The Future of POWER & IBM i – Strategy & Roadmaps

Nico van der Steeg

Client Technical Architect

Common Nederland30 januari 2017

IBM i is een groeimarkt

IBM i wordt steeds minder toegepast

Kleine IBM i omgevingen verdwijnen

Grote IBM i omgevingen groeien

Cloud is hot – hosting is uit

Cloud en IBM i zijn 2 verschillende items

IBM stopt met IBM i development

Kennis is aan het verdwijnen

Quiz – welk statement is correct

Press coverage

IBM i Strategy Whitepaper (20 pages - updated April 2016)

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/strategy.html

Tools and Solutions for Modernizing Your IBM i Applications

14 Dec 2016, Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a companion to the Modernize IBM i Applications from the Database up to the User Interface and Everything in Between, SG24-8185 IBM Redbooks® publication. It describes independent software vendor (ISV) ...

Modernizing IBM i Applications from the Database up to the User Interface and Everything in Between

13 Dec 2016, Redbooks ... This IBM® Redbooks® publication is focused on melding industry preferred practices with the unique needs of the IBM i community and providing a holistic view of modernization. This book covers key trends for application structure, user ...

Who Knew You Could Do That with RPG IV? Modern RPG for the Modern Programmer

5 Dec 2016, Redbooks ... Application development is a key part of IBM® i businesses. The IBM i operating system is a modern, robust platform to create and develop applications. The RPG language has been around for a long time, but is still being transformed into a ...

IBM i 7.2 Technical Overview with Technology Refresh Updates

2 Nov 2016, Redbooks ... This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides a technical overview of the features, functions, and enhancements that are available in IBM i 7.2, including all the available Technology Refresh (TR) levels, from TR1 to TR3. This publication ...

Live Partition Mobility Setup Checklist

25 Jul 2016, Web Doc ... When setting up Live Partition Mobility (LPM) for the first time in your environment, use the Live Partition Mobility Setup Checklist. The checklist provides basic details. A companion document exists that may be of interest: Live ...

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IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for i: Using IBM Storwize (Volume 3 of 4)

15 Jun 2016, Redbooks ... IBM® PowerHA® SystemMirror® for i is the IBM high-availability (HA), disk-based clustering solution for the IBM i operating system. When combined with IBM i clustering technology, PowerHA for i delivers a complete HA and disaster recovery ...

IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for i: Preparation (Volume 1 of 4)

9 Jun 2016, Redbooks ... IBM® PowerHA® SystemMirror® for i is the IBM high-availability (HA), disk-based clustering solution for the IBM i operating system. When PowerHA for i is combined with IBM i clustering technology, it delivers a complete HA and ...

IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for i: Using DS8000 (Volume 2 of 4)

2 Jun 2016, Redbooks ... IBM® PowerHA® SystemMirror® for i is the IBM high-availability (HA), disk-based clustering solution for the IBM i operating system. When PowerHA for i is combined with IBM i clustering technology, PowerHA for i delivers a complete HA and ...

IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for i: Using Geographic Mirroring (Volume 4 of 4)

31 May 2016, Redbooks ... IBM® PowerHA® SystemMirror® for i is the IBM high-availability (HA), disk-based clustering solution for the IBM i operating system. When PowerHA for i is combined with IBM iclustering technology, PowerHA for i delivers a complete HA and ...

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IBM Power Systems RAID Solutions Introduction and Technical Overview

28 Apr 2016, Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication given an overview and technical introduction to IBM Power Systems™ RAID solutions. The book is organized to start with an introduction to Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID), and various RAID levels ...

SQL Procedures, Triggers, and Functions on IBM DB2 for i

25 Apr 2016, Redbooks ... Structured Query Language (SQL) procedures, triggers, and functions, which are also known as user-defined functions (UDFs), are the key database features for developing robust and distributed applications. IBM® DB2® for isupported these ...

External Procedures, Triggers, and User-Defined Functions on IBM DB2 for i

25 Apr 2016, Redbooks ... Procedures, triggers, and user-defined functions (UDFs) are the key database software features for developing robust and distributed applications. IBM Universal Database™ for i (IBM DB2® for i) supported these features for many years, and ...

Integrated Virtualization Manager for IBM Power Systems Servers

21 Mar 2016, Redpapers ... The Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) is part of the IBM PowerVM® feature on IBM® Power Systems™ and part of the IBM POWER® Hypervisor™. The VIOS is also supported on IBM BladeCenter®. The server is a single-function appliance that is in the ...

Installing IBM i Access Client Solutions using the Java Web Start method

22 Jan 2016, Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication shows you how to set up an environment to host the IBM iAccess Client Solutions software and serve it to users using the Java Web Start process. The example shown in this paper creates a new HTTP server to ...

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IBM i Roadmap

The Future of POWER & IBM i – Strategy & Roadmaps

2004 2007 2010

POWER5

POWER6

POWER7POWER8

POWER Roadmap

2014

2010 20162014

7.3

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7.27.1 iNext + 1

POWER9

2017

The Future of POWER & IBM i – Strategy & Roadmaps

IBM i Roadmap

2004 2007 2010

POWER5

POWER6

POWER7POWER8

POWER Roadmap

2014

2010 201x2014

iNext

…

7.27.1 iNext + 1

The POWER8 family is a complete line of servers that can produce the best results for any business need

Power Systems as the Cognitive Platform

The Strategy

• Be THE Most Open Platform in the industry

• Deliver Value in targeted Data Driven workloads

• Drive Differentiation Through Acceleration for High Performance Data Analytics and High Performance Computing Workloads: WATSON, Open Source, IBM Blue Stack

Price

/Pe

rfo

rman

ce

Moore’s Law

Technology and Processors

2000 2020

Firmware / OS Accelerators

Software

Storage

Network

OpenPower foundation is growing (200+ members)

OpenPower products

Linux Distributions on Power Systems

Full Enterprise Support

Community Supported distributions

What’s new on your Platform?

Public Clouds

PowerVM

PowerKVM

z/VM

KVM on z

PowerVC

vRealize Automation

IBMCloud Manager

Cloud Ready

Rapid Mobile Development

Internet

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2008 2009 2010 2011 2013

6.1 7.17.2

i next

6.1.1 7.1 TRs

** All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only.

20142012

…………i next+1

…

2015

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• 7.1 Introduced Technology Refreshes

• 7.2 Incorporates 7.1 TRs and adds new capabilities

• Future major releases, and TRs, under development

7.3 7.4

2016 2019

IBM i Releases

Systems IBM i 7.1 IBM i 7.2 IBM i 7.3

POWER8

S814, S822 (VIOS only), S824, E870, E880

POWER7/7+ ServersPower 710, 720, 730, 740, 750, 760, 770, 780, 795

POWER7/7+ Blades and Compute Nodes

PS700/701/702/730/704, PureFlex p260/460 X

POWER6/6+

520, 550, 560, 570, 595, JS12/22, JS23/43 1

POWER5/5+515, 520, 525, 550, 570, 595

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssm1platformibmi

Note 1 – no IOP or HSL support

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IBM i System Support

• IBM i 5.4

– IBM i 5.4 withdrawn from Support Sept 30, 2013

– IBM i 5.4 Extended Support until Sept 30, 2016

IBM i Support