IT major IBM has launched the world's fastest microprocessor, the dual-core POWER6 in India.

Along with the launch, System p570 server and bladeCenter JS22 powered by this new chip, also would be available in the country, said Shashi B Mal, Director Systems and Technology Group, IBM India / South Asia.

The POWER6 features industry leading virtualization capabilities, and is also the latest addition to IBM's Project Big Green initiative allowing "unparalleled power savings on mid-range servers through dynamic reallocation of resources, power and cooling benefits", Mal said.

IBM also has bagged the number one position in the Overall Server Market in India in the third quarter of the 2007, in revenue terms, he said while announcing the launch a Maldives on December 7.

The company re-established itself in the X86 and non-Q86 Markets with 30 per cent share in the third quarter, he said.

Commenting on the launch of the new offerings, Jyoti Satyanathan, Vice President, IBM India/SA said: "the System p570 server and our blade servers powered by POWER6 processor are industry leading, benchmarked solutions that provide the best return on IT investments to organizations of all sizes".

"According to Morgan Stanley, energy used to power and cool today's data centers represents 44 per cent of the centre's total cost of ownership - and for a company of any size today, a 50 per cent saving is huge.

In 2007, USD 10 billion would be spent on data center energy worldwide, and IDC predicts that power and cooling spend in the data center will grow eight times the rate of hardware spend. For the cost conscious Indian Companies, virtualization and adoption of green technologies is the ideal solution, he said.

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With Kerala fast emerging as a major IT destination, the state government has decided to set up a joint venture IT infrastructure development company to provide state-of-the-art facilities on demand to firms setting up units in state.

The government would have 51 per cent share in the company and the rest of the holding would be mobilised from private sector, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan told reporters after a cabinet meeting.

An initial allocation of Rs 50 crore would be made for the venture in the 2008-09 state budget.

Several IT majors were showing interest in starting facilities in the state considering its inherent advantages like better connectivity and availability of professionals and skilled workers. The presence of an agency that could create and provide infrastructure including land, buildings and other facilities would be helpful to the IT investors, he said.

The cabinet also decided to initiate steps for acquisition of land for the Kochi metro rail. The negotiations on the project with the Delhi Metro Corporation were on.

"Let us first have the land. The negotiations could continue side by side. A notification for acquisition of the land would be issued shortly," Achuthanandan said when asked about the progress of talks with the Delhi Metro Corporation.

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