Reuters Market Data System customers will be able to use
the application on IBM eServer xSeries and eServer
BladeCenterservers running Linux.
The deal marks the second hardware platform announcement this
year for RMDS. In February, Reuters announced that the application
was available on Hewlett-Packard ProLiant servers running Red Hat
Linux Advanced Server on Intel hardware.
Until the HP deal, RMDS was most widely used on hardware from
Sun Microsystems running the Solaris operating system. Versions of
RMDS have also been available for Unix operating systems, including
HP-UX and IBM's AIX.
Reuters spokesman Kyle Arteaga said the addition of the IBM
servers will allow Reuters customers to stay with their suppliers
of choice while using the software. Pricing depends on the number
of users, the hardware chosen and the options and features desired
in RMDS.
The Intel-based IBM and HP servers allows customers to save
money while using RMDS, the companies claimed.
Peter Lankford, vice president of Reuters Enterprise Information
Solutions, said adding IBM to its existing support of HP hardware
brings to RMDS customers IBM's expertise in Linux and a wide
support and services network.
"Our customers have asked us to support IBM's BladeCenter
hardware for the market data infrastructure they have come to rely
upon," he said.
Todd R Weiss writes for Computerworld