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Yesterday IBM announced the arrival of the IBM Power11 series of servers for enterprises, designed to be deployed on-premises on in IBM Cloud.
They’re part of the IBM Power family, which is built for mission-critical and data-intensive workloads. As such, availability is one of the biggest factors, with IBM aiming for 99.9999% once a solution is deployed: “We’re enabling the elimination of planned downtime,” said Bargav Balakrishnan, VP, Product Management, Infrastructure at IBM.
“We have added ways to run bigger AI models that are much simpler and easier within the workflows, and we’ve also integrated security features that are ranging from things like quantum-safe protection to the ability to detect a ransomware attack in less than one minute,” he added.
This will also be the first IBM Power server to support IBM’s Spyre AI accelerator, which was purpose-built for AI-intensive inference workloads.
“Our approach is to deliver capabilities, co-creating with clients, that meet the clients’ current needs but also satisfy their future business needs and where they’re going,” said Tom McPherson, GM, Power Systems at IBM.
“One of our key advantages that we have is the ability to do full stack, hardware, software, co design, and we drive our roadmap by co-creating with our clients to make sure we focus in the right value areas.”
Customers such as MR Williams. “With just 20 minutes and the help of watsonx Code Assistant for i on Power, I was able to investigate a report, trace the field logic, understand the calculation, and document the issue,” said Jasmine Kaczmarek, VP of Technology at the c-store distributor.
“What had taken a senior developer six hours the day before, I was able to accomplish 18 times faster. That’s truly remarkable when you think about it. This kind of productivity gain is exactly what Power11 is designed for. By empowering developers to modernize core business applications faster and more confidently, AI-augmented tools built into the platform can help increase long-lasting business value.”
In terms of power, IBM is promising that Power11 offers up to 55% better core performance compared to Power9. It also claims that it has up to 45% more capacity with higher core counts in entry and mid-range systems compared to Power10.
While IBM Power11 was announced yesterday, general availability starts on 25 July. At that point, high-end, mid-range and entry-level servers will all go on sale. The Spyre Accelerator will be added towards the end of this year.
“We are also making Power11 available within the IBM Power Virtual Server in the IBM Cloud,” said Balakrishnan, “so you get Power11 capabilities available on day one in the IBM Cloud. So we’re really introducing a portfolio that spans from edge to data centre to cloud.”
