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January 17, 2026
The Two-Year Payback CIOs

The Two-Year Payback CIOs See When They Compare Cloud Hosting to New IBM i Hardware

Do you have an aging IBM i environment? Are you weighing hardware renewal against cloud hosting? A pattern we see repeatedly is that the payback period for cloud hosting is […]
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September 18, 2025
First Failover

The High Availability Myth: Why Your First Failover Almost Always Fails

It’s a common belief that high availability and disaster recovery are almost like a comprehensive insurance policy. Buy the right hardware, configure replication, and your continuity is assured. That story […]
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September 11, 2025
Cloud Continuity

Why Cloud Continuity Beats On-Prem Every Time

For years, many IT leaders assumed that keeping servers in-house provided them with more control and security. The logic was simple: if the blinking lights were in the building, the […]
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October 18, 2017

Regional Airline Moves Their IBM i (iSeries/AS400) Production Applications To Cloud400.

  Our Cloud400 client has requested us not to disclose their identity. We can, however, tell you about their move from their IBM i (iSeries/AS400) production server to Cloud400. Disclaimer: […]
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March 16, 2016

Expert IBM i (iSeries/AS400) Skills Fuel Cloud Hosting Growth

  This blog provides key insight into why IBM i users turn to expert IBM i hosting for their core business applications. I recently attended a summit sponsored by a […]
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February 12, 2016

7 Steps To Get FREE IBM i (iSeries/AS400) Software Keys For Your Backup Server

  This blog explains how to get IBM License Program Products (LPP) software keys for your backup server. If you are not familiar with this process, it can be frustrating […]
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February 1, 2016

Cloud400 Costs 45% Less Than A New IBM POWER i (iSeries/AS400) Server – 4 Reasons Rex-Hide Moved To Cloud400

In this post Rex-Hide Industries’ Brian Cook, IT Manager, explains why he chose to move to Cloud400.  He shares the 4 reasons why he made the change and the 4 benefits he discovered after […]
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January 26, 2016

7 Myths About IBM i (iSeries,AS400) Cloud Hosting

  This blog briefly covers debunking 7 myths about Cloud Hosting IBM i (iSeries, AS400) application. With all the buzz about Cloud Hosting, there are several misconceptions. I have been […]
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December 22, 2015

We Make Secure, Expert IBM i Cloud Hosting EASY

  Discover how to get affordable, safe, secure, expert IBM i cloud hosting…and how EASY it is to implement. IBM i application hosting is way more straight-forward than hosting other […]
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