IBM Power is a family of robust servers driven by IBM Power Processors and specially designed Unix-based operating systems—IBM AIX, IBM i, and PowerLinux. IBM Power Virtual Server allows for seamless deployment of high-performance enterprise workloads such as data analytics, artificial intelligence, cloud-native apps, and microservices on hybrid cloud environments.

PowerVS delivers tangible business value in IBM Cloud deployments. See Power Virtual Server in action—the numbers speak for themselves.

• Boosts workforce productivity by 33%-90% while reallocating infrastructure administration labour
• Accelerates development cycles by up to 66%
• Delivers up to 50% TCO advantage for Oracle clients
• Up to 212% ROI for SAP on IBM Cloud over 3 years
• Oracle and SAP are more efficient on power systems, sometimes up to 2x as efficient
• IBM Power supports the most demanding workloads and provides 99.999% uptime
• IBM i is 58% less expensive than the competition

IBM Power Systems offer computing performance, reliability, versatility, scalability, and security to match modern enterprise-based digital demands. The Power Systems Virtual Server (PowerVS) bridges IBM Cloud capabilities with key enterprise applications, including Oracle and SAP. PowerVS is an approach to application modernization that simplifies the adoption and integration of the cloud while letting you keep the foundation your company is built on.

IBM Cloud offers a dedicated Power Systems infrastructure specifically designed to leverage the capabilities of IBM Power hardware and the IBM i operating system without re-platforming.

IBM Cloud provides replication options to ensure data redundancy and disaster recovery across multiple geographic locations. This industry-first service is the key to IBM’s trademark disaster recovery and business continuity.

IBM’s expertise in managing Power Systems infrastructure on the cloud ensures high availability, security, and performance. You get access to the underlying cloud hardware (storage, servers, and network) without bearing the burden of managing them.

By migrating Power Systems infrastructure to IBM Cloud, you can quickly modernize your existing IBM i environments without discarding valuable business information. Teams can safely and conveniently extend their existing IBM AIX, IBM I, and Linux applications with new cloud-native services.

While transferring data, applications, and workloads to the IBM cloud might seem pretty straightforward, cloud migration requires careful consideration. Create a cloud migration checklist to ensure you get the most out of the cloud.

Connectivity: Assess your workloads’ network connectivity requirements to ensure seamless communications between on-premises systems and the cloud. The faster the connection and the higher the bandwidth, the better.

Software Licenses: Review software licensing agreements and ensure compliance when migrating applications to the cloud.

Security: Plan for robust security measures, including identity and access management (IAM), encryption, firewalls, and intrusion detection/prevention systems.

High Availability (HA): Determine the level of availability needed for critical applications and consider implementing HA configurations in the cloud environment.

Networking: Configure your network design and architecture for optimal performance, latency, and bandwidth requirements.

CPU Resources: Evaluate the minimum computing capacity to ensure that sufficient CPU resources are provisioned in the cloud. Efficient resource utilization minimizes the cloud footprint and saves costs.

Data Residency: Comply with data sovereignty regulations and ensure the data residency requirements align with the chosen cloud provider’s capabilities.

Backup and Disaster Recovery (DR): Define your backup and disaster recovery strategies, including data backup frequency, retention policies, recovery time objectives (RTO), and recovery point objectives (RPO).

By leveraging Power on the Cloud, you can mitigate the challenge of finding and retaining the skilled labour required to manage on-prem Power Systems infrastructure. IBM will manage the underlying cloud resources for you.

Cloud-based infrastructure eliminates the need for upfront capital investment, reduces maintenance costs, and provides a “pay-as-you-go” model, resulting in a more cost-effective TCO. This is ideal when moving from a CAPEx to an OPex model.

PowerVS cloud platforms offer built-in redundancy, failover capabilities, and disaster recovery options, ensuring higher availability and minimal downtime.

Power on the Cloud ensures your teams can access the latest Power Systems technology, software updates, and security patches. Working with the latest digital solutions sharpens your competitive edge and improves overall IT efficiency.

With PowerVS on the cloud, you can easily scale resources up or down based on demand, avoiding over-provisioning or under-utilizing the available infrastructure.

The pay-as-you-go pricing means you only pay for what you need, which is a great way to minimize resource wastage, eliminate unnecessary redundancies, and optimize cost-efficiency on the cloud.

PowerVS is a convenient, cost-effective, secure, and scalable way to run IBM i, IBM AIX, and PowerLinux workloads on IBM Cloud Systems. The IBM Power Systems Virtual Server makes a strong technical case to move your business operations to the cloud.

By leveraging Power on the Cloud, you can mitigate the challenge of finding and retaining the skilled labour required to manage on-prem Power Systems infrastructure. IBM will manage the underlying cloud resources for you.

Cloud-based infrastructure eliminates the need for upfront capital investment, reduces maintenance costs, and provides a “pay-as-you-go” model, resulting in a more cost-effective TCO. This is ideal when moving from a CAPEx to an OPex model.

PowerVS runs critical enterprise applications, including customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), and supply chain management (SCM), on the cloud while allowing great scalability and flexibility.

High availability keeps costs low by giving you the ability to scale on demand. PowerVS disaster recovery capabilities guarantee resource availability and integrity at all times.

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