IBM Unveils IBM Power E1080 Server for Hybrid Cloud Environments

IBM has announced the new IBM Power E1080 server, the first in a new family of servers based on the new IBM Power10 processor.

The new server is designed specifically for hybrid cloud environments. The IBM Power10-equipped E1080 server is engineered to be one of the most secured server platforms and is designed to help clients operate a secured, frictionless hybrid cloud experience across their entire IT infrastructure, said the firm.

“Organisations in the Middle East and Africa are recognizing that in order to be competitive in today’s marketplace, they need to be able to move with speed and flexibility to react to changes in their customers’ needs in real-time, while continuing to drive innovation,” said Idriss Janati, Director, Servers and Storage Solutions in IBM Middle East and Africa. “The answer to this challenge is the IBM Power E1080 server that offers a frictionless, secure hybrid cloud platform with the ability to scale on demand across the entire infrastructure while allowing businesses to deploy containers to modernise the applications.”

The new IBM E1080 was designed to introduce several key features including:

• Enhancements for hybrid cloud like planned industry-first, by the minute metering of Red Hat software including Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, 4.1x greater OpenShift containerized throughput per core vs x86-based servers[i], and architectural consistency and cloud-like flexibility across the entire hybrid cloud environment to drive agility and improve costs without application refactoring.
• New hardware-driven performance improvements that deliver up to 50% more performance and scalability than its predecessor the IBM Power E980, while also reducing energy use and carbon footprint of the E980, allowing customers to do more with less. The E1080 also features four matrix math accelerators per core, enabling 5x faster inference performance as compared to the E980.
• New security tools designed for hybrid cloud environments including transparent memory encryption so there is no additional management setup, 4x the encryption engines per core, allowing for 2.5x faster AES encryption as compared to the IBM Power E980, and security software for every level of the system stack.
• A robust ecosystem of ISVs, Business Partners, and support to broaden the capabilities of the IBM Power E1080 and how customers can build their hybrid cloud environment, including record-setting performance for SAP applications in an 8-socket system. IBM is also launching a new tiered Power Expert Care service to help clients as they protect their systems against the latest cybersecurity threats while also providing hardware and software coherence and higher systems availability.