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UNIX SERVERS
IBM HAS SHARPENED its Unix strategy with the introduction of its eSeries p690 in an attempt to eat into Sun Microsystems' high-end Unix server market share.
The new server, known as Regatta, is IBM's first system aimed directly at the $6 billion market for highend Unix servers priced between $1 million and $5 million, a market dominated by Sun, according to Don Young, an industry analyst at UBS Warburg in New York.
With the launch of Regatta last week, IBM has drawn on much...