Attacking the Intel-based server market from both above and below, IBM Corp. unwrapped two servers last month -- a 64-way NUMA-Q server and an entry-level Netfinity system -- aimed at smaller companies looking to host budding e-businesses.
Bolstering its presence in the Unix and Windows NT markets, IBM Corp. earlier this month announced it has agreed to a merger, valued at US$810 million, with Sequent Computer Systems Inc.