AIX is an open UNIX operating environment from IBM. It provides increased levels of integration, flexibility and reliability-essential for meeting the high demands of today's e-business applications. It operates over a range of POWER-based systems, including the IBM pSeries and RS/6000.AIX is fully integrated to support existing 32- and 64-bit hardware systems in their full range of scalability, with key Internet technologies such as Java included as part of the base operating system. Best of all, a strong affinity between AIX and Linux permits popular applications developed on Linux to run on AIX with a simple recompilation.