IBM System x™ servers powered by high-performance Intel® Xeon® processors are designed to deliver exceptional availability, simplified manageability, outstanding performance and revolutionary scalability to help you build a cost-effective, flexible IT infrastructure.

IBM®System x®and BladeCenter®servers help to deliver a dynamic infrastructure that provides leadership quality andservice that you can trust, as well as:–Reduces operating costs with higher performance, energyefficiency, simplified management, virtualization andincreased utilization–Manages present and future risk in challenging economicconditions with best-in-class RAS and future-proof IT–Improves service with an end-to-end approach to systemsmanagement.

The new generation of System x and BladeCenter servers delivers business value and reduces costs for clients throughindustry-leading scalability, virtualization and management capabilities.Recent economic conditions have changed the way that busi-ness operates. To adapt demands innovative ideas and solu-tions. At the same time, the world is becoming smarter—moreinstrumented, interconnected and intelligent. Businesses haveto manage increasingly large data pools and a customer basewith higher expectations, without spending more on IT. IBM delivers solutions—smarter systems built for a smarterplanet to help you reduce costs and improve service while stillmanaging risk.

Reduce cost
IBMX-Architecture®infuses System x servers with both innovation and industry standards for solutions that help you significantly reduce operating costs. Managing energy in the data center is a growing concern due to increasing numbers of servers, the incremental heat they generate and the rising cost of energy. With System x servers, IBM innovative technology helps you lower energy usage and ownership costs. By consolidating and virtualizing on System x servers, you can increase the utilization of hardware and decrease the physical assets you need to manage.

Improve service
The proliferation of servers can make it difficult to manage your data center. Dynamic management tools and world-class service and support help deliver higher performance and drive your ability to respond quickly to changing business needs. Achieve integrated visibility, control and automation across all of your business and IT infrastructure components with the innovative systems management provided standard in System x and BladeCenter systems. Improve asset reliability, availability and uptime. These underpin the quality delivery of service while maximizing the return on lifetime asset investment.