IBM AS400 i Series is a powerful operating system for the IBM Power Servers. At the core, this platform is meant to adapt to the constantly changing necessities of both computing and businesses. The integration capabilities of IBM iSeries Power Systems can help you attain enhanced value from the advanced technology with higher reliability and utilization of fewer resources.
IBM i provides you with flexible licensing, IT stack-as-a-service, app development modernization, and other such capabilities. However, by integrating with cloud applications, the potential of the IBM i system is enhanced exponentially. In this article, you will get an insight into how you can unlock the full potential of the IBM i system with the cloud computing infrastructure.
The Features Accessible Over IBM Cloud
Talking about the cloud computing infrastructure of the IBM i system, there are certain features and functionalities available on the dedicated platform. There have been consistent updates made to the IBM Cloud platform, which aims to enhance organizational productivity.
If you are already leveraging the benefits of cloud computing in India through IBM i Power Systems, then you just have to log in to your console, and the functionalities will be ready for you to access. But for the people who are new to IBM Cloud or its Power System, here are some of the features that help you utilize IBM i to the next level:
1. Hybrid Cloud Solution
It is a perfect combination of private and public cloud solutions, allowing you the flexibility to move the workloads between them based on technological and business needs. IBM uses the Red Hat OpenShift over IBM Cloud, which is one of the leading hybrid cloud container platforms for all hybrid solutions. It enables you to build once and deploy anywhere.
With the use of IBM cloud satellite, you will be able to create a hybrid environment, which will bring scalability and on-demand flexibility for the public cloud services to apps or data that runs within a secure private cloud.
2. Multi-Cloud Support
IBM cloud computing facilities will provide you with support for multi-cloud features and hybrid multi-cloud solutions. Thus, it is easier for everyone to work with various vendors. Moreover, the IBM Cloud Paks are also introduced as software products for the hybrid clouds, which will enable you to develop the apps just once and then go ahead and deploy them almost anywhere.
3. Availability of VPC (Virtual Private Cloud)
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is available as a public or private cloud service over IBM Cloud, which allows you to establish your private computing environment over the shared public cloud ecosystem. With the use of VPC, enterprises can control or define a virtual network, which is logically isolated from other tenants of the public cloud. Thus, you will be able to create a private and secure place over public cloud infrastructure.
4. Featured Products
IBM Cloud comes with a new page that highlights the products specifically recommended for the users based on the existing IBM solutions that they are using or have interacted with. It will help the users understand what features or functionalities of IBM iSeries Cloud are meant for their system or infrastructure to scale in terms of performance and productivity.
5. Searching Enhancements
The users will now have the liberty of browsing across all software and services while leveraging the filtering capabilities. Thus, it will make it easier for the users to pick their specific services or software solutions for integrating into their IBM i Cloud system.
What Proves Cloud Computing to Have Scaled the Performance Efficiency of IBM iSeries Power Systems?
IBM Cloud is considered a robust system loaded with advanced AI and data tools. It also has a deep industry expertise that is set to help you on your cloud journey. The customers have the feasibility to choose more than 170 products or services from the IBM iSeries cloud platform. These products or services are in the domains of containers, machine learning, AI, data, blockchain, IoT, and others.
The users can also combine public, private, hybrid, multi-cloud, and public dedicated cloud deployment models to match their optimal workload to the right cloud environment. IBM Cloud has more than 60 data centers across the globe for supporting local deployments, built-in resilience, global scalability, and redundancy. To give you a glimpse at the popularity of IBM Cloud, 47 out of the Fortune 50 companies have put their trust in the applications of IBM Cloud’s enterprise-grade cloud computing infrastructure.
Moreover, IBM iSeries is also one of the popular cloud providers that has a successful and powerful IT security arrangement. It has more than 8000 security experts working relentlessly to keep the system and its added components secured for the organizations connected with it. Some of how cloud computing infrastructure has scaled the potential of IBM i Power Systems are:
1. Enhanced Cost Efficiency
For a traditional IT environment, you must buy computing capacity to anticipate your traffic surge or growth. With IBM iSeries’s cloud computing infrastructure, you will only be able to pay for the capacity you use when in need. It will also eliminate the need for buying, housing, managing, and maintaining the infrastructure on-premises.
2. Enhanced Elasticity and Scalability
Cloud computing enables you to scale the workloads automatically, either up or down, depending on the traffic surge or business growth. IBM Cloud operates with ample data centers across the world, which supports you in scaling higher or lower as per the demand. You don’t have to sacrifice your performance to modify your computing requirements at the data center.
3. Better Built-In Security
In the past, security concerns have been the most problematic concern for most organizations that intended to adopt the cloud. But, with the rise in demand, IBM iSeriesCloud embedded high-end security to give a better experience to the companies connected to it. The security incidents dropped immensely concerning the cloud workloads.
Megamax Services Can Assist You in the Process Of Scaling the Benefits of Cloud Computing Over the IBM iSeries System
Megamax Services is an IBM Series managed service provider that is focused on helping you leverage the full potential of this legacy system. We provide you with the iSeries and Mainframe services that will provide your business with enhanced operational efficiency and reduced risk.
Our team of experts will look after enhancing the risk management capabilities alongside scaling the process efficiency. Following that, our iSeries and Mainframe services will improve the responsiveness of IBM i cloud infrastructure for your business applications. Outsourcing your managed service requirements for the IBM Series system will help you stage your core business aspects on a thriving level.
On the other hand, we will be utilizing the core strengths of your IBM iSeries infrastructure to take its performance to the next level. We will be providing you with system management, database performance & management, network management, asset management, security compliance, and other such services.
There might be a lot of business challenges amidst you, such as platform management or business inconsistency, when you are relying on the IBM i system for a start. In such cases, we can help you advance strongly with this legacy system and scale your business on a productive level. To learn more about our managed IBM Series and cloud computing services, get in touch with us today!
