IBM has expanded their pre-integrated PureSystems line aimed at developing online transaction processing and business analysis capabilities.

Each system is of a bespoke design, built for the applications requirements, needing limited maintenance and allowing for rapid installation.

In comparison to similar offerings by Oracle, IBM director Pete McCaffrey, said: “we're optimizing for the specific type of data workload. That is why we are coming out with different models aligned to different workloads."