-- System x3550, which is designed for power managed data center performance and starts at $1,939.

-- System x3500, an application server for remote office management that starts at $1,809.

IBM expects the systems to be available on June 9, with additional x86 systems for a variety of business needs to be introduced in the coming months. IBM announced new high-performance enterprise computing systems for virtualization, database, ERP and CRM applications on April 21. Those systems are available now.

IBM PowerExecutive was first introduced for IBM BladeCenter in November 2004 and is available across the IBM System x line of servers starting today, free of charge.