Undercuts Sparc servers with beefier rebates

Back in April, when IBM rolled out the completely refreshed Power Systems Power6-based server line, the marketeers also got a chance to play alongside the engineers with the launch of the Power Rewards rebate program. At the time, Hewlett-Packard’s vintage HP 9000 server line seemed to be the main target of Power Rewards, which can cut the cost of a migration to an IBM Unix box by as much as 50 per cent over negotiated street price on the iron.…

Full published article at: http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/03/ibm_chases_sun_shops/

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