IBM Server Line Redrawn
R. Krause - October 20, 2000

Event Summary

[Source: IBM press release]Oct. 3, 2000 - IBM announced its new server product line, the IBM eServer. IBM's existing server and mainframe product lines (previously known as S/390, RS/6000, AS/400, and Netfinity) will now carry the eServer name and logo, starting with the first shipments, expected sometime this quarter.In addition to the renaming, IBM has announced new features, including: Capacity upgrade on demand (CUoD), similar to Sun's feature of 'turning on' existing processors without a physical upgradeLogical partitioning (LPAR) across the entire eServer product set All servers will be Linux enabled The eServer product line will be separated into four series:..