Integrated Facility For Linux

Additional G5 / G6 engines dedicated to Linux workloads
($125,000 vs. approximately 3 times that much)

Can run a single Linux instance or VIF (no VM, VSE, or OS/390)
z/VM support earlier this year (at lower prices).

Begin deployment or consolidation of UNIX/Linux workloads to S/390 immediately

Traditional S/390 software charges unaffected
• IBM S/390 software and middleware
• Independent Software Vendor product pricing

-BMC, Candle, Compuware committed

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