IBM Launches Win2k Powered Web Hosting Server

Based on a derivative of Windows 2000, IBM today announced their new Netfinity A100, which boasts 70 percent higher performance than traditional Web serving appliances. The A100 is being marketed as an an easy-to-use solution for ISPs and ASPs (Application Service Providers), and is capable of hitting the net within minutes out of the box.

IBM teamed up with Microsoft's Embedded and Appliance Platform Group and
optimized the appliance based on analysis of performance and load characteristics from customer sites. The A100 should be able to scale to different amounts of dynamic content extremely efficiently.

The Netfinity A100 starts at under 6 grand, though for a device proportional, and I quote, "to the average pizza", this should be well
worth it.