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Infoprint 1552, IBM Infoprint 1572 and IBM Infoprint 1585 monochrome laser printers; the IBM 

Infoprint  

Color 1567 color laser printer; and the next generation of the IBM Infoprint 4100 family of high 

speed, high volume continuous forms printers. 

The company rolls out the IBM Self Checkout Models 171, 151, 152, 153 and 131; and  Cool 

Blue,  a technology component (formally the IBM eServer Rear Door Heat eXchanger) that can 

use the existing chilled water supply for air conditioning systems already located in the majority 

of customer datacenters to reduce server heat emissions by up to 55 percent. 

On the 20th anniversary of its flagship Lotus Notes product, IBM launches a broad array of new 

open standards based software and technologies. Along with new enhancements to Lotus Notes 

and Domino, IBM introduces new WebSphere Portal and Workplace solutions.  

Driven by double digit growth and more than 500 competitive customer wins in the first half of 

the year, IBM unveils a major upgrade to its flagship platform with the launch of Lotus Notes 

and Domino 7.  

The company unveils details of the next generation DB2 database ( Viper ), which is designed 

to help customers manage and access data across a service oriented architecture (SOA) with 

unprecedented flexibility and speed. 

IBM introduces radically advanced disk, tape and storage software technologies, including: 

incorporating the third generation Linear Tape Open format into the company's complete line of 

LTO based automated tape storage systems; performance and capacity enhancements for the 

IBM TotalStorage DS4000 series of disk storage systems; IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume 

Controller 2.1; and IBM TotalStorage SAN File System 2.2.1.  

The company says it plans to invest $100 million over three years to expand Linux support and 

technology across its Workplace software portfolio.  

Among IBM's software announcements in 2005 are: general availability of Informix Dynamic 

Server version 10, a next generation database, and the most significant upgrade to the Informix 

platform since 1999. ... the Tivoli OMEGAMON software suite that automates real time systems 

management and monitoring capabilities for the IBM eServer zSeries. ... and first of its kind 

software that allows organizations to anonymously share and compare information without 

revealing private or sensitive personal details. 

The company rolls out IBM Policy Management for Autonomic Computing and the IBM 

Touchpoint Simulator to allow developers to simplify the development and management of their 

autonomic systems and products. Since introducing autonomic computing in 2001, IBM has 

paved the way for mainstream adoption. IBM has woven more than 475 autonomic features into  

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