IBM Power Systems Primary Use Case
We use the solution for call banking and other critical applications.
View full review »MA
ManojAlenkeel
Implementation and Technical Sales Manager at ROI Botswana
Using IBM Power Systems, one of our latest resolutions was with POWER9. In our organization, we use IBM Power Systems S922 and S924. S924 is a basic database server with 5200 storage. So, that's the server acting as a database server. S922 is for IBM Spectrum Protect and backup. In the solution, an identical product means hardware production, and DR. HA is then implemented.
View full review »SA
Shan Ahmed
System Analyst at Freelancer
In 2013, I joined IBM Pakistan as an IT specialist. Where I used to work as a system manager, the guy who used to work with Power Systems, with OSAIX and IBM storage. Then, I was shifted to IBM Europe in the Czech Republic. There's a CIC center in Brno, where I've worked with IBM as well, but as a third-level support guy. Now I'm based in Qatar, and worked for government organization. I work as a system specialist for the Power Systems and the unit support as well, the operation stuff. I worked for eight years or more before this AIX and Power Systems and storage.
I worked as an operations guy for whole IT operations and as well as the implementation. Because there were so many clients from the banking sector, from the government sector, and telecom industry, they mostly have the billing systems on the Power Systems.
Now, I work as a unified system specialist.
IBM Power Systems is mostly used for specific IBM products because the system AIX is actually propriety of IBM. You cannot install it on any other platform. You can use it in different domains, like SAP HANA, do rack data and rack warehouses. Users in the telecommunication use it. They were using as an IBM Middleware product. An IBM Middleware product was being used solely on the Power Systems.
IBM has started supporting Red Hat, so people use Red Hat and some clients do put it in a cloud environment as well. The core baking system runs on that because most of the core banking like Oracle Financials are being used on this.
The use case depends on what the customer requirement is.
I started working with Power4 back in 2012, and almost Power4, Power5, 6, 7, 8, and now I am working with Power9 as well.
View full review »Buyer's Guide
IBM Power Systems
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about IBM Power Systems. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
768,740 professionals have used our research since 2012.
We use the solution for Oracle databases mostly. We are trying to bring in some new workloads, like Open Shift and Linux.
View full review »TS
reviewer1456134
General Manager Applications at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
We've used IBM Power Systems in our passport and immigration department. It's a government-run department.
We've also used it with a few SMEs. They required smaller versions offsite with our systems. We did sell an IBM system to a couple of universities where they had about 20,000 students. It's used in a variety of instances and environments.
View full review »SS
SunilSharma9
Asstt. Manager at OCM
We are running two of our ERPs with IBM Power Systems.
View full review »We use IBM Power Systems for bank systems and databases. All banking systems use IBM Power Systems. Our additional operating and virtual and vRO systems, expansion systems, everything is IBM.
View full review »We are consultants. Usually, those permissions are provided for core banking operations, so we need to do the infrastructure sizing first.
We tailor the hardware to their specific needs.
It is primarily used for core banking solutions.
View full review »Most of our landscape is on IBM Power Systems.
View full review »DV
DILMUROD VAHABDJANOV
SYSTEM ADMIN at Hacettepe Üniversitesi
In my company, we use the system for the data center and our IBM Cloud Pak System.
RQ
Roberto Quiros
Server and storage administrator at Banco de Costa Rica
My company uses IBM Power Systems for databases with Oracle and some IBM solutions.
View full review »We use the solution as a database server. The core banking database runs on IBM Power LAPR with terabytes of memory (20 TB of database size). Performance and availability is top-notch. With database clustering, we ensure the high availability of our database. Runtime resource allocation made life easy when required.
It can be used as an application server as well. With the application server's HA (IBM Power HA) clustering, we ensure the high availability of our application.
ES
Elias Sarkis
System Administrator at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
I am a system administrator, and I work with AS/400. I take care of the upgrades. I am also making the CL programs (CLP) and working on RPG skills for myself.
We have multiple environments. We have Power9, Power8, and Power7. V7R4 is the latest one out there, but V7R3 is the latest one that we have. Companies don't deploy the latest version unless they are sure, and they have got feedback from others about the version. We also have disaster recovery and backup machines.
View full review »HA
reviewer1070442
System Administrator at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
We use the solution primarily to provide services for the employees in our institute. Basically, it's the domain active directory. We also use it for its own server and providing the internet and our email server. We shifted recently to the Microsoft Product F365. We got the enterprise license for that as well. We don't use it to provide cloud services. We actually provide local services.
View full review »We use it to run our important systems and applications.
View full review »AA
Ademola Adedoyin
Deputy director at Central Bank of Nigeria
We use it to run our current infrastructure and its core and resource planning applications.
IBM Power Systems is used for data centers for CVS, activation, and databases.
View full review »I use IBM Power Systems for databases.
View full review »We are currently using IBM Power Systems for applications and database core banking.
View full review »We primarily use the solution for its use as a bank and commercial solution. We use it for core banking and for day-to-day work on the DBA, the database.
View full review »What is there not to like about it? It works every time. You hardly ever have any real issues. It's fast, the most efficient hardware I've ever worked with. I like Power because I think it just works the best.
View full review »KM
reviewer1178952
I.T. Head - Infrastructure, Network and Security at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The use case is for hosting a lot of the bank's applications.
View full review »FA
Fahim Ahmed
Server Support Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The banking sector primarily uses Power Systems. It is run on their core banking environments due to its stability, reliability, and availability. When it comes to the telecom sector, telecom sectors have been utilizing Power Systems for middleware applications and CR.
TV
reviewer967758
VP Innovation at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
We primarily use the solution for running an ERP. Use cases can go from very small to very big. I'm talking about a hardware device, and therefore it can run all kinds of different software. The virtualization is outstanding. It can go from very, very small to very, very big. We personally use it so that we can use multi-tenancy.
I can have multiple clients on one server and I can cut it up into tiny pieces. Where a customer would normally have to buy, let's say, one solution for a hundred thousand dollars, instead, they can share that a hundred thousand dollars with five other customers as one customer doesn't actually need a complete server. Clients can share it for cost reasons.
AE
Ahmed El Naggar
Sector Manager at ESky IT
IBM Power Systems is used for the core banking applications. We have accounts with financial enterprises in Egypt. We propose this solution if you are a bank, you are upgrading or migrating bank applications from Oracle or other vendors, and you would like to have a stable platform in terms of hardware and software.
I primarily use Power Systems for high availability and security.
View full review »We are a solution provider and we implement these systems for our clients. They are used for networking and other functions.
View full review »I am unsure of what the primary use case of this solution was, as my role was only related to deploying the solution.
View full review »IS
reviewer992079
Systems PreSales Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
The solution is used for defense purposes. It is used in many places, such as banks.
View full review »WS
reviewer1015527
Gerente CPD-Dcloud at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Our primary use case for IBM Power Systems is Oracle Databases.
View full review »We use this solution for the cloud and for some requirements related to the database.
View full review »We are using it for database servers, and performance-wise it is one of the best available servers in the market.
View full review »Buyer's Guide
IBM Power Systems
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about IBM Power Systems. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
768,740 professionals have used our research since 2012.