Kennametal Selects IBM Power Systems to Replace HP Servers

Highly Successful Migration Factory Helps Client Make Move to IBM; More than
700 Customers Switched to IBM from HP in Past 3 Years Alone

ARMONK, N.Y., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today
announced that Kennametal, Inc., a leading global supplier of tooling,
engineered components and advanced materials that are consumed in production
processes, has selected IBM Power Systems to replace its HP hardware.

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Kennametal serves a vast array of end markets, including industries such as
aerospace, automotive, construction and farm machinery, power generation and
transmission equipment, home appliances and oil and gas exploration. The
company used the IBM Power Systems Migration Factory to move from HP
Superdomes to six POWER6-based Power 570 servers running SAP and supporting
applications.

"We were looking for reliable servers to support our SAP shop, and after an
exhaustive RFP process we determined that IBM provided the best solution,"
said Ron Allen, manager of global IT services, Kennametal. "The migration from
HP to IBM has gone as planned, on time and within budget. We're very pleased
with the IBM Migration Factory."

IBM introduced the Migration Factory five years ago to give clients easy
access to IBM's industry-leading Power platform and a well-defined product and
technology roadmap. Using a proven methodology that has helped thousands of
customers, IBM minimizes the risk and maximizes return on investment for
customers that switch to its Power Systems.

Customers that have switched to IBM Power systems are in a variety of
industries, including financial services, communications, government,
education, healthcare, retail, distribution, and others.

In total, IBM has helped more than 1,600 customers migrate from competitive
HP, Sun and other platforms to IBM over the past three years, including more
than 700 from HP to IBM alone.

"IBM's proven track record, advanced virtualization capabilities and our
dynamic infrastructure offerings are generally key tipping points in customer
decisions to make the move from HP to IBM," said Scott Handy, vice president,
IBM Power Systems. "Those decisions have helped clients improve performance,
increase utilization and lower operating costs. We've had a tremendous amount
of success, won significant business from HP, Sun and others and stretched our
lead in the UNIX market since the Power Systems Migration Factory program
began several years ago."

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Contact: Ron Favali
IBM
727-489-7202
favali@us.ibm.com

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Ron Favali of IBM, +1-727-489-7202, favali@us.ibm.com