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At the COMMON User Group Conference today in Nashville, IBM (NYSE: IBM) introduced the first of a new generation of IBM® Power(TM) Systems that will provide IBM System i™ and System p™ clients a single, unified line of servers with simplified pricing, increased application choice and reduced energy and administration costs.

The new Power Systems servers from IBM will incorporate industry-leading POWER6â„¢ processors, and support UNIX®, Linux® and i applications simultaneously on a single server system. Existing System i customers can easily increase both performance and energy efficiency by moving their mission-critical applications to new systems — including cost effective new blade options — using the same i applications and operating system they have depended on for two decades.

Clients will also have access to POWER6 EnergyScaleâ„¢ Technology, which offers advanced energy control features to help manage energy costs. The new Power Systems also feature PowerVMâ„¢ virtualization technology that enables clients to create up to 80 virtual partitions in a single system, which can dramatically improve the utilization of the servers. Additionally, IBM’s secure and integrated operating system, i5/OS®, will now be called “i” — signifying a simplified, streamlined experience for all “i” customers across the Power Systems portfolio. The Power servers announced today are available as i Editions, AIX editions or Linux editions. Each edition includes the server, packaged components and the operating systems. These editions offer customers a preconfigured offering which enables quick deployment. Customers can also order a-la-carte and mix and match i, AIX and Linux on a single Power server for the ultimate in flexibility and asset utilization and reuse.

Very cool, I’ll need to check this out. More choice on the market place in terms of consolidation and virtualization has to be a good thing for the customer in terms of choice as well as competition in the market place. We all benefit from being able to understand what options there are from the different vendors, how we see that technology enabling our business, fitting within the way we do business.

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