IBM eServer was a family of computer servers from IBM Corporation. Announced in the year 2000, it combined the various IBM server brands (AS/400, Netfinity, RS/6000, S/390) under one brand. The various sub-brands were at the same time rebranded from:
IBM AS/400 to IBM eServer iSeries, i for Integrated.IBM RS/6000 to IBM eServer pSeries, p for POWERIBM Netfinity to IBM eServer xSeries, x for eXtended architecture (with respect to "commodity" Intel-based servers)IBM S/390 to IBM eServer zSeries, z for Zero downtimeIn 2005 announced a new brand, IBM System as an umbrella for all IBM server and storage brands. The name change was finished in 2006 when the IBM xSeries became the IBM System x.
IBM eServer iSeries became IBM System iIBM eServer pSeries became IBM System pIBM eServer xSeries became IBM System xIBM eServer zSeries became IBM System zIBM TotalStorage became IBM StorageIBM eServer BladeCenter became IBM BladeCenterIBM eServer 1350 became IBM System Cluster 1350
