IBM PowerVS, The Genuine IBM Cloud

IBM PowerVS, The Genuine IBM Cloud

For decades, IBM i and AIX workloads have been the backbone of business-critical operations in industries from banking to retail. But as cloud-first strategies accelerate, many CIOs face a tough question:

How do we give workloads the flexibility of cloud, without losing the performance and reliability of IBM Power?
The answer, increasingly, is IBM Power Virtual Server (PowerVS).

PowerVS in a nutshell

PowerVS isn’t just “Power in the cloud.” It’s a hybrid platform that combines IBM Power infrastructure with cloud flexibility, giving organisations the best of both worlds.

More importantly, clients are beginning to see it as a safety net. A place where IBM i and AIX workloads can land securely, whether for a short-term need or as part of a long-term strategy.

Why clients call PowerVS their safety net

• Production Cloud – Secure, Flexible & Competitive
  IBM has the largest Power Cloud in the UK (and Globally) for our customers to leverage. Buy what you need and from a simple to use portal you can increase & decrease capacity during peak periods, unlike most other Power Cloud providers. Just, true on-demand computing, scalability, secure, and self-managed, or managed, the choice is yours.
• Disaster Recovery, simplified
  Instead of maintaining a full second site, workloads can be replicated to PowerVS. In a crisis, systems are available and ready to run.
• On-demand Test/Dev
  Development and testing environments can be spun up quickly, without impacting production or waiting for hardware refresh.
• Hybrid bridge
  Clients can keep core production on-prem while using PowerVS for overflow, modernisation, or integration with cloud-native apps.
• Future-ready positioning
  For some, PowerVS is a temporary safety net. For others, it becomes the long-term home of their IBM Power workloads.

What this means for customers

1. Flexibility without compromise – Staying with IBM architecture means no replatforming risk.
2. Extended life for existing investments – Systems can be modernised on a client’s timeline, not forced by hardware cycles.
3. Confidence in compliance & security – PowerVS sits within IBM’s trusted ecosystem, keeping sensitive workloads protected.

Takeaway: IBM Power Virtual Server is becoming the “safety net” for organisations running IBM i and AIX. It provides resilience today through Production, DR and hybrid models, while opening the door to tomorrow’s cloud strategies.
Have you seen clients adopt PowerVS for disaster recovery, dev/test, or production workloads? Share your perspective, the more stories the IBM community shares, the stronger the message becomes.

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