IBM Expands PureSystems Line, Announces Cloud Partnership

Grazed from Datamation. Author: Cynthia Harvey.

On Tuesday, IBM made two announcements related to its enterprise products and services. First, the company has expanded its PureSystems line with solutions for big data, transactions and operational analytics. Second, Big Blue will team with AT&T to enable more secure cloud computing.

IBM’s new PureSystems offerings are called PureData System for Transactions, PureData System for Analytics and the PureData System for Operational Analytics. Writing for Forbes, Tom Groenfeldt explained, "IBM calls PureSystems expert integrated systems; other companies refer to similar systems as engineered. In any event, the concept seems relatively simple and overdue — the company manufactures the system and delivers specific types of computing power rather than leaving a client to buy the pieces for do-it-yourself assembly. It’s the difference between buying a car and having UPS deliver a series of crates with parts from a variety of suppliers. It’s an update of that adage about what clients want — they don’t want a server or a SAN, they want answers."…

InformationWeek’s Doug Henschen noted, "The move comes just days after Oracle introduced the latest releases in its ‘Exa’ engineered systems lineup, timing that is clearly no coincidence." He added, "The obvious competitive comparison to PureData System is Oracle Exadata, which is a database appliance that can be configured for transactional or analytic use. Where Oracle touts its engineered systems as offering ‘hardware and software engineered to work better together,’ IBM touts PureSystems as offering ‘expert-integrated’ hardware and software based on pattern-based deployment."…

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