PureSystems consist of high-density boxes configured by IBM with x86 or Power processors, storage, and network connections all wired and readytoinstall in a data center in hours rather than months.
The seats--enough for about 20 vehicles--are loaded, in sequence of vehicles to be made, onto conveyor belts, where they travel high in the plant's rafters down to the spot on the assembly line where Nissan workers are readytoinstall them.
Evictions have risen fourfold since 1996, as owners seek to take advantage of demand toinstall tenants readyto pay higher rents, and the stock of cheaper housing has dwindled, with the demolition of five public housing projects in the city adding to the pressure.