iBM (NYSE: IBM) announced that its BladeCenter S solution has received IBM Store Integration Framework (SIF) certification, making it ideal for and ready to run in retail store environments.

IBM announced it is dramatically enhancing its BladeCenter portfolio by bringing IBM's best technology to bear to make blade solutions more open and easy to use. These innovations range from proven microprocessors and operating systems to a new, open I/O virtualization solution.

IBM today announced that W3i, a downloadable content solutions company that runs Freeze.com, has streamlined and simplified its entire IT infrastructure and eliminated the expense of additional power and cooling equipment for its data center by migrating to IBM BladeCenter servers.