Leading ISVs Partner With IBM Netfinity To Provide Total Solutions For The ISP/ASP Market
ISPCON (October 25, 1999) – Continuing the company’s assault of the Internet Service Provider (ISP)/Application Service Provider (ASP) market, IBM (R) announced today that seven leading ISVs (Funk Software, Allaire Corporation, Planet-Intra, Resonate, Sendmail, Paylinx and Esoftware) have completed Netfinity ServerProven (R) testing on the new Netfinity (R) 4000R – – IBM’s server that is specifically designed to meet the needs of the ISV market.
“Qualifying these ISV applications as ServerProven is another example of how IBM leads the industry in providing solutions for ISPs,” said John Callies vice president of marketing, IBM Netfinity. “IBM can now provide computing solutions to the ISP/ASP market that are thoroughly tested and designed to drive business growth.”
IBM’s Netfinity ServerProven Program reduces integration risks and enables smoother installations and reliable implementations by allowing software and hardware developers to validate their business solutions on Netfinity servers in real-world environments.
The Netfinity 4000R server enables ISPs and ASPs to offer their customers content-rich services, high volume e-commerce applications, storage-intense Web hosting, and network security. Key features include:
— Ideal sized 1 3/4″(1U) packaging providing maximum computing power per square foot and optimum scalability
— Up two Intel 500 MHz (1)processors per unit — providing the capability for 84 processors per industry standard rack
— Maximum 2GB memory per unit
— Supports up to 1.5 Terabytes of storage
— Supports Windows and Linux environments
Source: IBM