IBM announces preconfigured analytics servers

IBM on Wednesday introduced mainframe and Power-based systems for analytics in an effort to compete with Oracle's Exadata.
IBM's Smart Analytics System servers are bundled with hardware and software for analytics, business intelligence, and transaction processing workloads, IBM said. IBM also introduced an entry-level business analytics appliance that can analyze data on the fly as transactions are processed in the cloud.
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IBM is moving in the direction of offering servers designed to work with specific workloads such as databases and business process management. The new Smart Analytics server... »read more

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