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Technology Stocks : All About Sun Microsystems -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gregory who wrote (36056)	10/3/2000 1:42:01 PM
From: Tony Viola	Respond to of 64865

IBM announcements. Well, they are about the only thing going on in serverland today. But IBM is down also. Also, ABN Amro started coverage on SUNW with an outperform rating. That's not very flattering to walk on water Sun. But they gave a target of $140. Oops, this just in from Briefing.com .... IBM (-4 3/16) has been the big loser among the latter stocks as trading floor sources are attributing the weakness to concerns the company will pre-announce... biz.yahoo.com ``The z900 knows what you need before you do,'' said Dan Colby, general manager, Enterprise Servers, IBM. ``It has an amazing capacity to manage itself and that adds a whole new dimension to mainframe computing. Along with the qualities that everyone expects of the mainframe, we're adding features that make this box a very cost effective and smart choice.'' The only server capable of dynamically shifting workloads in the server and the network according to priorities set by the customer, the z900 addresses one of the greatest e-business challenges facing companies -- efficiently and robustly managing unpredictable resource requirements. Functioning like thousands of servers within the server, resources shift automatically to the applications that need them. On most servers these adjustments must be made manually or are limited to a single logical or even physical partition. In addition, the z900 has self-healing capabilities. It continuously monitors itself and can automatically detect and correct errors, allowing applications to run without interruption. ``In the z900 the juice goes to the application that needs it,'' said Tony Befi, vice president, technology, Enterprise Servers, IBM. ``The virtual servers within the z900 can breathe, expanding and contracting dynamically. The hottest applications get the resources they need when they need them.'' The ability to run thousands of virtual servers within one physical box makes the z900 the ideal platform for e-business-intensive operations like application service providers, Internet service providers and technology hosting companies. These types of companies must be equipped to manage and keep separate their own customers' individual workloads and requirements. In the past, this has required a large number of servers and a huge investment in real estate. Now, however, these customers can save by using one z900 to do the same job, replacing a football field full of Sun or HP servers.