In today’s fast-paced digital world, IT teams face a constant challenge: maintaining security, minimizing downtime, and managing complex environments efficiently. For organizations running IBM^® Power^®, one answer lies in IBM^® Concert^® for Power—a solution that combines automation, AI-driven insights, and resilience. IBM Concert is an orchestration and automation platform designed to simplify IT operations. When integrated with IBM Power, it delivers end-to-end visibility, proactive security, and zero planned downtime for system maintenance¹, all from a single pane of glass.

Top Benefits of IBM Concert for Power, include:

1. Proactive Security & Compliance

• Automated Vulnerability Detection: Concert ingests IBM security advisories and maps CVEs across AIX, VIOS, and Linux on Power.
• AI-Powered Recommendations: IBM^® watsonx^® prioritizes fixes and suggests optimal patch levels.
• Auditable Compliance: Exportable reports make audits stress-free.

2. End-to-End Automation

• Prebuilt Workflows: From inventory collection to patch execution, automation is there.
• Centralized Management: A single dashboard tracks scans, recommendations, and remediation.
• Scheduled Maintenance: Align updates with your maintenance windows—no surprises.

3. Zero Planned Downtime for System Maintenance

• Live Updates & Migration: Apply patches without disrupting workloads.
• Continuous Availability: Keep critical applications running while running system maintenance.

4. Hybrid Flexibility

• On-Prem & SaaS Options: Deploy Concert where it fits your strategy.
• HMC Integration: Full visibility into firmware, partitions, and system health.
• Cloud-Ready: Manage hybrid environments with agility.

IBM Concert for Power isn’t only about automation—it’s about resilience, efficiency, and a secured infrastructure. By reducing manual tasks, minimizing downtime, and leveraging AI-driven insights, IT teams can focus on innovation instead of firefighting.

IBM Concert for Power is not just a tool—it’s a strategy for smarter and more agile IT operations.

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1.    Based upon IBM internal testing of system upgrade scenarios; many (i.e. VIOS, hot plug adapters, I/O adapter FW, and concurrent system firmware updates) can be done in-place while some (i.e. non-concurrent system FW and HW maintenance) may require Live Partition Mobility (LPM) support.