IBM is merging two of its server lines — System i and System p — into a single family of products, a move that was widely applauded but led some to ask: What took you so long? When the two server ...

IBM said it unified the two servers as a way to increase application choice, reduce energy and administration costs and simplify pricing. The Power Systems servers incorporate POWER6 processors, and ...

IBM released open beta software Monday that enables x86 Linux applications to run on IBM’s System p servers. The IBM System p Application Virtual Environment (System p AVE) is designed to allow some 2 ...

Big Blue on Monday said it is OEMing its System p Application Virtual Environment (System p AVE) software from Transitive, a Los Gatos, Calif.-based company that develops technology that allows ...

IBM has released a new beta software program that allows Linux based x86 apps to run on the company's PowerPC Unix servers. The new software, called IBM System p Application Virtual Environment, uses ...

The S1 Postilion Group, a leading provider of payments and transaction management solutions, and IBM today announced the general availability of Postilion software for IBM System p servers running DB2 ...

IBM's midrange computer family, which uses IBM's POWER CPUs. In 2008, IBM merged its System i and System p hardware into the Power Systems brand. It was an easy transition as both System i business ...

At the SC07 supercomputing conference (image gallery) in Reno Nevada, IBM previewed the liquid cooled 32-core 4.7 GHz System p 575 Power6 supercomputer last night at the opening gala. What sets this ...

The IBM System p5 510Q Express is the company’s newest entry-level p-system series server. But don’t let the entry-level tag turn you off, because this server — which runs IBM’s Unix-based AIX or a ...