You Can Now Run IBM i & AIX on IBM Power Systems in AWS

Connectria announced the launch of its new hybrid cloud offering which allows businesses to run IBM Power Systems workloads on-net with AWS.

Connectria’s hybrid cloud is designed to enable businesses to migrate their traditional IT infrastructure into a fully managed hybrid cloud with a low latency connection between IBM Power Systems environments and AWS. In doing so, this offering allows users with mission-critical Power Systems workloads to embrace the cloud by simplifying the path forward, combining Connectria’s award-winning and industry-leading IBM expertise with the x86 capabilities of AWS.

“We’ve partnered with AWS to bring our industry-leading IBM i and AIX hosting expertise to AWS US-East-1 and US-West-1,” said Rich Waidmann, Connectria President and CEO. “By combining our IBM and AWS capabilities, we’re able to deliver the first end-to-end solution of this kind, starting with the migration of your existing IBM I/AIX environment, as-is, to our modern POWER environment (with full 24/7 managed services) and backed by our next-generation multi-cloud management platform, TRiA. You can then build advanced capabilities in AWS utilizing your existing IBM assets as the base.”

How It Works

Connectria’s IBM Hybrid Cloud, hosted on-net with AWS US-East-1 and US-West-1 regions, allows for ultra-low latency direct connections between IBM i/AIX workloads and AWS. This opens up new possibilities for multi-region high-availability (HA) deployments, advanced data analytics, and augmentation with AWS cloud services. With this solution, you also create the perfect foundation for longer-term cloud migration goals.

IBM Power Systems is one of the last remaining platforms keeping businesses tied to corporate data centers, where operational and financial overhead impede the agility and growth potential of internal IT. With Connectria’s hybrid cloud, IBM on-net with AWS, you can exit the data center, keep business-critical IBM workloads running, and get closer to achieving your digital transformation goals.

Availability

Connectria’s hybrid cloud data centers in US-East-1 and US-West-1 are scheduled to open to customers in January of 2021. Click here for more information.