10 Surprising Benefits From IBM i (OS400) Cloud Hosting

1. No IBM i core activation fees, no user fees – We pay IBM these fees when we buy our IBM POWER servers. And we don’t rebill you.
2. No IBM HWMA, SWMA or Service Extension Fees – Leave annual escalating IBM support fees behind. Our IBM POWER servers include IBM HWMA and SWMA so you don’t have to pay. It’s already included in our monthly fee.
3. Pay only for what you need – Today’s IBM POWER servers are way bigger than most IBM i users need. Most IBM i users can be more than satisfied with 1000-2000 CPW. Yet, today’s entry IBM i POWER servers start with 10,000 CPW. With cloud hosting, we can allocate the resources you need within one of our big POWER servers so you don’t have to buy an over-sized on-premise server. Depending on your operation, this can save you $3,000 – $20,000+ per year.
4. IBM i/OS400 expertise – Our engineering team has made a career of IBM i, working on AS400, iSeries and POWER servers since 1988 when AS400 was first introduced.
5. SSAE-16 Certified as you would expect – redundant power, cooling, internet access; backup power generators; security and perimeter intrusion detection.
6. Data center is a former bank vault- it’s bombproof. The walls are 3 foot thick reinforced concrete. Should you ever visit us, you can walk through the bank vault door like we do daily.
7. Done-for-you server support – We backup your system with our Virtual Tape Libraries (VTL) which are faster than tape and have no single point of failure. We manage server infrastructure so you can focus on your business…not technology.
8. 60 day free no-risk trial – This is our way to prove to you the performance and support you can expect. If you are dissatisfied for any reason, you can walk away. It won’t cost you a cent other than the effort you put into the trial.
9. Less expensive than colocation – If you have ever looked into a colocation service, you have probably found the entry fee to be about $1500-$3000 per month, even if you don’t need a full rack of equipment. When you host with us you use a fraction of one of our large servers, the data center cost is fraction of the cost. The small data center hosting fee is included in our monthly fee.
10. Adjustable Performance Resources – We can easily adapt the performance and resources as you need…either up or down.

When you add it all up, you will discover that IBM i Cloud Hosting is 30%-70% less expensive than total cost of ownership of an on-premise server. The annual savings is generally in a range of $3,000 – $20,000+ per year depending on the size of your operation.