IBM AIX

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Overview

Building the Foundation for the Autonomous Enterprise

Enterprise infrastructure must do more than keep systems running. Today’s IT leaders need to modernize mission-critical Oracle, SAP, or enterprise AI workloads while strengthening cyber resilience, optimizing infrastructure costs, and supporting business growth—without disrupting business operations.

IBM® AIX® on IBM Power11® helps organizations modernize with confidence by providing a trusted UNIX™ operating environment designed to support mission-critical business operations. By helping maintain application availability, simplify enterprise operations, improve infrastructure efficiency, and support AI adoption, IBM AIX provides a resilient foundation for organizations evolving toward the Autonomous Enterprise.

Features

How IBM AIX Helps Organizations Modernize

Help modernize mission-critical workloads with capabilities designed to reduce planned downtime and support business continuity during modernization.

How IBM AIX helps 

  • Live Update
  • IBM Power11 compatibility
  • Cross-Generation Migration
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Help keep mission-critical workloads available, protected, and resilient in the face of planned and unplanned disruptions.

How IBM AIX supports it

  • High Availability
  • Security & Compliance
  • Disaster Recovery
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Help simplify enterprise operations through automation, virtualization, management, and administration capabilities.

How IBM AIX simplifies it 

  • Virtualization
  • Cloud Management
  • System Administration
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Help prepare your workloads for AI, while protecting existing investments and supporting hybrid cloud strategies.

How IBM AIX prepares it 

  • IBM Power11 Integration
  • Hybrid Cloud Enablement
  • Infrastructure Flexibility
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Integrations

Integrated Enterprise Platform Services

Continuous Availability

Keep critical applications running during disruptions.

 Virtualization Flexibility

Optimize resources and move workloads efficiently.

 Security & Compliance

Protect systems and simplify regulatory compliance.

 Cloud Management and Orchestration

Accelerate provisioning and simplify cloud management.

 Automated Disaster Recovery

Improve resilience and automate recovery processes.

 Centralized Monitoring and management

Monitor health, performance, and capacity centrally.

 Hardware provisioning and Lifecycle Administration

Simplify provisioning, configuration, and system management.
Enterprise Workloads
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Oracle
  • Oracle Database 19c
  • Oracle AI Database 26ai readiness
  • Oracle Applications
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SAP
  • SAP S/4HANA
  • SAP HANA
  • SAP Business Suite
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Enterprise AI
  • Generative AI
  • AI Inference
  • Machine Learning
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Case studies

Real stories. Real impact.

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Sicredi Bank and IBM Sicredi migrated Oracle on AIX to IBM Power11 with zero customer impact "We modernized Oracle on AIX to IBM Power11 in just over three months—making the migration completely transparent to the business, with zero customer impact, zero lost transactions, and uninterrupted payment services." — Gabriel Federizzi, IT, Sicredi Read Sicredi’s story Read Sicredi’s story

Resources

Product resource hub

Watch how IBM AIX powers mission-critical business

Learn how AIX supports modern IT strategies, including virtualization, live updates, Oracle workloads, automation, and always‑on operations—directly from decades of real‑world experience.
IBM AIX on IBM Power Servers

AIX enables organizations to run mission-critical workloads with confidence, while seamlessly integrating with modern cloud-native technologies, automation tools, and AIdriven applications.
Moderniz mission-critical workloads

Explore scalable IBM AIX solutions unlock live update, hybrid recovery, and AI-powered insights for mission-critical workloads on IBM Power.
Build your IBM AIX skills

Expand your skills and knowledge with courses that range from basic to advanced and cover a variety of topics.
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Accelerate Performance, explore scalable, secure infrastructure designed for AI, hybrid cloud, and mission-critical workloads across enterprise environments.

Software from Business Partners

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