IBM Corp yesterday bundled up all its existing Internet offerings for the AS/400 to create the Web Server in a Box – pure marketing, but the right kind of marketing that has been conspicuously absent when it comes to the RS/6000 as a Web server. The company also launched VM:Webserver and cut prices on many RS/6000s. The AS/400 Internet Server Package is – at last – a complete turnkey system combining the AS/400 Advanced Server 9402-20S with system software including Internet Connection for AS/ 400, for $22,000. Lotus Notes Base Pak is included at no additional charge, with the File Server Input-Output Processor. VM:Webserver enables a Web server to be set up as a virtual machine under VM/ESA 1.2.1 up, enabling users to tap into VM- based information via a Web browser. In addition to storing and serving pages written in HTML, VM:Webserver provides a full range of other Web server functions. No price was given. Price cuts on the RS/6000 affect 43P Series models 120, 390, 390H, 590, 590 H, 591, R20 and R24, and range from 7% to 20%. There are also similar price cuts on the RS/6000 SP2 parallel models.
