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September 08, 2008

IBM Announces BladeCenter PN41

By Rajani Baburajan

TMCnet Contributor

IBM (News - Alert) has announced its new intelligent blade server, IBM BladeCenter PN41, designed to help reduce security threats.

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Besides curbing security threats such as denial of service (DoS) attacks and viruses, the new intelligent blade server also assists service providers in managing network traffic for optimal performance and promises fast and virus free communication for video streaming on handheld devices.

The new blade server comes as the number of high-severity computer vulnerabilities increased by 28 percent in the first half of 2008 over the previous year, according to IBM X-Force research.

The new IBM BladeCenter PN41 blade will be available worldwide in October 2008 and will include customer support and services for customers from IBM Global Services.

IBM Global Financing, the lending and leasing business arm of IBM, will provide competitive rates to applicants to access the new blade server.

"IBM continues to offer the broadest portfolio of blade servers in the industry. The IBM BladeCenter PN41 enables service providers to manage their network, security and telecommunications technology on a integrated platform," said Jim Pertzborn, vice president of telecommunications industry solutions for IBM Systems Group.

"This integration can help service providers meet their customers' evolving requirements for data, voice and video services from anywhere, at anytime and over any device."

The IBM BladeCenter PN41 is said to be the first blade in the industry to support Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology from CloudShield, a network services management and security provider.

The company also said it is working to develop an ecosystem for the IBM BladeCenter PN41 to enable service providers to select their partners and providers when assembling technology solutions for their businesses.

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Rajani Baburajan is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Rajani's articles, please visit her columnist page.

Edited by Stefania Viscusi

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