AIX and i5 OS Services
XTEND Consulting is an IT infrastructure-focused IBM Premiere Business Partner. We employ W-2 pre-sales and post-sales engineers with deeps skills in both System p (aka AIX or RS/6000) and System i (aka i5 OS or AS/400.) We?ve got decades of experience on IBM?s POWER platform running AIX and i5 OS. Our references range from mid-sized companies to Fortune100. We offer a wide range of system experience including system administration, server consolidation, virtualization (PowerVM), high availability (PowerHA/HACMP), system upgrades, installations and training. We have technical depth and advanced certifications for both IBM AIX and i5 OS hardware and software.
Does your company suffer from any of the following?
1. Need AIX or i5 OS expertise but cannot staff full-time position
2. Under trained and overworked administrators leaving you with unhappy end users and poorly performing applications
3. Slowed response time and/or unnecessary down time
4. Out of date documentation leaving you exposed and unsure of the resources you have available or overall system health
5. Back level OS versions leaving you without critical software support
6. High-availability software did not perform as expected during a recent outage
How we can help
1. Experts available remotely or on-site for training, problem determination, or AIX and i5 OS system administration
2. Performance tuning ? make your existing environment as efficient as possible
3. Review and document your current system configuration including the Hardware Management Console, Logical Partitions (LPAR?s), server hardware, file system layouts, storage, network settings, license program products and support agreements
4. Make technical suggestions, recommendations and present industry best practices
5. Evaluate current backup strategies for all your POWER, System p and System I hardware and assess your ability to recover your environment quickly.
Services Available for Purchase
Remote AIX or I5 OS Education/Training
Our engineers are available for tuning, remote support, training, and most other aspects around AIX.
Normal Price: $700 for 4 hours of telephone/VPN support
Web Price: $425
AIX or i5 OS HealthCheck
What?s the quickest way to ensure the best possible performance and availability of your existing AIX or i5 OS environment? With a HealthCheck from XTEND! A low-cost services engagement will allow you to do the most with your existing infrastructure. We can document and tune your current environment so you?ll meet your uptime and response service level agreements.
Up to 16 hours of remote or on-site problem determination, recommendations, tuning & training
Normal Price: $3,000
Web Price: $1,600
Price does not include travel and transportation if required
Server Consolidation ROI Study/Justification
Are you running your mission-critical applications on out-of date RS/6000 or AS/400 servers? Do you want to leverage the scalability and manageability of server consolidation on newer hardware? Do you know you can save money, floor space and cooling by upgrading but not sure how to prove it? Our engineers use the latest tools to gather performance data on your existing servers then right-size the new solution. We also provide financial justification
Normal Price: $5,500 for up to 20 AIX or i5 OS servers
Web Price: $1,000 or less with approval
Please provide all machines model/types and serial numbers for qualification
Remote AIX or i5 OS Administration
Do you have too many projects and not enough time or people to complete them? Are you running mission-critical or revenue-producing applications on either of these platform but cannot dedicate the time and training to maintain those skills in-house? Use XTEND as your remote system administrator. You?ll have an IBM-certified AIX or i5 OS specialist dedicated to your account monitoring overall system help and proactively identifying issues.
Web Price: Contact Ed Friedman today at 770-771-5061 or ed.friedman@xtendconsult.com to scope project.
Ask the Experts
Price: Free!
Enter your question below and phone number and we?ll have one of our AIX and i5 OS experts call you with the answer.
Due to our high utilization we may not be able to provide an immediate response. Question complexity and engineers? schedule will determine how soon we?ll be able to contact you. Typical response time is 1-2 business days.