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IBM I is an operating system supported by IBM Systems. It is an EBCDIC-based operating system capable of running on IBM Power Systems and on IBM PureSystems. IBM I was introduced in 2008 and still is under active development. It is designed for businesses and hence is more stable and integral when it comes to application support.

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Techopedia Explains IBM I

IBM initially launched their operating system dedicated for running on their own machines in 1988, but later the operating system software evolved as technology advanced, the IBM I is the OS succeeding i5/OS and OS/400. It is an integrated OS especially built for business use with dedicated databases and middleware. The IBM I is capable enough to show exception resilience for business and smooth growth for IBM Power servers. The OS offers a number of business solutions, operations and storage management issues which were previously unresolved. It also has improved security and compliance tools available with outstanding infrastructure.

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Margaret Rouse
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Margaret is an award-winning writer and educator known for her ability to explain complex technical topics to a non-technical business audience. Over the past twenty years, her IT definitions have been published by Que in an encyclopedia of technology terms and cited in articles in the New York Times, Time Magazine, USA Today, ZDNet, PC Magazine, and Discovery Magazine. She joined Techopedia in 2011. Margaret’s idea of ​​a fun day is to help IT and business professionals to learn to speak each other’s highly specialized languages.