11 

2001

World Access, a global provider of telecommunications services, purchases the largest ever 

IBM

eServer iSeries system    the eServer i840    to process billings for more than 100 million 

telephone calls per day.  

The Personal Systems Group says it will use  self healing  technology in an online customer 

service infrastructure to diagnose and resolve common information technology (

IT

) problems. 

IBM

 unveils plans for the eServer x430, a powerful 64 way server designed to bridge the gap 

between smaller Intel based platforms and the mainframe. The x430 will be the first enterprise 

server designed to take full advantage of the new Linux Application Environment.   The 

company rolls out the eServer x250 (4 way), eServer x350 (4 way) and the eServer x370 (8 

way), all with the new Intel 900 MHz Pentium 

III

 Xeon processors.   Also introduced are the 

IBM

 eServer xSeries 300, a powerful and affordable thin (1.75 inch) server and a new series of 

server appliances to provide up to a fivefold increase in the speed of delivering Web content to 

end users.   

IBM

 debuts the 

IBM

 eServer x380, 

IBM

's first Itanium based server, which, with 

new IntelliStation Z Pro workstations, will form a new Linux supercluster at the National Center 

for Supercomputing Applications.   In June, 

IBM

 announces eServer xSeries 232 and 342 that 

include intelligent management features to support 

IBM

's Project eLiza initiative, a multi billion 

dollar program aimed at creating a realm of self managing servers requiring little or no human 

interaction. The new systems offer small and medium businesses access to mainframe and self 

healing technologies at entry level prices.   In August, the company introduces the 

IBM

 eServer 

x200VL, the industry's most powerful small business server, along with the x200 and x220.  

With the 

IBM

 eServer Cluster 1300, the company introduces the industry's first prepackaged 

Linux clusters integrating best of breed components into a single, easy to order and  deploy 

package. The Cluster includes the 

IBM

 eServer x330, the industry's most powerful thin server, 

and the x342.  

IBM

 rolls out its first Intel based servers featuring the IA 32 Intel Xeon Processor 

MP

 ( Foster  

MP

) and incorporating 

IBM

's Enterprise X Architecture. The new eServer x360 marks the debut 

of 

IBM

's 

XA

 32 core chip set (code named  Summit ) that features 

IBM

's most advanced 

Copper Chip and Silicon on Insulator breakthroughs and mainframe inspired technologies to 

help customers consolidate scores of Intel servers and reduce total cost of ownership. The 

company begins shipping the new server in December.  

IBM

 becomes the first vendor to offer an all wireless line of products and services to make it 

easier for companies to extend their business to mobile devices. Included in the move are 

IBM

's 

lines of ThinkPad notebook computers, pervasive devices and servers; software, support and 

services to give customers mobile access to critical applications in the office, on the road or 

anywhere in between; and programs to enable 

IBM

's network of 90,000 business partners to sell 

and develop wireless solutions.  

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