IBM announced that clients from a range of industries across the globe, including Ireland, have chosen IBM mainframes this year to run the world's highly secure and most sophisticated business transactions. Clients selected IBM mainframes because of their distinct advantages over competitive offerings. For example, a single IBM System z10 mainframe is equal to nearly 1500 x86 servers, uses up to 85% less floor space and up to 85% less energy.
Examples of the wide range of clients that have adopted IBM mainframes include: Allied Irish Bank, Winn-Dixie Stores (United States), Transzap (United States), Industrial Bank of Korea, Japan Airlines International, Banco De Guayaquil (Ecuador), Itau Bank (Brazil), Postbank AG (Germany), Finanz Informatik (Germany); PSBank (Philippines), and RHB Banking Group (Malaysia). In emerging markets such as Brazil, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines, IBM mainframe revenue grew 21%*3, comparing the first half of 2008 to the first half of 2007.
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