The future of UNIX
AIX exploits decades of IBM technology innovation and is designed to provide the highest level of performance and reliability of any UNIX operating system. Learn more.
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Just 4 clicks to the cloud
It’s easy to deploy your next application
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Spotlight
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Beyond Innovation
Colin Parris, IBM Power Systems General Manager
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Architecting infrastructure for cloud, data and security (00:04:12)
Clients discuss how they are implementing Smarter Computing
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AIX beats x86 operating systems
Achieving satisfied users, lower costs, and higher quality
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UNIX Still Tops Linux
Gabriel Consulting Group reveals why enterprise customers prefer UNIX for mission critical applications
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There is no upside to downtime
POWER7 makes sure downtime won't take down your business
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Improve IT efficiency
Nim See Seng Leasing facilitates growth with new IT landscape
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Enable new and growth workloads (00:02:30)
IBM and Fiserv help clients predict what is next
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Deliver exceptional client experience (00:02:08)
Adobe reduces migration risk and redefines their business with Power
- POWER for large enterprises
- POWER for midsized businesses
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Advantages
Companies embracing Smarter Computing are implementing IT infrastructure based on the IBM Power Systems platform that is designed for data, tuned to the task and managed with cloud technologies. With Power Systems, businesses can outpace their competitors by delivering services faster, differentiate their offerings by delivering higher quality services, and turn operational cost into investment opportunity by delivering services with superior economics.
- Large enterprise
- Midsized business
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Hardware
Power Systems hardware provides the foundation for designing workload optimized systems in conjunction with software and expert domain knowledge. Power servers and blades are modular and scalable and designed from the chip through the software stack to help deliver new levels of business performance.
- Blade servers
- Express servers
- Power 710
- Power 720
- Power 730
- Power 740
- Power 750
- Enterprise servers
- Power 750
- Power 760
- Power 770
- Power 780
- Power 795
- PowerLinux
- 7R1
- 7R2
- p24L compute node
- High performance computing
- Power 755
- Power 775 Supercomputer
- Blue Gene
- IBM PureFlex System
- p260-p460 compute nodes
- p24L compute node
- POWER6 and older
- All Power Systems hardware
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Operating systems
Power servers deliver flexibility and choice of operating systems to enable your business to select the best applications for your business needs. Whether running 1, 2, or all 3 - coupled with PowerVM, they maximize the benefit of Power Systems in your business.
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- IBM i
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System software
IBM's integrated approach to developing Systems and Systems Software stacks together delivers maximum utilization, availability, and flexibility helping you deliver new advantages in your business.
- Virtualization - PowerVM
- Availability - PowerHA
- Management – Systems Director & VMControl
- Security – PowerSC
- Energy
- All Power Systems software
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Solutions
IBM and IBM Business Partner solutions exploit key benefits in Power Systems that help you deliver new capabilities and new competitive advantages to your business.
- Analytics
- Cloud
- Collaboration
- Business Intelligence
- Watson
- All Power Systems solutions
- AIX solutions
- IBM i solutions
- Linux solutions
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Migrate to Power
Over the last five years thousands of Oracle and HP UNIX clients have migrated to POWER. Learn how Power Systems has helped them improve their business performance, reduce risk, and establish a more secure future.
- Compare Power Systems to HP and Oracle
- Migration path from HP and Oracle
- Migrate from HP Itanium
- Dare to compare UNIX servers
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IBM Power Systems Technical Symposium
Refresh your skills with technical sessions (May 8 – 10)
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Smarter Computing. What's Next. Ready Now.
Hear IBM experts talk about the latest smarter computing offerings.
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The best kept AIX secret
Application lifecycle management - build cutting edge applications directly on AIX
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AIX experts
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AIXPerts
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Chris Gibson,
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Community connections
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Rob McNelly
IBM Premier Business Partner from Meridian IT Inc.
Rob McNelly got his first big break when he started working with three IBM AS/400's as a computer operator. Although he still remembers OS/400 fondly, he now spends most of his time with AIX and Linux on IBM Power servers. Rob spent six years with IBM Global Services in Boulder Colorado, and is now employed by IBM Premier Business Partner Meridian IT in a pre and post sales role. Rob is a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) and an IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert (CATE).
Rob has worked in computer operations, systems management, systems architecture, and planning for organizations ranging from healthcare to financial services to retail.
Rob's blog
AIXchange is meant to be an exchange of tips, ideas, and information around IBM's Power systems and AIX operating system. Although Rob tries to exclusively write about these topics, now and again you will find him reminiscing about computing environments from twenty years ago, along with observations on tools and techniques that are useful for system administrators.
- Visit Rob's blog now
Other ways to connect with Rob
- Rob's profile on LinkedIn
Rob also recommends
- AIX wiki
- Linux for Power wiki
- NIM Setup Guide, The mksysb resource
- AIX Hands-On Technical Product Demos
- IBM Power Systems Redbooks
* Postings on non-IBM sites are independent of IBM and do not necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions.
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Chris Gibson
AIX and PowerVM Specialist, Southern Cross Computer Systems
Chris Gibson is an AIX and PowerVM specialist located in Melbourne, Australia. An IBM CATE, AIX, Chris has over 10 years of AIX experience and 20 years working in IT, Chris is keen to share his knowledge with the AIX community. He works with clients to help design and implement AIX and PowerVM solutions running on the IBM Power platform. One of the co-authors of the IBM Redbooks publication, "NIM from A to Z in AIX 5L", Chris has also written numerous technical articles on AIX and PowerVM. A regular contributor to the IBM developerWorks AIX and UNIX technical library. His articles have covered many of the latest AIX and Power technologies, such as Micro-Partitioning, Virtual I/O, Live Partition Mobility and Active Memory Sharing. Chris also writes his own AIX blog on the IBM developerWorks website.
Here is a full list of all of Chris's published technical articles.
Chris's AIX blog
Chris's AIX blog is a place where ideas, information and experiences with AIX and PowerVM can be shared. Chris provides regular updates on his real-world experiences with AIX/PowerVM and offers advice on implementing these technologies. Chris hopes that by sharing his ideas with the AIX community, it will foster a culture of collaboration within the IBM developerWorks AIX community.
- Visit Chris's blog now
Other ways to connect with Chris
- Chris's Twitter page
Chris also recommends
- AIX wiki
- Linux for Power wiki
- IBM developerWorks AIX and UNIX
- IBM Power Systems Community
- AIXpert blog
- AIXchange
- Waldemar Mark Duszyk - AIX – learn it and share it
* Postings on non-IBM sites are independent of IBM and do not necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions.
