IBM unveiled its most powerful mainframe computer and offered customers to use the computing resources as needed without buying a dedicated machine.

Starting at $1 million, this eServer zSeries 990 or code-named "T-Rex" is mainly targeted at financial services and other industries that require security, reliability and computing power.

But customers who only occasionally need such capabilities won't have to buy their machine. IBM also is deploying z990s at its data centers as part of the company's "on-demand" computing strategy.

The z990, which will be available next month, is the culmination of four years of work involving 1,200 IBM developers and a $1 billion investment, the company said.

By: DocMemory
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