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If your company relies on mission-critical applications that run on AIX, IBM i, or Linux on IBM Power Systems in the data center, you may only consider moving these traditional workloads into the cloud when faced with a compelling event.

With no easy recovery option for a business-critical legacy ERP system running on outdated IBM Power hardware, TCM Living faced the risk of significant disruption in the event of a disaster recovery (DR) scenario. Working with Northdoor, the company has successfully created a native DR instance within Skytap on the Azure cloud, facilitating rapid recovery without the need for ongoing investments in new on-premises hardware.

Adopting cloud transformation strategies and adjusting business operations can present challenges, such as transitioning investments in IBM Power-based workloads to the cloud without costly or lengthy refactoring efforts. With Skytap on Azure, organizations can gain cloud-scale benefits while modernizing mission-critical applications, with no rebuilding efforts, quickly and easily.

Migrating IBM Power workloads to Skytap on Azure unlocks the next level of cloud possibility. Uncover data insights by connecting your data to Azure Synapse Analytics.

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With Skytap on Azure, you can minimize the latency between traditional workloads and those running natively on Azure. You also can enhance traditional applications to extract more value from your data with Azure services—including Azure Synapse, AI/ML and Azure SQL—and more easily integrate traditional and Azure native applications.

Global retailer, SPAR, migrates to Skytap on Azure to ensure business continuity despite civil unrest. Thanks to the immediate response from cloud migration experts, SPAR’s 10 business-critical IBM i LPARs were quickly and remotely migrated to Skytap on Azure. Now SPAR can continue to modernize its workloads and advance its digital transformation strategy while saving costs.

Much has been written and said about IBM Power and the journey to the cloud. Does it have to be complicated? Can it be done without refactoring? The answers to these cloud migration questions and others might surprise you. Watch our on-demand webinar.

With Skytap, there is a way to move your Power workloads into the cloud in their native format, without rewriting or replatforming. This migration guide will help you understand cloud basics and benefits and how Skytap lets your Power workloads function as they do on-premises while gaining cloud advantages.

Skytap Service Delivery offerings are designed to ensure customer and partner success throughout Skytap Service Delivery offerings are designed to ensure customer and partner success throughout the stages of cloud adoption. The Skytap team has the skills and experience to support key cloud migration phases including proof-of-concept, migration, and post migration. the stages of cloud adoption. The Skytap team has the skills and experience to support key cloud migration phases including proof-of-concept, migration, and post migration.

Unlock Cloud Power and Possibility for SAP® NetWeaver® Workloads with Skytap on Azure. Skytap creates a path to Azure for organizations running applications based on the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform on AIX on-premises. Skytap enables SAP ERP systems to be migrated to the cloud, regardless of operating system. This provides a streamlined migration path to Azure and an accelerant for those considering a move to SAP S/4HANA®.

Don’t wait for a crisis to migrate your Power workloads to the cloud. Move them in their native format with minimal risk and immediately gain cloud advantages. There’s no reason to wait until an event forces migration. By moving your business-critical applications into Skytap now, you’ll be assured that they are running on the latest IBM Power Systems hardware with no more worries about maintenance contracts or hardware upgrades.