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Battle of the Superservers

As Sun’s StarCat and IBM’s Regatta face off, they’re eyeing the back-end securities processing space. By Alex Wolfe

In late September, Sun Microsystems unveiled a new top-of-the line server, the "StarCat" Sun Fire 15000. One week later, IBM launched a product poised to be the StarCat’s direct challenger: the eServer p690, code-named Regatta.

Analysts say the computing firepower that the two servers deliver raises the bar on performance and puts both companies neck-in

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