IBM i

For Power Systems including AS/400, iSeries, and System i

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Features	Benefits
Integrated middleware for efficient business processing	Standards-based DB2 database HTTP Server Powered by Apache Integrated Web application server Java and J2EE Web-services environment IBM WebSphere Application Server Express Zend Core providing PHP runtime environment Integration with SQL, .NET, DRDA/CLI, ODBC, JDBC Support for TCP/IPv6 Multiple file systems (Windows, UNIX, NFS) Support for MySQL database
Virtualized to manage multiple applications and processes	Subsystem workload manager PowerVM technology providing Micro-Partitioning and shared processor pools Automatic balancing of processor and memory resources
Optimized for exceptional business resilience	Highly resilient with built-in cluster architecture Transaction based journaling leveraged by IBM iCluster and complementary ISV high availability solutions IBM PowerHA for i disk-based clustering IBM Storage System resiliency solutions
Trusted security with auditing and compliance tools	Simple to deploy, object based security model Virus resistance object architecture Intrusion detection, prevention, and audit journal Encryption of data on disk and backups Secure networking with SSL and VPN
Designed for open application design choices	IBM Rational development tools C, RPG, COBOL, C++, Java, EGL, PHP, CL Supports open source applications built to Apache, MySQL, and PHP stack Services Oriented Architecture UNIX application runtime
Simplified operations and storage management	Web-based systems management IBM Systems Director Integrated storage management Support for integrated and IBM System Storage Hosts managed storage for i, AIX, Linux, Windows, VMware Supported by Power VIOS virtualization
Scalable to handle non-disruptive business growth	Support for IBM POWER® processor-based systems and blades Technology independent machine interface Automatic software upgrades from previous releases Capacity on Demand (processor & memory)