AS/400

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The AS/400, one of IBM's greatest success stories, is widely installed in large enterprises at the department level, in small corporations, in government agencies, and in almost every industry segment. It succeeded another highly popular product, the System/36 and was itself based on a later, more sophisticated product, the System/38. AS/400 customers can choose from thousands of applications that have already been written and many have been "Web-enabled." IBM points to the AS/400's "uptime" of 99.9%.

The AS/400 comes with a database built-in. One widely-installed option is Domino (Notes with a Web browser).

According to IBM, these are some important new uses for the AS/400:

• Data warehousing: With multi-gigabytes of RAM and multi-terabytes of hard disk space, the AS/400 can be a repository for large amounts of company data to which data mining could be applied.
• Java application development: With its closely integrated Java virtual machine and new tools designed by IBM for building commercial applications with Java, the AS/400 can be used as a 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 AS/400 can handle Internet serving for a moderate-size company.
• Corporate groupware services: Assuming that Domino and Notes have been included with the system, it's designed to quickly provide a corporation with sophisticated e-mail, project file sharing, whiteboards, and electronic collaboration.

Getting started with AS/400

To explore how the AS/400 is used in the enterprise, here are some additional resources:

Learning guide: Steps to a secure System i: Learn how to maintain a secure AS/400 system. Basic security issues are addressed and preventive measures are provided to avoid compromising your system.

Guide to iSeries disaster recovery planning: Learn about different aspects of disaster recovery for the AS/400 including planning, tape recovery, backup and encryption, and technical advice for implementing strategies such as automation.

A guide to System i security, part 2: Landing and establishing access.

Is your AS/400 secure?: How a hacker could get valuable information from your system.

Read more about AS/400: - Search400.com is an independent news and resource center about IBM's AS/400, iSeries and i5 servers. - IBM's eServer iSeries page is a starting place for information about the AS/400. - SearchDomino.com has information about AS/400 for Lotus Domino and Notes professionals.

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