IBM adds to Power5 lineup

IBM Corp. last week rolled out a low-end, power5-based 64-bit eServer OpenPower Model 710 that supports Linux distributions by both Red Hat Inc. and Novell Inc. The server can be purchased with the company"s virtualization and micropartitioning software. Along with the new hardware, IBM also announced OpenPower Consolidation Express software that is intended to allow midsize users to streamline their overall IT infrastructure. The company also announced that SAP products have been certified to run on the Model 710 and, later this quarter, Sybase Inc. products will also be certified as well for that machine. The 710 will be available starting Feb. 18 and contains a 1.65GHz Power5 chip, 1GB of memory, a 73GB drive, and has an entry level price of US$3,449. eServer OpenPower Model 710, IBM

StorageTek preserves archived data

StorageTek last week introduced Lifecycle Fixed Content Manager 100 to help customers address long-term storage issues and preserve archival data. It is designed to prevent the alteration or deletion of data for as long as a business deems necessary. Lifecycle Fixed Content Manager 100 will work with most content management applications, including all leading e-mail archival solutions. Lifecycle Fixed Content Manager 100 starts at $74,000 for a 2.3TB system. Lifecycle Fixed Content Manager 100, StorageTek

Infragistics improves app dev testing tools

Infragistics last week released TestAdvantage, which provides automated regression testing of the presentation layer or user interface in Windows Forms applications built on the .Net platform. TestAdvantage functions with Infragistics" NetAdvantage presentation layer toolset and features custom libraries built using Mercury Interactive Corp."s QuickTest Professional .Net technology. The suggested retail price of TestAdvantage 2004 Volume 3, which is the first release of the product, is $2,995 for a one-year subscription. TestAdvantage, Infragistics

Tira ports J2ME apps across handsets

This week Tira Wireless Inc. will introduce Jump Product Suite for porting mobile Java applications to more than 350 Java-enabled handsets, making Tira one of the early companies to offer a packaged application for the automated porting of J2ME applications to various handsets. The product includes Jump Workflow Manager, Jump Developers Desktop, and the Jump Transformation engine. License fees for the suite are $30,000 for 25 seats, plus a per-port fee ranging from $50 to $350, depending on the complexity of the port.