A More Effective — And More COST-Effective — Option
Source Data Products’ Cloud400 offers you IBM’s latest Power i technology to host OS400 applications at a world-class data center. When you sign up for Cloud400, we provide you all the memory, disk capacity and processor performance you need — and you pay only for that.
Cloud400 Is For Small-To-Medium iSeries / AS400 Users Who No Longer Want To Deal With Hardware Or Version Upgrade Issues.
Cloud400 is an ideal solution for older AS400 users that cannot justify the BIG PRICE TAG to upgrade to a new IBM POWER 7 i 8202-E4B.
Cloud400 offers larger OS400 users that don’t want to pay BIG BUCKS for unlimited users
Cloud400 Costs You LESS — Not More — Than You’re Paying Now.
Cost Comparison
| A Typical POWER7 i Total Cost Of Ownership (TCO) Looks Like This: |
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New POWER7 i (Entry-Level) Server With 30 Users |
~$25,000 |
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Yearly Cost Amortized Over 3 Years |
$ 8,333 |
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Yearly Cost Of Hardware And Software Maintenance |
$ 2,562 |
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Yearly Cost Of Power And Cooling |
$ 480 |
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Labor (Managing Tape Backups, PTFs, Etc.)* |
$ 6,072 |
| *Annual cost based on 1 hour per day @ $23/hr. |
| Total POWER7 i Cost = $17,477 Per Year Or $1,455 Per Month |
| By Contrast, Cloud400 Typically Costs $695 Per Month |
| Cloud400 Savings = $760 Per Month |
- Your Capital Investment: ZERO.
- Your IT instantly becomes (and will STAY) state-of-the-art…and the operational efficiency of your business improves accordingly.
- Cloud400 includes IBM hardware AND software (RPG, Query, iSeries Access, etc.).
- Backup Management is also included. You don’t do daily backups; we do them for you. No more fees to take tapes away for offsite storage, either.Business Continuity (Disaster Preparedness) is built-in.
- And everything runs faster — way faster — than your current server. We’re talking about performance increases of up to 2,400%. For example, you may see a 1-hour job complete in 10 minutes. Interactive response is NOT constrained by 25–70 CPW, as it is for most legacy AS400s.
- Complete 24 x 7 IBM hardware and software support — without the hefty IBM price tag.
- We have a team of experts that support Cloud400. That means you don’t have to bother with costly IBM version upgrades or applying PTFs that can shut down your server for a weekend. The same goes for troubleshooting and ongoing maintenance.
- Bullet-proof Department of Defense-level security.
- You replace the capital investment and hassles of owning obsolescent-prone hardware with a comprehensive service whose cost is predictable (no surprises) yet that is flexible enough to quickly adapt as your needs change.
Move To A Better Solution.
Move To Cloud400.
