System i Morphs Into Power and 'i'

Posted April 4th, 2008 by linda.harty@pen...

In a bold consolidation move, IBM has removed and replaced the identity of the System i by turning it into an "i" operating system that runs on IBM's hottest POWER6-based hardware. Gone is the old identity of the integrated system, and along with it, presumably, the associations of a legacy system. The company has replaced System i and System p with a new line of unified servers with simplified pricing. The line is now officially IBM Power Systems, known as the IBM Power platform, with hardware server models branded with Power, as in, the Power 520, which will run AIX, Linux, or i5/OS. And i5/OS, by the way, really is simply "i." IBM is essentially shedding the old, keeping the best, and embracing the new.

The plan to mainstream i5/OS is well under way.

Read the rest of the story, and plenty of reader comments, in the Maxed Out blog.

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Posted on April 17th, 2008 Anonymous (not verified) says:
I really hope this is the last name change for a while for the systems and the OS. Our users don't even know what an iSeries is, let alone a System i even. I understand the need to move the brand away from the AS/400 nomenclature to distance it from being called legacy, but at some point the brand needs a consistant, err, well brand.

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