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The IBM Power product line is a family of servers.

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IBM Power Reviews

What users are saying about IBM Power.
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Reliable Workhorse for Critical Workloads

Incentivized
Vinay SalvancaView profile
Head Of Physics Department at FIITJEE Limited (201-500 employees)

Pros

  • High-end computing
  • Virtualization
  • Security
  • Big data analytics

Cons

  • Ease of management
  • Cost
  • Compatibility
  • Energy efficiency

Return on Investment

  • Better performance
  • Reduced total cost of ownership
  • Enhanced scalability
  • High initial acquisition cost

Alternatives Considered

Dell PowerEdge C and Cisco UCS X-Series

Other Software Used

Adobe Advertising Cloud, Amazon Alexa for Business, Microsoft Azure

Cloud integration with IBM Power Servers, A shockingly good transition.

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Evelyn Walker
It Analyst in Information Technology at Auschina Energy (5001-10,000 employees)

Pros

  • I love how it supports a mix of operating systems
  • protection of our sensitive energy data and ensuring compliance with industry regulations.
  • It provides a flexibility that ensures that we can accommodate increased workloads without a complete overhaul of our infrastructure.

Cons

  • Implementing BM Power Servers Initial cost is expensive.

Return on Investment

  • IBM Powers servers have consistently delivered uninterrupted operation in our datacenters. They have redundancy and fault tolerance feature ensuring maximum uptime and minimal disruptions.
  • They can handle computationally intensive workloads efficiently, reducing simulation times and enabling faster decision making.
  • They are energy efficient, helping us reduce carbon footprint while delivering top-notch performance.

Other Software Used

IBM Storage FlashSystem, IBM MQ, Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)

Another happy user.

Incentivized
Gregory SimmonsView profile
Software Engineer in Information Technology at P.C. Richard & Son (1001-5000 employees)

Pros

  • It's reliable.
  • It's fast.

Cons

  • A solid IDE for editing programs. SEU was simple and solid. Then it became outdated and support for it ended as the language continued to evolve. That's fine. But RDi is expensive and shaky at best, and VS Code, while free, is severely lacking even the modicum of features RDi has.

Return on Investment

  • It's the heart and sole of our IT infrastructure.

Alternatives Considered

Jenkins, Bitbucket, Jira Software and Jira Work Management

Other Software Used

Db2

Multiple programs can operate on one server without issues.

Incentivized
Laury Mante
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst in Information Technology at Computools (501-1000 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The platform handles even the most demanding applications easily. These servers can handle complex tasks and huge data transfers because to their powerful CPUs, fast memory. Also logical partitioning lets a physical server host many VMs running different operating systems, each with its own benefits.

Pros

  • Data management is easier and faster than competitors.
  • Option to install multiple OS on a single server.
  • VMs help reduce cost.

Cons

  • Setup cost really high.
  • Also for small businesses or organization, it might be too costly.
  • Support is good but the response time should decrease.

Return on Investment

  • Fast and reliable and helps save money as multiple VMs can be run from 1 server.
  • Also revenue is increased due to its efficiency.
  • Lastly it is very reliable and meets our needs and has very good security.

Other Software Used

Google Ad Manager

IBM for data integrity and speed of processing.

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Phillip GeorgeView profile
Director of Information Services in Information Technology at Rudd Equipment Company (201-500 employees)

Pros

  • Reliable data management.
  • Fast processing of data.
  • Strong security.

Cons

  • Cost.
  • Difficult transfer of data from Windows environments.
  • Large learning curve.

Return on Investment

  • Data integrity is at 100% for us.
  • Reduced our need to move everything to the cloud.
  • Able to process transactions with fewer servers.

Other Software Used

Dell PowerEdge R, Cisco Meraki MX, VMware vCenter Server

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