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IBM i - Efficient, resilient business processing

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Feature 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
  • Virtualised 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
  • Optimised 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
  • SOA
  • 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 virtualisation
  • 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
  • CoD (processor & memory)

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