IBM I ON POWER

Enabling Resilient EnterpriseBusiness Critical Systems

The big data revolution has changed the way businesses are operating and engaging with their customers and clients. No longer can a business just desire high performance analytics, seamless transactions, and impenetrable security – it is a requirement for businesses that want to thrive and compete. Maintaining security and availability for business-critical systems is an essential point in business continuity and failing to do that can be catastrophic.

IBM i Power Systems has a 3-decade long legacy as a robust, secure, and reliable system, with more than 3,000 solutions readily available for the platform and supported by over 2,500 independent software vendors and IBM certi�ed business partners.

According the 2017 IBM i Marketplace Survey, 94.6% of users believe their IBM i servers offer better ROI than other servers. The reasons being:

• Lower cost of downtime, with IBM i users averaging 70-87% less downtime versus competing servers.

• Higher security thanks to object based architectures and sophisticated tools make infections rare for IBM i users

• Simplicity is at the heart of IBM i, thanks to precon�gured systems, customized options for workload speci�cs, and fully integrated programs on both the OS and server

• A stable platform with components integrated in a highly synergistic manner and engineered to interact ef�ciently with applications and programs.

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For today’s IT landscape, businesses need to meet rapidly changing technology in order to deliver fast, high quality service. Ciber works with your organization to design the optimal infrastructure to meet your business requirements, for better cost control, reducing risk, and proving an optimized and agile path to achieve your business initiatives.

According the 2017 IBM i Marketplace Survey, 94.6% of users believe their IBM i servers offer better ROI than other servers. The reasons being:

• Lower cost of downtime, with IBM i users averaging 70-87% less downtime versus competing servers.

• Higher security thanks to object based architectures and sophisticated tools make infections rare for IBM i users

• Simplicity is at the heart of IBM i, thanks to precon�gured systems, customized options for workload speci�cs, and fully integrated programs on both the OS and server

• A stable platform with components integrated in a highly synergistic manner and engineered to interact ef�ciently with applications and programs.

IBM has also made mobile and web access a priority to help satisfy these business requirements.

ABOUT CIBER

Ciber provides our customers with products, support, consulting services and integration for IBM Power brand servers. As an IBM Platinum Business Partner and IBM Beacon Award winner, Ciber leverages advanced technology to build on-premise solutions and environments for running multiple operating systems on the same platform.

SETTING THEMSELVES APARTBene�ting from knowledgeable experts and a passionate community of users, IBM encourages and promotes the extensive network of user groups, like COMMON, Large User Group (LUG), iSUC Japan, the Power Academic Initiative, and more. The IBM i development team also gathers feedback and requirements from clients in order to further implement wants and needs for future technology refreshes or product releases.

IBM has continued their innovative technology by introducing open source and modernization to their Power Systems, including IBM i, with better intuitive graphical user interfaces, database improvements, new languages, and new frameworks.

COMPLETE SOLUTIONS FOR ALL INDUSTRIES

COMPARATIVE OPERATING SYSTEM VULNERABILITY DATAJANUARY 2008 THROUGH MARCH 2017

CVSS SEVERITY LEVEL

Version Release Date

Critical

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WINDOWS SERVER RED HAT ENTERPRISE

LINUX SERVER (RHEL)

SUSE LINUX ENTERPRISE

SERVER (SLES)ORACLE LINUX (OL) IBM I

High

Medium

Low

Total Vulnerabilities

2008Feb ‘08

2012Oct ‘12

2016Oct ‘16

2 4 1

725 296 66

257 117 28

47 59 3

1,031 476 98

6 Nov ‘10

7 Apr ‘14

11 9

76 50

53 58

4 18

144 135

11 Mar‘09

12 Oct ‘14

1 2

10 34

24 39

2 6

37 81

6 Feb‘11

7 Jul ‘14

12 10

51 65

26 58

1 13

90 146

6.1 Apr‘08

7.1 Apr‘10

0 0

1 1

0 0

0 0

1 1

7 May‘14

7.3 Apr ‘16

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0