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As part of a networking product blitz last week, IBM previewed networking and performance improvements to its front-end processor (FEP) and brought long-awaited High Performance Routing (HPR) to several key hardware platforms.
IBM also stepped up its attack on Cisco, which has in recent years brought its routers in direct competition with IBM's front-end processors by making it possible to connect the routers to mainframe channels. IBM, in response, has migrated its customers from the 3745 to the faster and more versatile 3746 FEP.
"We make no apologies for the age of this technology," said Rick McGee, vice president of strategy and...