Power Systems from IBM unify the former System i and System p product lines, which features simplified pricing and increased application choice as well as reduced energy and administration expense.

IBM's integrated operating system formerly known as i5/OS has been changed simply to ‘i' in conjunction with the power systems introduction.

IBM Power Systems are optimized with the ability to securely run multiple applications on AIX, i and Linux operating systems on a single server and with more than 15,000 supported applications, there is confidence that Power Systems are the right choice, for now and for the future are.

The release of Power6 in 2008 showed a huge advancement in terms of both performance and energy saving which was again reiterated through advancement with the release of Power7 in 2010.

Open, innovative, reliable

Moving to Power Systems is an easy decision to make with Power6 and Power7 systems combining industry-leading performance, scalability and modularity to enable you to get the most from your investment and build a flexible, responsive infrastructure that easily adapts and grows based on your business needs. With a virtualization hypervisor built into every Power System, all performance benchmarks are achieved in a virtualized environment, unlike competitive systems that can be subject to lower performance when using third-party virtualization software.

Minimizing complexity, improving efficiency, and scaling easily

Clients using IBM Power Systems gain lower TCO and more resilient infrastructure than those who use other UNIX or x86 systems because Power delivers:

• An innovative, dependable technology road map
• Scalable performance with easy-to-grow modular systems
• Broad business solutions options with choice of UNIX, IBM i and Linux
• Efficient virtualization for server consolidation and lower cost
• Flexible workload optimization for rapid cloud infrastructure deployment
• Trusted migration expertise for Sun and HP users and for x86 server consolidation

Businesses around the world are moving to Power Systems in order to:

• Maximize return on investment: IBM designs and develops the core technologies in Power Systems and delivers them through a reliable road map for both hardware and systems software.
• Reduce cost and increase flexibility: IBM's unique 40-year history of virtualization leadership is delivered on Power Systems through PowerVM technologies that enable clients to dramatically reduce costs by “virtualizing everything” in the data center.
• Get consistent and predictable performance: Power Systems delivers high performing processors and system scalability with leadership benchmarks achieved in a virtualized environment.

Power is integrated value

All POWER7 and POWER6 server models include innovative reliability, availability and serviceability features that help you avoid unplanned downtime.

Now you can consolidate workloads and significantly reduce costs throughout your infrastructure, while dramatically improving your ability to meet changing processing demands.