Mainframes

The world's top companies rely on the IBM’s mainframe to protect their data with impeccable security, run blockchain and machine learning applications, and provide trusted digital experiences.

Your customers need assurance that their data is safe, and your services will remain available and fulfilled instantly. Your company wants to understand and connect with customers at a deeper level, and in near real time. IBM mainframes help you accomplish these goals.

Security

The world’s most trusted servers offer 100% encryption to protect your data from internal and external threats.

Reliability

IBM’s mainframes deliver record uptime and 99.999% availability.

Performance

Process billions of transactions on a single server with speeds 2.8x faster than competitors.

IBM’s Z® mainframes deliver the world’s best security and reliability, with millisecond response times, hybrid cloud deployment, and performance at scale.

Mainframe OS

IBM’s Z mainframes run on a variety of operating systems: z/OS, Linux on Z, z/VSE, z/TPF, and the z/VM hypervisor.

With IBM’s Z, you gain a highly scalable and secure IT infrastructure – on premises, off premises, or provisioned as-a-service – to deliver trusted digital experiences for your customers.

Mainframe technologies

The mainframe is constantly being reimagined and reinvented for the newest applications at their highest scale of deployment. Accelerate your organization’s growth with high-performing enterprise IT features for analytics, blockchain, secure data management, operational excellence, and enterprise DevOps.

Cloud is driving innovation. The right platform makes all the difference.

To keep ahead of the competition, you need a cloud architecture that seamlessly extends to integrate multi-cloud initiatives as business demands. Start with IBM’s servers as the secure foundation of your private or hybrid cloud.

Build a secure cloud ecosystem

IT innovation requires working outside enterprise boundaries. To succeed at enterprise cloud scale, you must be able to securely connect apps, data and services.

Infuse cognitive everywhere

ShanSys cloud infrastructure lets you easily apply AI and machine learning capabilities to your workloads. With these integrated cognitive capabilities, set yourself apart from the competition.

Succeed at cloud scale

It’s your cloud. Choose where and how you want it. Build on top of what you have, connecting applications across all types of cloud with on-premises systems.

ShanSys servers seamlessly and securely connect your data and workloads between on-premises systems and the cloud.

Secure your hybrid cloud on the IBM mainframe

You already know the muscle of a mainframe. Now picture it in a single-frame 19” design. IBM’s Z® is the only platform to offer complete encryption of all application and cloud service data. It operates in private, public and hybrid clouds around the world.

Deliver premium cloud services on LinuxONE

Safeguard your cloud and mobile data from the bad guys — and even good guys — using the same cloud. IBM’s LinuxONE™ enables you to efficiently create, deploy and deliver the latest cloud-based digital services with security, speed, and scale.

Cloud-deployed data and analytics run best on IBM’s Power Systems

Designed with OpenStack-based cloud management and open source automation, IBM’s Power Systems™ easily integrate into your private or hybrid cloud strategy to handle flexible consumption models and changing customer needs.

Scale-out servers deliver built-in virtualization

Grow as you go on cloud-ready servers with built-in PowerVM® virtualization for deploying the right scale-out cloud option to meet your business needs.

ShanSys Cloud Private: develop and run workloads locally on a private cloud

ShanSys Cloud Private is an integrated environment that enables you to design, develop, deploy and manage on-premises, containerized cloud applications behind your firewall.