The aggressively positioned system featues a new specialty engine and capabilities. 'The IBM System z9 Business Class broadens access to the System z9 platform, a secure commercially available as mainframe computer, around the globe in India and other emerging markets, where firms are rapidly deploying mainframe technology needed to achieve the scale and reliability required to keep pace in an integrated economy,' said Jim Stallings, general manager, System z9, IBM Systems and Technology group.
The new mainframe is expected to play a growing role in healthcare and retail as it increasingly is used to process sensitive data that have been shared progressively in emerging markets like India. 'Our effort to modernise the IT-infrastructure of corporate and government offices is uniquely served by IBM's System z.