Power Systems including AS/400, iSeries, and System i
Specialists in IBM Midrange Support & Hosting
Frontline Consultancy are the leading iSeries specialists in the North West.
We offer outstanding support, hosting, HA, DR and Managed Services for iSeries, and all system sales are tailored to your specifications and backed by IBM warranty, service and support.
IBM POWER™ Systems
IBM POWER™ Systems bring together the highly successful integrated platform, IBM System i (iSeries or AS/400), with the fast growing UNIX operating system platform, IBM System p. You can now take advantage of this single platform for all your IBM i, AIX and Linux applications.
Your iSeries Investment Protected
Existing iSeries customers are safe in the knowledge that their investment in software and skills is protected. Customers can upgrade to the POWER 7 range of hardware with no change to applications. Select IBM i as the operating system of choice and you can continue to run your systems in the way you always have.
The IBM® POWER™ 720
IBM POWER Systems and IBM i give you a superb single platform for all your IBM i, AIX and Linux applications.
IBM i can run in a BladeCenter on a POWER7 or POWER6 blade with access to an external SAN. This offers a great many options for consolidating hardware and reducing your costs.
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 | IBM Power 720 ExpressThe Power® 720 Express server is a 1-socket server supporting 4-core, 6-core or 8-core POWER7+™ processor modules in a flexible rack-optimized or tower form factor. The leading-edge RAS and diagnostic capabilities make it an ideal distributed application, small consolidation server, or a complete integrated business system utilizing the IBM i operating system. The Power 720 Express is designed to deliver outstanding business value to small and midsized businesses while meeting the needs of mission-critical applications. This highly flexible, available and easy-to-manage server can enable you to focus on running your business utilizing a proven solution from thousands of ISVs that support the AIX®, IBM i and Linux operating systems. |
 | IBM Power 740 ExpressThe Power 740 Express server is a 1- or 2-socket server supporting 6, 8, 12 or 16 POWER7+ cores in a flexible rack-optimized form factor. The Power 740 offers large memory capacity, outstanding performance of the POWER7+ processor, industrial-strength virtualization and workload-optimizing capabilities for small-to-midsize database servers and consolidation of virtualized application servers. These capabilities combined with proven solutions from thousands of ISVs that support the AIX, IBM i and Linux operating systems can enable companies to get the most out of their systems by increasing utilization and performance while reducing costs. |
 | IBM Power 710 ExpressThe Power 710 Express server is a 1-socket server supporting 4-core, 6-core or 8-core POWER7+ processor modules in a dense 2U rack-optimized form factor. Easy to buy, deploy and manage, the Power 710 Express server offers outstanding performance, reliability and energy efficiency as an infrastructure or application server. The Power 710 Express server implements Light Path diagnostics and offers a choice of AIX, IBM i or Linux operating system while offering innovative workload-optimizing and energy management capabilities that can deliver additional performance and performance per watt to improve return on hardware and software investments. |
 | IBM Power 730 ExpressThe Power 730 Express server is a two-socket server offering 8, 12 or 16 POWER7+ cores in a dense, 2U rack-optimized form factor. The Power 730 Express server is a high-performance, reliable and energy-efficient server fueled by the outstanding performance of the POWER7+ processor supporting a choice of AIX, IBM i or Linux operating systems. Combine that performance and operating system support with industrial-strength PowerVM® and the workload-optimizing capabilities available with the POWER7+ processor and you’re now ready to run multiple application and infrastructure workloads in a virtualized environment while driving higher utilization and reducing costs. |
 | IBM PowerLinux 7R1 serverThe IBM PowerLinux™ 7R1 server is a 1-socket server supporting 4-core, 6-core or 8-core POWER7+ processor modules and is designed specifically as an economical foundation for emerging and traditional scale-out workloads. IBM PowerLinux workload optimized solutions, each tuned to a specific task, are affordable for businesses of all sizes. IBM PowerLinux 7R1 server implements Light Path diagnostics and offers innovative workload-optimizing and energy management capabilities that can deliver additional performance and performance per watt to improve return on hardware and software investments. |
 | IBM PowerLinux 7R2 serverThe IBM PowerLinux 7R2 server is a 2-socket server supporting 16-core POWER7+ processor modules and is designed specifically as an economical foundation for emerging and traditional scale-out workloads. IBM PowerLinux workload optimized solutions, each tuned to a specific task, are affordable for businesses of all sizes. IBM PowerLinux 7R2 server implements Light Path diagnostics and offers innovative workload-optimizing and energy management capabilities that can deliver additional performance and performance per watt to improve return on hardware and software investments. |
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Frontline are one of the most experienced IBM partners in the North West.
We have worked with the IBM midrange market for some twenty years and provide iSeries services to companies throughout the UK — everything including hosting, support, continuity solutions and bespoke development.