IBM Power Systems: introducing new systems and more ways to manage your infrastructure

The Power to grow, the Power to WOW
The personification of a thriving internet retailer, Zappos.com is devoted to unprecedented customer service. Today, nearly 30,000 orders each day go through IBM Power Systems. From humble beginnings in 1999, the company is expected to gross US$1 billion this year. Kris Ongbongan, systems manager, says, "'WOW customer service' is one of our core values. That played a big part in our decision to go with Power because we had to stay one step ahead of our growing customer base to handle growth."

Power = Performance + Control
The key to 'staying one step ahead' of the growing business needs is the ability to 'do more with less', another Zappos.com core value. That's why IBM Power Systems offers you outstanding performance and scalability. Now, IBM announces a new SAP benchmark result supporting over 14,400 SAP® SD Benchmark users on a single IBM Power 570 (16 chips/32 cores/64 threads). This result demonstrates performance of over 450 SAP SD users per core.

The unique suite of Power Systems Software adds the 'plus' that enables unprecedented control over your infrastructure. IBM Systems Director delivers a new foundation for enterprise platform management and, with Active Energy Manager, new energy efficiency monitoring and control options. Combined with Systems Director, the new AIX Enterprise Edition, provides an integrated platform for both UNIX administration and enterprise service management. And, the industrial strength virtualization of PowerVM is enhanced with increased flexibility for storage virtualization.