IBM iSeries ... e-business on demand May announcement On May 13th IBM announced additions to The iSeries™ on demand product line, originally introduced in January 2003. These announcements include: A long awaited new processor feature that lowers the entry point into the model 810 Standard or Enterprise Editions, Additional upgrade options for Models 720, 730, 820, and 830, into Models 810 and 825, New prepaid option for On/Off Capacity on Demand. A new entry tape drive with great price, capacity, and performance characteristics, and additional IBM software offerings for the Model 800 Standard and Advanced Editions. Model 810 Enhancements A new 750 CPW processor feature provides a lower cost entry point for the Model 810. This new processor feature has the same main storage and I/O maximums of the existing Model 810, with upgrade capability up to and including the 2-Way, 2700 CPW Model 810 Like all model 810s, it can be ordered with either the Standard Edition or the Enterprise Edition. Additional Upgrade Paths Additional upgrade paths from Models 720, 730, 820, and 830 into the Models 810 and 825 give you greater flexibility in upgrading directly to a model and processor feature in a single step. You save time in planning and installation. Prepaid Option for Capacity on Demand On/Off Capacity on Demand is enhanced with a new prepaid capability to give you additional budgeting flexibility. You can now choose to pay for 30 processor days before activation (prepaid processor days) at a discounted price. Consider this alternative when you don't want to be billed at the end of a quarter for temporary capacity that has been activated. Prepaid processor days will be credited to your On/Off Capacity on Demand account for the applicable serial number system and applied to records of activated temporary capacity reported for such system. Any processor days used beyond the prepaid quantity will be billed at the regular processor day price. Unused prepaid processor days are not refundable and may not be transferred to another system. As with any processor activations, you are responsible for any additional software charges that may apply. Before purchasing the prepaid feature, you must sign the On/Off Capacity on Demand contracts and order the applicable enablement code. New VXA Technology Tape The new VXA technology tape drive offerings can store 80 GB of data on a 230-meter cartridge at 6 MB/s data transfer rate (160 GB capacity and 12 MB/s data rate with software data compression). These tape drives can provide an unattended backup solution for a large number of low-end iSeries servers. The 80 GB VXA-2 tape drives (#4585 and #4685) are integrated features. The IBM 7206-VX2 tape drive is a stand-alone external device. For more information on the IBM 7206-VX2, refer to Hardware Announcement 103-131 , dated May 13, 2003. Model 800 Enhancements The Model 800 Standard Edition and Advanced Editions are enhanced with the addition of two licensed programs: DB2® Query Manager and SQL Developers Toolkit (5722-ST1), and Performance Tools (5722-PT1).