Frequently what we hear from prospective clients interested in IBM i Cloud Hosting is their need for IBM i (OS400) expertise.
Many have aging IBM i talent planning on retirement and want to make plans for subsequent support for the years to come.
Many have a background in other technologies (such as Windows or UNIX) with the responsibility to manage IBM i technology without the needed skills.
Others are consolidating and looking to outsource their IBM i support.
While cost savings (cloud hosting can be 30%-70% less expensive than on premise server) and data center risk mitigation (superior security and redundancy) are still compelling factors why IBM i users switch to the cloud, their need for IBM i more frequently starts the evaluation.
Clients that switched to Cloud Hosting point out the importance of IBM i expertise in their decision –making process:
“The thing that impressed me and my client’s technical guy was when Cloud400 talked about the environment and the system, it was immediately clear the depth of their knowledge of the OS400 environment. I personally felt like we found the guys we need to be dealing with.”
Mike Miller, CEO Omikron Data Systems, Inc.
“Our 9406-270 server was at a data center with redundant power and cooling, but no IBM AS400 expertise. If I can’t physically get there, we have to pay one of their employees to look at something. They will basically push a power button…and that’s about it. They did not know anything about the AS400. The situation did not provide us enough security to host customers.
“I wanted a way to host our applications where the hardware was newer and more reliable and where the data center had IBM AS400 expertise so we could continue to host our customers that still wanted to use our software.”
Brady Klick, CEO, Intelligent Health Systems
“I know Cloud400 is managed by competent people who know what they are doing. With Cloud400, I feel comfortable that if something were to happen to me Rex Hide has a team in place to manage the iSeries side of our business.”
Brian Cook, Manager of Information Systems, Rex-Hide Industries
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