IBM to offer financing options

NEW DELHI, INDIA: IBM announced System z10 Business Class (z10 BC) to help mid-sized companies and customers in emerging markets.

Additionally, in support of clients’ needs for financing options, IBM Global Financing is now offering ‘Why Wait’, a no-interest, no-payments program for 90 days deferral to support qualified customers acquiring the new z10 BC through the end of 2008.

Shashi B Mal, Director—Systems and Technology Group, IBM India/South Asia said, “With the introduction of our new z10 business class mainframe, clients have an incredibly efficient consolidation platform that is smart, cool, and very affordable. There's no comparison when you consider the legendary reliability and security of System z.”

For customers seeking server consolidation options to cut costs, the IBM z10 BC delivers the capacity of up to 232 x86 servers, with 83 percent smaller footprint, up to 93 percent lower energy costs, and a much higher level of security, control and automation. 

With up to 130 capacity settings for running permanent and temporary workloads such as application hosting or testing efforts, the IBM z10 BC can give administrators an upgradeable system to manage business growth.

Continuing with the lineage of the IBM System z10 EC, the new IBM z10 BC holds most of the same technology innovations as the EC model—such as the Enterprise Quad Core z10 processor chip with hardware accelerators and cryptographic functions that are highly useful for commercial and financial applications.

Interest from business partners, system integrators and ISVs continues to grow in 2008 validating growth around the System z platform.