INDUSTRY

IBM today announced a new world record for transaction processing. A new eServer(TM) pSeries(TM) system and DB2 Universal Database used half the number of processors to beat HP's Itanium 2-based Superdome running Microsoft Windows Server 2003. According to the Transaction Processing Performance Council's TPC-C benchmark, an eServer p690 with 32 POWER4+(TM) processors running the AIX(TM) UNIX(R) operating system and DB2(R) Universal Database delivered 680,613.12 transactions per minute (tpm/C) at a cost of $11.13/tpmC. IBM ousted an Itanium 2 system that used twice the number of processors running Windows from the top performance spot.(1) "With these record setting performance results, IBM continues the long standing trend of delivering customers the most powerful systems on the market," said Adalio Sanchez, general manager, IBM eServer pSeries. "The server, microprocessor, operating system and database were all developed by IBM to work together to deliver maximum performance and a complete solution for the customer. We don't just assemble boxes with third party components. It took the competition 18 months to catch up to our level of performance and it only lasted a couple of weeks." "Today's record further demonstrates IBM's leadership in database technology," said Janet Perna, general manager, IBM Data Management. "Our commitment is to continue to deliver world-class performance and value to customers." More information on IBM eServer systems and IBM Software is available at: http://www.ibm.com/eserver or www.software.ibm.com/data. The latest TPC-C results are available at http://www.tpc.org.