If you rely on your systems to run your business, you need a platform that's reliable. You also need a platform that isn't going to turn into a bottleneck every time you start to grow and expand. With AIX 5L, you can count on your systems to be there when you need them and to be able to grow as your business grows.

AIX 5L runs across the entire range of IBM pSeries systems, from entry-level servers and workstations to powerful supercomputers like the 32-way POWER4 pSeries systems, which runs some of the most complex commercial and technical workloads in the world. Not only does AIX 5L scale across systems of different sizes, it scales across different technologies and hardware platforms by delivering binary compatibility. For instance, systems offered by hardware vendors participating in the AIX Multiple Vendor Program are qualified to run AIX 5L and licensed use to the AIX trademark. So, as you move to newer versions of AIX 5L, its excellent history of binary compatibility provides confidence that your critical applications will continue to run.

But scalability goes far beyond simply running on larger systems or faster processors. True scalability requires a comprehensive design that's easily adaptable to changing business needs, permitting you to harness increased processing power with a minimum of disruption. And the latest version of AIX 5L Version 5.2, is tuned and balanced to meet the increasing complexity of Internet activity from network traffic to security to requests for files.

In real-world terms, this means AIX 5L helps enable your systems to handle more data and users more efficiently—across e-business, business intelligence, enterprise resource planning and other essential business applications.

Furthermore, with AIX 5L, you can upgrade by adding new devices or more storage space when you need it—without costly system downtime. And AIX 5L adds the ability to perform data backups without taking your storage systems offline. This means better control as you maintain and update your systems.