IBM in InfiniBand storage and server deal
IBM in InfiniBand storage and server deal
IBM and Topspin Communications have signed a multi-year agreement to integrate advanced Topspin InfiniBand switch technology across the IBM TotalStorage and eServer product line.
"With this announcement, IBM has placed a major stake in the ground in its commitment to InfiniBand," said Mark Shearer, vice president of marketing and strategy, IBM Systems Group. "Our plan is to make InfiniBand a base technology for all IBM eServer systems and storage, and the underlying fabric for future initiatives around on-demand computing."
Topspin products are currently completing IBM Server Proven certification and have already been IBM TotalStorage Proven and validated for sale with IBM DB2 Universal Database on xSeries servers.
"Our customers are seeing immediate and compelling benefits from our server switch products today," said Krish Ramakrishnan, CEO, Topspin. "By establishing this relationship with IBM, an even wider range of enterprises will be able to profit from our solutions in their scale-out, blade server, and on-demand computing initiatives."
Topspin's Server Switch products are available now. Additional products resulting from this relationship are expected throughout 2004 and 2005.
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