With System i Express, you can:

• Select from thousands of proven solutions sure to fit your needs.
• Securely integrate information from across your company.
• Speed productivity by running multiple applications at once.
• Reduce total cost of ownership by scaling as your business grows.
• Safeguard your vital data with simple-to-deploy security

The System i Express is available in two offerings. The System i 515 Express is designed for growing small companies with up to forty users. The System i 525 Express is featured for mid-sized companies. Both can be customized to your specifications with multiple optional features and are backed by IBM warranty, service and support.
 

IBM today introduced eServer i5, the first systems to be powered by IBM's much anticipated POWER5 microprocessors. Running i5/OS, the next generation of OS/400, the new eServer i5 systems provide small and medium sized businesses with unprecedented power, flexibility and cost benefits.

Fueled by POWER5 microprocessors, the most powerful 64-bit chips ever built, the IBM eServer i5 can integrate and run multiple operating systems simultaneously including i5/OS, Windows, Linux and AIX 5L.  The eServer i5 has the ability to run AIX 5L alongside eServer i5/OS to consolidate and manage UNIX solutions. IBM's new Virtualization Engine technology will be embedded in the new eServer i5 systems, extending functions from the iSeries to include support for AIX, IBM's UNIX operation system, and numerous heterogeneous management functions.

Businesses using the eServer i5 can average up to 40 percent improvement in system price/performance over previous iSeries systems with comparable prices to UNIX-based systems for memory, disk and server components.

"With the introduction of the eServer i5 system, powered by POWER5 microprocessors, IBM brings breakthrough technology and a new economic model to small and medium sized businesses," said Al Zollar, general manager, eServer iSeries, IBM. "The eServer i5 system represents a clear commitment to helping our customers prosper in the new on demand world."

The new eServer i5 systems are part of a $500 million program that is delivering unprecedented computing capability for small and medium-sized businesses

Performance Fueled by POWER5, i5/OS and the IBM Virtualization Engine:

• The eServer i5 Model 520 (one to two-way POWER5 processors) and eServer i5 Model 570 (one to four-way POWER5 processors featuring Capacity on Demand) offer up to 40 percent in system price/performance improvements over previous iSeries models.

• The eServer i5 servers are pre-loaded and tested with an integrated operating system, i5/OS, that fully integrates all the base software a business needs, including the industry standard-based IBM DB2 UDB database.  The i5/OS is integrated with IBM WebSphere - Express, a scalable transaction engine for dynamic e-business applications.

• The eServer i5 systems are powered by IBM's next-generation POWER5 microprocessor, the most advanced 64-bit chip in the world. POWER5 features an impressive 276 million transistors per processor, and is manufactured with IBM's 0.13-micron copper wiring and SOI (Silicon-on-Insulator) technologies.  In addition to providing communications acceleration and chip multiprocessing, POWER5 offers simultaneous multithreading (SMT), which transforms a single processor into two processors, essentially allowing the chip to run two applications at the same time and reducing the time it requires to complete a task.

The IBM Virtualization Engine is a set of technologies and services that help customers simplify and optimize their IT infrastructure and vastly improve the economics and operations of under-used IT assets. Virtualization Engine extends the eServer i5 server's ability to run multiple operating systems simultaneously.  New support for AIX 5L now enables businesses to integrate UNIX solutions onto the eServer i5 alongside their i5/OS applications.  Businesses can further simplify their IT environment on the eServer i5 server with the new support for running Linux on Intel processor-based IBM eServer xSeries systems. Customers can reduce infrastructure server costs by managing all of their Linux and Windows servers together with integrated storage, security and backup.

Unprecedented Performance for Small and Medium-sized Business

The IBM eServer i5 520 Express Edition is a qualified Express solution, offered to small and medium-sized businesses through IBM Business Partners. The eServer i5 520 Express Edition is priced at $11,500 for a fully configured system. (Manufacturer's Suggested List Price). 

Enterprise Solutions and the eServer i5

The eServer i5 570 system introduces unprecedented on demand capabilities for mid-sized enterprises. It is equipped with Reserve Capacity on Demand, On/Off Capacity on Demand and Memory Capacity on Demand. The new Reserve Capacity On Demand enables customers to purchase a "reserve tank" of processing power that is automatically enabled by the system if their server needs more capacity. With Capacity On Demand, customers pay only for what they use with the ability to turn POWER5 processors or memory on and off as business needs change.

Leading software vendors around the world today announced support for the new eServer  i5 systems from IBM.

Product pricing and availability

The IBM eServer i5 will be available on June 11, 2004.  The IBM eServer i5 520 is available starting at $9,995. The IBM eServer i5 570 is available starting at $85,200.