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POWER5+ microprocessor
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Offers an ideal platform to help you reduce the cost and complexity of your IT environments

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Deploy new business applications quickly with a rapid ROI, and improve overall systems management.
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Integrated i5/OS operating system and middleware
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This highly integrated approach is designed to make these systems easier to install, easier to use and easier to manage compared to competitive server architectures.

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You don’t have to install, test, troubleshoot and maintain these required software layers.
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Multiple operating system support
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Provides you with the flexibility to select the right operating system and the right application to meet your needs

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Designed to help you simplify your IT environment and broaden your application choices
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Outstanding portfolio of software solutions
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With support of i5/OS, Windows via Integrated xSeries Server or Integrated xSeries Adapter, Linux on POWER™, Linux on Intel® via Integrated xSeries Server or Integrated xSeries Adapter and AIX 5L, the System i5 family offers a broad choice of applications available on a single system.
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Simple server consolidation
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Helps reduce costs and enable business investment by consolidating multiple servers, operating systems and applications onto a single system

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Provides a self-managing and self-tuning environment that generally requires little technical staff
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IBM Micro-Partitioning™
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Lets you make a single system act like many separate servers that operate independently, yet have the advantage of shared resources and simple, centralized management

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Offers greater flexibility in using available capacity and more rapidly matching resources to changing business requirements
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Mainframe-inspired RAS (Reliability, Availability and Serviceability)
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Technology built into the System i platform helps to automate systems management tasks and prevent downtime.
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Editions offerings
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Flexible option packages help reduce complexity and maximize your business value.
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Windows and Linux Integration via IBM Integrated xSeries Solutions*
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Delivers tightly integrated, easily managed Intel server deployment solutions to help provide a cost effective and efficient alternative to running Windows or Linux on multiple standalone Intel servers
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Includes WebSphere Application Server - Express
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You can easily extend your core business applications to the Web to integrate with suppliers, partners, and customers.
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Built-in security and virus resistance
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Security is built into i5/OS, which could help address regulatory compliance processes and safeguard customer data.

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i5/OS supports an object-based design that makes it highly resistant to viruses.
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Virtual Ethernet
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Provides fast, safe and reliable communications between operating systems and partitions within the system
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Virtual I/O
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Helps save cost and ease systems administration by sharing expensive resources
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Storage virtualization
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i5/OS provides SAN-like facilities for operating environments resulting in more efficient and manageable storage utilization.
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Exceptional price/performance
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A simple, affordable solution with outstanding capability providing the flexibility to start small and grow to meet new business demands
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