure too. While clients normally go through the company’s sales team or a channel collaborator to buy Power systems, IBM would be offering some pre-configured options that customers could “click to buy" over the internet with a credit card.

IBM Breaking News reported that Ms. Chiras, stated, "We want those folks who are used to running x86 to know there's a choice out there". The New York based enterprise made a new effort in 2014 to extend the market for Power systems. It allows third-parties produce Power servers now, and persuades engagement from collaborators, such as Canonical, Mellanox and Nvidia, whose Ubuntu OS is provided as a feature for the new servers, along with Suse and Red Hat.

It was an essential measure for Big Blue, whose Power systems operations have been affected with the whole UNIX market.