IBM springs to life, denies death of x86 line

AFTER CHASING IBM for the best part of the day trying to get the firm to comment on rumours that the company would be discontinuing its x86 servers we finally got a resposne as soon as we published the article.

According to Vineeta Durani, global communications manager for system X servers, the rumours of the X86’s impending doom were “100 per cent inaccurate” and “definitely false”.

Durani noted that the “x86 market segment is an important component of IBM’s portfolio”, and pointed to a recent deal with Lenovo in January of this year to sell x86 servers specifically aimed at the small business market.

The deal with Lenovo would, according to Durani, “extend IBM's technology footprint in the x86 market”, especially in the small business segment, which the firm apparently sees as an emerging growth market.

Durani added that the System x brand, including volume and high-end x86 systems, would “continue to be a strategic area of focus to IBM's business”.

So it seems that although the rumours out of Chile are definitely spicy, they appear to be all zing with little substance. µ

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