Windows support for the IBM zEnterprise System is now shipping

Support for Windows in the zEnterprise environment begins today 12/16/11. Now you can improve optimization of your virtual resources in the context of a workload, helping to strengthen your systems management capabilities while running your mainframe and distributed platforms on one integrated hardware server. This means you can deploy all of your front-end Windows applications that need access to centralized data serving, such as SAP, onto the zEnterprise, and then manage all of these crucial business resources from one source. Let's hear what you think about this much anticipated support of Microsoft Windows OS on the IBM BladeCenter HX5 (7873) Blade Server.