IBM Power VS
IBM's PowerVS solution delivers a secure, scalable, and cost-effective path to cloud modernisation for IBM i (AS/400) and AIX workloads. CloudFirst provides a unique management overlay solution to enable enterprises to transition seamlessly into a high-performance cloud infrastructure with PowerVS, utilising our managed service skills to deliver an additional layer on top of this self-managed system.
This gives our customers the best of both options, enabling them to modernise and migrate their IBM Power Systems with confidence whilst reducing operational complexity.
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Key Statistics
As enterprises accelerate digital transformation, demand for agile, cloud-ready infrastructure is surging. IBM PowerVS has emerged as a key solution for modernising IBM i and AIX workloads, offering secure, scalable performance with seamless hybrid integration.
CloudFirst enhances PowerVS with a robust management layer, simplifying migration, streamlining operations, and maximising performance. The result: greater agility, reduced complexity, and long-term value from your IBM Power Systems investment.
40%
Reported cost savings when migrating IBM i and AIX workloads to IBM PowerVS compared with on-prem infrastructure.
70%
Reduction in on-premise infrastructure for businesses adopting PowerVS, enabling faster modernisation and simplified operations.
50%
Faster disaster recovery and 80% lower DR costs when using PowerVS as a cloud-based failover site.
Key Features
Hybrid Cloud Integration
Seamlessly connect on-premise systems with IBM Cloud for unified, hybrid operations.
Enable flexible disaster recovery and backup across IBM Cloud regions while supporting workload mobility across private, public and multi-cloud environments.
CloudFirst ensures smooth integration with your existing IBM Power infrastructure for consistent, high-performance results.
High Availability & Disaster Recovery
Ensure business continuity with multi-region redundancy and automated failover orchestration that minimises downtime and manual intervention.
Cloud-based disaster recovery reduces costs by up to 80% compared with traditional solutions, while live partition mobility enables real-time workload transfers, keeping your services running without disruption.
Customizable Infrastructure
CloudFirst’s IBM PowerVS solutions offer flexible configurations for CPU cores, memory, storage and networking, tailored to meet your workload needs.
Support for IBM i software tiers and dynamic scaling ensures adaptability while dedicated LPARs provide isolation and consistent performance.
Rapid provisioning makes it easy to deploy Dev/Test and production environments on demand.
Benefits
CloudFirst’s IBM PowerVS solution helps enterprises modernise IBM i and AIX workloads with speed, security and cost efficiency. Clients see up to 40% lower operational costs, 15× faster provisioning, and built-in compliance for regulated industries, all within a scalable, hybrid cloud environment.
With expert-led migration and flexible pay-as-you-go pricing, CloudFirst delivers the performance, reliability and control to help your business evolve with confidence.
Reduced Costs
Achieve up to 40% cost savings compared with traditional on-premise infrastructure. Eliminate capital expenses from hardware refreshes and data centre upkeep. With pay-as-you-go pricing, you only pay for what you use, aligning IT spend with real business demand.
Improved Agility
Provision IBM i and AIX environments 15× faster to accelerate modernisation and innovation, without reengineering existing applications. Instantly deploy Dev/Test environments on demand to reduce delays, speed up development cycles and boost team productivity.
Simplified Compliance
Stay compliant with GDPR, HIPAA and financial regulations through built-in security controls and audit-ready reporting. CloudFirst’s isolated PowerVM environments safeguard data integrity while reducing compliance complexity and overhead.
What our
clients say
"We achieved an 80% reduction in IT infrastructure costs and cut customer onboarding time from two days to just one hour after migrating to PowerVS with CloudFirst’s support."
- Iptor Sweden AB
"CloudFirst made our transition to IBM PowerVS smooth and efficient. We cut our server footprint by 70%, gained secure 24/7 access to patient records and improved disaster recovery while lowering IT workload and costs across the board."
- University of Fukui Hospital
CloudFirst’s IBM PowerVS solution empowers enterprises to seamlessly modernise legacy IBM i and AIX environments. With expert-led migration, scalable cloud infrastructure and built-in security and compliance, our platform delivers the agility, reliability and cost efficiency required to succeed in today’s hybrid cloud world.