Tokyo, July 21: Dell Inc. will make a push into the corporate systems integration business in Japan with a low-price PC server slated for release next month, a Japanese newspaper reported today.
The server, equipped with Intel corporation's new Itanium 2 64-bit microprocessor, will be marketed as part of a system offering a cheap alternative to mainframe computers that rely on proprietary technology, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported.
Dell's entry will sell for about $ 8,000,undercutting rival products that use microprocessors developed by IBM and Fujitsu Ltd., and could ignite fierce price competition in the sector, the report said.

The 64-bit server will be offered with the free Linux operating system and can be coupled with smaller servers to offer the performance of a mainframe-based system at less than half the price, it said.
To support the sales push, the Japanese unit of the round rock, Texas-based company reportedly plans to triple its systems integration staff to 200. Company officials were not available for comment Monday, a national holiday in Japan.

Company officials were not available for comment Monday, a national holiday in Japan.

Bureau Report.