IBM launches new Unix servers

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From Cnet:
By Reuters
April 7, 2002, 10:00 PM PT

IBM on Monday will launch a new line of midrange server computers that steps up the price pressures on its archrival, Sun Microsystems.
IBM said servers in its new p670 line, which is targeted at large and medium-size companies, would cost up to 40 percent less than the equivalent offerings from Sun because they will use fewer computer chips.

"IBM has been getting more astute at Unix and it is launching products at prices that put its competitors in palpitations," said Charles King, an analyst with Sageza, a Silicon Valley-based market research firm.

The server line, which will ship on April 26, includes four computers ranging in price from $178,270 to $535,522, compared with Sun's equivalent range of $257,525 to $792,731 IBM said.

Analysts categorize servers roughly into three groups with high-end computers, costing more than $1 million, midrange computers that cost between $100,000 and $1 million, and low-end computers that cost less than $100,000.

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