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IBM is set to unveil within the coming weeks a new appliance server that it has developed in collaboration with Microsoft, according to sources familiar with the company´s plans. The system, code named Pine Hill, will be aimed at Internet and application service providers.

Pine Hill is a Windows 2000-based device, but it will also include some new IBM software the company will introduce at the same time. The software, which IBM is calling Netfinity Web Server Accelerator, is designed to facilitate caching architectures in which the appliance is positioned between the main server and the Internet. IBM said the setup will greatly reduce the wait times that frustrate e-commerce companies and Web surfers alike.

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