T3 Technologies Builds Momentum With IBM Compatible Open Mainframes
TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ — T3 Technologies, Inc., the number two mainframe systems integrator behind IBM, announced today that significant sales momentum is building for its new Liberty Server family of open mainframe computers, pointing to four new customer shipments in the past 60 days. The company added that one new customer went from purchasing their new open mainframe to deploying it in full production in just one week. Among the new customers are the University of Alabama Hospital at Birmingham and Polk County Iowa.
T3 is marketing its Liberty Servers through a new distribution and licensing relationship with Platform Solutions, Inc. (PSI) of Sunnyvale, California, maker of the mainframe market’s first IBM(R) z/OS(R) compatible Open Mainframe(TM) computer. PSI’s preferred channel partner T3 Technologies addresses the growing small to mid-size market for systems up to 350 millions of instructions per second (MIPS). According to the Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker (Nov. 2006) from leading research firm IDC, this market segment approaches 1,000 server units and $500 million in sales annually (based upon 2005 data).
T3′s Liberty Servers offer customers tremendous flexibility and degrees of granularity not previously available in IBM z/Series systems. T3′s Liberty Servers start at just 26 MIPS and support both the 31-bit and 64-bit versions of the IBM z/OS, a critical capability for many long-time mainframe customers as IBM grows closer to discontinuing its support of the 31-bit operating system starting in March 2007.
The T3 Liberty systems utilize patented PSI system architecture and are based on Intel(R) Itanium(R) 2 technology. Liberty systems run the most widely used operating systems in datacenters today, including IBM z/OS, Linux, Windows and HP-UX.
“We’re finding tremendous pent up demand from smaller and mid-size customers looking for a highly flexible mainframe that can grow easily and affordably with them as their computing needs increase in the coming years,” said Steven Friedman, President of T3 Technologies. “Our Liberty Servers can be configured to provide the right amount of computing power today, along with the ability to fully incorporate open technology into customers’ proprietary mainframe datacenters. This, along with ongoing support of their 31-bit environments, is a compelling alternative previously unavailable to these customers.”
As part of the agreement, the two companies are investing in additional sales, support and customer service resources to accommodate the increasing interest in the open mainframe computers now available to small and mid-size customers through T3.
“T3 Technologies’ strong partnership with PSI is crucial in bringing choice to this underserved market,” stated Mike O’Hara, Executive Vice President of Sales for PSI. “With T3 Technologies’ proven track record of sales, service and support and PSI’s Open Mainframe technology, z/OS and z/VSE datacenters now have an alternative to proprietary IBM hardware.”
The agreement gives PSI, whose technology was originally developed by Amdahl Corp., an immediate channel to small and mid-size mainframe customers worldwide. T3 has a direct sales force in the U.S. and also sells through business partners in Europe, South America, and Asia.
About T3 Technologies
T3 Technologies is the second largest integrator of mainframe computers worldwide supporting nearly 1,000 customers in 28 countries. Privately held and based in Tampa, Florida, T3 has offices in the UK, Italy, and Germany. For more information about T3, please visit: http://www.t3t.com/.
About PSI
Platform Solutions, Inc., (PSI) develops Open Mainframe(TM) servers compatible with the broadest set of datacenter environments and operating systems, including IBM(R) z/OS(R). The company was launched in 2003 and is funded by leading venture and strategic investors, including Blueprint Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Intel Capital, InterWest, and Investcorp. The company is based in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, please visit: http://www.platform-solutions.com/.
PSI and Open Mainframe are trademarks of Platform Solutions, Inc. IBM, z/OS and z/VSE are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation. Intel and Itanium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. (C) 2007 All rights reserved.
T3 Technologies, Inc.
CONTACT: Steven Friedman of T3 Technologies, Inc., +1-813-288-9800 ext.229, sjf@t3t.com; Christian Reilly of PSI, +1-408-720-3534,christianr@psiww.com; or Rich Moore of New Venture Communications, +1-415-608-7441, rmoore@newventurecom.com
Web site: http://www.t3t.com/http://www.platform-solutions.com/