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IBM Systems & Servers

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IBM is an industry-leading business systems provider that provides cutting edge technology and aims to provide long term support to existing business systems. IBM is a world leader in business systems and continues to provide real solutions across the globe.

Banks-Hill is an IBM and Microsoft Business Partner with 25 years of experience. Our aim is to ensure the Information and Technology solution we provide for our valued clients is tailored to fit their dynamic, unique business environment. Along with the IBM, Banks-Hill is proud to offer:

IBM System i

Integrated application servers mean fast implementation, high performance, and near-zero maintenance and downtime for thousands of ready-to-run business solutions.

The System i is a powerful application server using i5/OS as its operating system and DB2 as its built in database. It has the ability to support the latest hardware and software technologies including Java, UNIX, SQL, and Linux. In addition, the System i supports e-commerce applications.

Compared with other products and systems, the System i and its software systems are more stable, secure, efficient, and have a lower total cost of ownership.

The System i is a midrange server designed for small and medium sized businesses and departments in large enterprises. It works well in distributed networks with Web applications. The System i uses the PowerPC microprocessor with its 64-bit RISC technology.

With disk storage, memory, and processing power to rival mainframes and a Java virtual machine closely tied into the operating system, IBM has made the IBM System i a versatile, all purpose server. The System i can easily replace PC and Unix servers, including web servers, in the world's businesses.

The System i succeeded another highly popular product, the IBM System/36 and was itself based on a later, more sophisticated product, the IBM System/38. System i customers can choose from thousands of applications that have already been written and widely tested. More and more of these applications have been web-enabled, and IBM software products like WebSphere and Lotus Domino continue to lead the way in application web-enablement.

The System i ® is being used as a stable, reliable, scalable, available platform in many applications, including:

• Data Warehousing: With hard disk and memory capacity to rival mainframes, the System i ® is used as the repository for large amounts of company data. Data warehousing and data mining (Business Intelligence) tools such as Coglin Mill's Rodin are used to turn that data into useful information.
• Java Application Development: With its closely integrated Java virtual machine and new tools designed by IBM for building commercial applications with Java, the System i ® is an outstanding, reliable development system.
• Web and E-commerce Serving: Equipped with a Web server and applications designed to support e-commerce (taking orders, tracking orders, providing service to customers, working with partners and suppliers) and with firewall capabilities, the System i ® handles Internet serving with ease, all controlled from within your own organization.
• Corporate Groupware Services: With Domino and Notes "built-in", the System i ® is designed to quickly provide a corporation with sophisticated e-mail, project file sharing, whiteboards, and electronic collaboration with calendaring functionality.

For more information on the IBM System i ®, visit IBM's System i site.

IBM System x

The IBM System x ® are affordable, Linux-ready, Intel-based servers with mainframe-inspired reliability.

IBM System p5

IBM System p5 ® are UNIX servers running IBM's proven AIX operating system.

IBM System z

Also known as mainframe computers, the IBM System z ® are enterprise servers boasting near-zero downtime. They are considered the most reliable mission-critical data transaction servers available.

IBM AS/400 iSeries

See System i.

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