IBM Power Systems Announcement - April 2008

IBM Power Systems unifies IBM's highly successful integrated platform, System i, with its fast growing UNIX operating systems platform, System p. IBM is also introducing IBM i, the new name for i5/OS operating system, featuring the newest release IBM i 6.1. With Power servers, you can take advantage of this single platform for all your IBM i, AIX and Linux applications.

Now you can take advantage of a single, energy efficient and easy-to-deploy platform for all of your UNIX, Linux and i applications, of which there are over 15,000 available across all three operating platforms. The first of the new family begins with the new IBM Power™ 520 Express, the new IBM Power 550 Express and the new IBM BladeCenter® JS12, with industrial strength virtualization provided by PowerVM™ — all designed to help small and mid-sized clients focus on running their businesses instead of their computers.

In this announcement, IBM also emphasizes its commitment to System i clients by recognizing its IBM i operating system (formerly i5/OS) as a top-tier choice on the new Power Systems alongside AIX and Linux. In March 2008, IBM made available a major new version, IBM i 6.1, again demonstrating that it will continue to deliver and enhance the integrated operating system that AS/400™, iSeries and System i clients have valued for over two decades.

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