Back in January of 2020, we announced the availability of IBM Power Systems for Google Cloud. But while the pandemic accelerated cloud computing adoption, many large enterprises still faced challenges with critical workloads such as those often found on the Enterprise IBM Power platform.
At the beginning of 2022, we partnered with Converge Technology Solutions, a company with deep expertise in this market, to expand our support for customers with IBM Power Workloads. Converge was already an important partner and they have upgraded the service by enhancing network connectivity to Google Cloud along with bringing full support to the IBM i operating system.
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Today, Converge Enterprise Cloud with IBM Power for Google Cloud, or simply IP4G, supports all three major environments for Power: AIX, IBM i and Linux. In addition, it’s now available in four new regions in production — two in Canada and two in EMEA, bringing the total to six:
North America
us-east4 (N. Virginia)
us-central1 (Iowa)
northamerica-northeast1 (Montréal)
northamerica-northeast2 (Toronto)
EMEA
eu-west3 (Frankfurt)
eu-west4 (Netherlands)
Based on these developments and Converge’s expert engagement, we have seen a tremendous increase in customer adoption for IP4G.
“Infor was one of the original IP4G subscribers, and years later, we continue to run mission-critical IBM Power workloads in IP4G for our clients. IP4G’s availability and performance have more than met our requirements, and we are extremely satisfied with our overall IP4G experience.” – Scott Vassh, Vice President, WMS Development
Are you thinking of moving your IBM Power workloads to the cloud? For questions and information regarding custom cloud plans, please reach out to power4gcp@googlegroups.com. Your email is private to Converge and Google Cloud representatives, who will follow up with you. Looking for a bit more information first? Check out our data center migration and mainframe modernization solution webpages.
