IBM Power®Virtual Server Performance and Flexibility
For years, organizations have depended on IBM Power® Systems to support mission-critical workloads that require high availability, reliability, security, and performance. However, in today’s competitive climate, business leaders are looking for infrastructure solutions to react faster to market demands.
A recent IBM Power client study found that CIOs, CTOs, IT directors, IT administrators, and developers emphasize improving business processes in real-time as their top business strategy. They are turning to technology to gain a competitive advantage and better secure their data. These organizations are also looking to reduce the total cost of ownership, evolve the performance of their systems, enhance productivity through automation and improve the energy efficiency of Data Centres.
Enter the IBM Power®Virtual Server (VS). Located in IBM Data Centres and distinct from the IBM Cloud servers, Power VS environments are contained within their own pods, and internal networks provide connectivity to customer users wherever they’re located. This infrastructure design allows Power Virtual Servers to maintain key enterprise software certifications and support since the architecture is identical to certified on-premises infrastructures. “Business executives recognize the importance of moving workloads to Cloud environments. That’s why many of them have partnered with us to facilitate their Cloud journey with the help of IBM Power Virtual Servers”, says Mike Sear, Sales Director, Cover-All Managed Cloud and IT Services.
Gain competitive advantages with continuous infrastructure innovation.
IBM Power®VS has transformed how organizations manage computing resources by allowing them to experience the same functionality they had with on-premises infrastructure while benefiting from Cloud-based efficiencies. Organizations can streamline modernization by eliminating the need to purchase servers, install hardware and software, or deal with maintenance hassles.
Virtualization reduces the need to invest in physical equipment and eliminates overprovisioning to accommodate peak workloads. When capital investment is made for on-prem servers, future capacity may or may not be considered, often leaving servers with idol capacity or insufficient processing power. IBM Virtual Machines can extend workload capacity with pay-for-use/consumption on demand. This allows IT teams to increase or decrease capacity as required while controlling costs. In addition, it alleviates the uncertainty of trying to predict future resource requirements.
With Power®VS, you can quickly create and deploy one or more virtual servers running either the AIX, IBMi, or Linux operating systems. It minimizes disruptions by allowing IT departments to test applications on new Power systems to see how their applications perform before an upgrade to a new O/S version. This logic will enable you to test running workloads across on-prem and hybrid Cloud environments to see how they perform and interact. This alleviates the pressure to move all your workloads simultaneously.
IBM Power VS also provides access to an extensive range of enterprise and advanced services, enabling businesses to innovate faster, improve user experiences and modernize core applications with reduced effort and lower costs. More capacity on demand combined with advanced services enables businesses to capitalize on strategies to improve customer experience, innovate faster and gain a competitive advantage.
Strengthen security and business continuity planning.
End-to-end security is an essential aspect of IBM Power VS, with built-in security at all layers, from the processor to the O/S. With 14 global Data Centres across seven countries and growing, IBM has fortified reliability and resilience, high availability (HA), and disaster recovery (DR) into Power technology.
IBM Power® VS offers disaster-recovery-as-a-service (DRaaS) to ensure the continued operation of your business with reliable backup and recovery solutions for your AIX, IBMi, and Linux workloads. This ensures your mission-critical applications and data are protected in the event of a disaster instead of depending on unreliable off-site tape backups that can take a long time to restore.
Organizations understand that to meet market demand, they need to invest in new technologies that help them achieve innovation. Choosing a Managed Service Provider to help manage their Cloud environment, including IBM Power VS and IBM Cloud, can help improve efficiencies, simplify the transition process, and provide access to innovative digital transformation technologies.
Mike Sear is the Sales Director for Cover-All Managed Cloud and IT Services. He works with the Technology team at Cover-All to find solutions that help clients achieve positive business outcomes. Contact Cover-All Managed Cloud and IT Services at 1-833-268-3788.