IBM has released the Power7 systems, a server to manage the segment between mainframe computers and low end servers. It incorporates technologies to suit the needs of new applications and services to process concurrent transactions and data while analyzing information in real time.  

The system can manage millions of transactions and analyze the associated volumes of data typical of emerging applications. It can also provide return on investment with greater performance, and power savings.  

The new systems and management software include:

• IBM Power 780, a new category of servers, featuring an advanced modular design with up to 64 Power7 CPUs, and the new TurboCore workload optimizing mode. It can deliver up to two times the performance per core of POWER6 processor-based systems.
• IBM Power 770, a modular enterprise system with up to 64 Power7 cores, featuring higher performance per core than POWER6 processors (2) and using up to 70 percent less energy for the same number of cores as the IBM Power 570. (2)
• IBM Power 755, a computing cluster node with 32 Power7 cores, Energy Star qualified for energy efficiency, and optimized for the most challenging analytic workloads.
• IBM Systems Director Express, Standard and Enterprise Editions, which offer new and greatly simplified packaging of management software for the new systems and include the advanced virtualization management capabilities of VMControl. VMControl allows a “systems pool” of multiple Power servers to be managed as one entity, which can enable reductions in management cost and complexity.

The Power 750 Express and 755 planned volume ship date is February 19 and the Power 770 and 780 planned volume availability is March 16. The IBM Systems Director Editions, supporting both Power7 and Power6 models, planned availability is March 5.