Meet IBM's new $75,000 mainframe

IBM never talks about the cost of its high-end mainframes, but when it comes to its low-end mainframe, price is a major focal point.
IBM is today announcing the latest successor to what it has called its "business-class" system, the zEnterprise 114, with a starting price of $75,000 -- 25 percent lower than the previous system in this category.
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That earlier system, the z10 Business Class, was released in 2008. This new mainframe has 25 percent more performance than the earlier system, said IBM, but also includes some of the same capabilities of its top end mainframe, the zEnterprise 196, which... »read more

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