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Abstract
This is a consolidated view of all Power hardware and software announcements
Content
Power announcements
2025
2025-3Q
July
- IBM Power E1180: Powering the Future with Unmatched Reliability, Security and Scalability for the AI Era
- IBM Power E1150: Full-Stack Innovation for Autonomous, Scalable, and Secure IT
- IBM Power S1122: Transforming Infrastructure with Integrated Full-Stack Solutions
- IBM Power S1124: A New Era of Full-Stack Design and Synergy
- IBM Power L1122: Transforming Infrastructure with Integrated Full-Stack Solutions
- IBM Power L1124: A New Era of Full-Stack Design and Synergy
- AIX enhancements 3Q 2025
- IBM Power Platform Enhancements 3Q 2025
- IBM Extends hardware capabilities with the new IBM Rack-Mounted Flat-Panel Console Kit with Keyboard
- IBM adds new capabilities with IBM i 7.6 Power11 GA PTF Group, IBM i 7.5 Hardware Technology Refresh 6, IBM i 7.4 Hardware Technology Refresh 12 and Migrate While Active
- IBM Power Security new enhancements and capabilities
- IBM Power Virtual Server Private Cloud provides cloud-like experience with flexible consumption and no upfront investment required
- IBM Power Expert Care for Power11 systems
- 3Q 2025 Software withdrawals
- IBM continues to transform the IBM i business by withdrawing IBM i non-expiring licenses for P30 and P20 software tiers for specific Power server models
- IBM Power Enterprise Pools Mobile and Shared Utility Capacity Subscription
- IBM introduces IBM i P30 Enterprise Edition, a subscription bundle to streamline adoption of new technology
- IBM Power Virtual Server Hybrid Cloud Package
- Revised Availability: IBM Cloud Enterprise Savings Plan Advance, IBM Cloud Enterprise Savings Plan Premium, and IBM Cloud Pay As You Go are now available in France and Spain
- Revised availability: Power Subscription for Power Virtual Server Private Cloud (5838-PS1 & 5838-PS5) are now available on France, Germany and Spain
- IBM introduces IBM i P20 Standard Edition, a subscription bundle for resilience, security and efficiency
2025-2Q
June
- Revised availability: IBM Power Virtual Server Private Cloud for Australia
- Price Action for Power/Storage: Increase Effective July 1, 2025
May
- Software Withdrawal: IBM i Portfolio miscellaneous features
- Software Withdrawal: Select Red Hat Enterprise Linux features
- Hardware withdrawal: 2nd Quarter 2025 Select IBM Power Systems features
- IBM i now offers Subscription Term Licensing for the IBM Power S922 (9009-22A
- IBM Power Subscription offers a new 32TB option for the E1080
April
- IBM Cloud Enterprise Savings Plan Support offers a 4-year support option for IBM Storage Ceph as a Service
- End of Marketing: IBM Cloud Enterprise 4-year PIDs for IBM Storage Ceph as a Service - Replacements are available
- IBM i 7.6 and IBM i Portfolio give strong foundation for continuous innovation
- IBM Extends hardware capabilities
- IBM adds new capabilities and enhancements with IBM i 7.5 Software Technology Refresh 6
- SUSE Multi-Linux Manager entitlements are now available from IBM Power
2025-1Q
March
- IBM Power Enterprise Pools mobile activations are available for IBM Power E1050 server in Latin America
- Revised availability: Power Virtual Server Private Cloud and Power Subscription for Power Virtual Server Private Cloud for Germany
- Revised country availability for ordering IBM i Virtual Serial Numbers
- IBM Transformation Suite for SAP Applications
- IBM Cloud Enterprise Savings Plan Support offers a 4-year option for IBM Storage Ceph as a Service
February
- IBM Software Support Services - Service Extension for IBM PowerVM VIOS 3.1.4
- IBM Power Subscription
- Hardware withdrawal: Miscellaneous IBM Power features
- Software withdrawal: Select SUSE Linux Enterprise Server programs and features - replacements are available
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 for Power, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications for Power have updated features
January
2024
2024-4Q
October
- IBM TechXchange Conference 2025
- IBM offers new IBM i Migrate While Active and subscription term pricing for IBM Db2 Mirror for i and IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for i
- Hardware withdrawal: Miscellaneous features
- IBM Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 now offers monthly post-pay billing option for minutes of Metered Capacity consumption
- IBM Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 now offers monthly post-pay billing option for minutes of Metered Capacity consumption
- IBM PowerSC offers new enhancements and capabilities
- Statement of direction: code assistant for RPG
- Statement of direction: IBM Spyre accelerator on Power platform
- IBM extends hardware capability enhancements for selected IBM Power10 technology-based servers including new IBM i Solution Editions, DDR5 Memory bundles for Healthcare Solution Edition and Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 enhancements
- Platform enhancements: IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1.1, IBM PowerVC for Private Cloud 2.3.0, IBM Cloud Management Console 1.22, and IBM Power Hardware Management Console V10R3M1061
- AIX Enhancements: IBM AIX 7.3 TL3, IBM AIX 7 Enterprise Edition 1.12, IBM Private Cloud Edition 1.12, IBM Private Cloud Edition with AIX 1.12, and IBM PowerHA 7.2.9 updates
- IBM Power Virtual Server Private Cloud provides Global Replication Services for Storage Replication
- End of marketing and end of support: Miscellaneous IBM Power Software
- IBM adds new capabilities and enhancements with IBM i 7.5 Technology Refresh 5
- IBM adds new capabilities and enhancements with IBM i 7.4 Technology Refresh 11
- IBM Power Expert Care offers committed maintenance services options for select IBM Power10 servers in United States only
- IBM Power Expert Care offers new options for Healthcare Solution
- IBM offers IBM i Solution Edition with subscription term licensing for the IBM Power S1014 (4-cores) and IBM Power S1012 (1-core and 4-cores)
- IBM ServicePac for IBM Power products offers specialized services for additional Power products in Canada
- Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: ESSL for Linux on Power 7.1, and ESSL for AIX on POWER 7.1
- IBM Power Expert Care Advance for Healthcare Solution Edition
- Statement of Direction - Metered Capacity consumption from Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 as an element of the IBM Cloud Enterprise
- Revised Availability: PCIe2 2-port 10/1GbE BaseT RJ45 Adapter (#EN0W) on the Hardware Management Console (MTM 7063-CR2)
- IBM withdraws IBM i Service Voucher for Power program
2024-3Q
September
August
- End of marketing and end of support for selected programs: IBM Backup, Recovery and Media Services for i (non-expiring version), IBM CICS Transaction Server for i, and IBM i Service Provider Monthly Licensing
- Hardware withdrawal: Miscellaneous IBM Power features
- IBM extends hardware capability enhancements for selected IBM Power10 technology-based servers
- Hardware withdrawal: IBM i System Subscription
July
- IBM extends hardware capabilities with DDR5 memory and other enhancements for selected IBM Power10 technology-based servers
- IBM Power Enterprise Pools mobile activations are available for IBM Power E1050 server
- Hardware withdrawal: IBM POWER9 Activation features
- Withdrawal from marketing: IBM TechXchange Conference 2024 feature numbers
2024-2Q
May
- End of marketing and end of support: Miscellaneous IBM Power Software
- IBM Power Virtual Server Private Cloud provides cloud-like experience with flexible consumption and no upfront investment required
- IBM Cloud Enterprise Savings Plan Support for IBM Power Virtual Server Private Cloud Solution offers clients choice and flexibility with Cloud support offerings
- Hardware withdrawal: Miscellaneous IBM Power features
- Revised country availability: IBM Power Expert Care Premium and Committed Maintenance Service Levels
- IBM Power S1012 server provides cost-optimized performance for businesses in pursuit of IT excellence
- IBM adds new capabilities and enhancements with IBM i 7.5 Technology Refresh 4
- IBM adds new capabilities and enhancements with IBM i 7.4 Technology Refresh 10
- AIX Enhancements: IBM AIX 7 Enterprise Edition 1.11, IBM Private Cloud Edition 1.11, IBM Private Cloud Edition with AIX 1.11, IBM PowerSC 2.2 updates, IBM VM Recovery Manager HA/DR 1.8, and IBM PowerHA 7.2.8 updates
- Platform enhancements: IBM PowerVC for Private Cloud 2.2.1, IBM Cloud Management Console 1.21, IBM Power Hardware Management Console V10R3M1060, and Firmware FW1060
- IBM extends software modernization capabilities with IBM i Modernization Engine for Lifecycle Integration (Merlin) 2.0.0
- Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: IBM i Modernization Engine for Lifecycle Integration (Merlin) 1.0.0, IBM Rational Developer for i 9.6, and other selected functions in the IBM i portfolio
April
2024-1Q
March
- IBM extends hardware capability enhancements for selected IBM Power Solution Editions for Healthcare
- IBM i Subscription Term offering changes P05 tier to blocks of 10 users and adds registration features
- Withdraw the ability to transfer non-expiring IBM i entitlements to specific IBM Power10 processor-based server models
- Revised IBM i Processor and User Transfer offering: conversion of IBM i non-expiring entitlements to IBM i Subscription Term licenses for specific IBM Power10 processor-based server models
February
- IBM Learning delivers IBM Learning Subscription for a subscription access to self-paced training and self-paced training with labs courses and includes an IBM certification exam voucher
- Hardware withdrawal: Miscellaneous IBM Power features
- IBM TechXchange Conference 2024
- Revised withdrawal from marketing date: IBM i software feature withdrawal for IBM i business transformation
- Hardware withdrawal: Miscellaneous IBM Power features
January
- IBM offers subscription term pricing for IBM Backup, Recovery and Media Services for i and IBM Cloud Storage Solutions for i
- Hardware withdrawal: Select ServicePac features
- IBM Power releases new Power Segment feature indicator codes for tracking of Power Modernization, AIX and IBM i segments
- IBM Power E1080 Solution Edition for Healthcare new memory and processor conversions
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