According to Intel, enterprise users now are veering away from proprietary architectures as they are now wary about reducing their total costs of ownership (TCO) while aiming for higher levels of performance, scalability, availability, reliability and security.

"If you buy a mainframe solution, you will be limited on hardware and software choices; in most cases, they are locked into proprietary technology and have limited vendor support," said Tim Bailey, Intel's Asia Pacific director of platform marketing, during Intel's Enterprise Innovation IT Solutions Day held here.