With the growing complexity of enterprise management, IBM has unveiled its introduction of new hardware and AI-driven software products through its Power system portfolio. The recent additions include artificial intelligence agents that will make it easy to manage operations, close the skill gap in development structures, and support decentralization workloads.
Highlighting the update is the release of IBM Power Autonomous Operations, an advanced AI agent architected for continuous environmental monitoring and self-remediation. The software is designed to complement the recently deployed IBM Bob™ Premium Package for i an agentic software development lifecycle tool engineered to modernize legacy codebases and streamline application pipelines. Accompanying these software advancements is the IBM Power S1112, a highly compact, single-socket entry server engineered to execute low-latency local AI inference.
The launch comes as a direct reaction to increasing demands within the industry regarding autonomous enterprise solutions. Data collected within the IBV Tech Leader Study carried out in 2026 estimates that by 2027, organizations will implement on average 1,661 AI agents a number that is 38% higher compared to previous years and represents significant difficulties for outdated and manual systems of governance. Thus, creating an autonomous IT infrastructure has become necessary in order to keep engineers concentrated on innovations and not system administration.
“Enterprises should not need to choose between moving at the speed of AI and keeping their systems stable and secure,” said Hillery Hunter, General Manager for IBM Power and CTO, IBM Infrastructure. “We’re making Power increasingly self-operating, so the routine work of helping to keep systems available, optimized, and secured can happen autonomously, and our clients’ teams can spend their time on innovation instead of upkeep. That’s how a business scales AI with control and resilience.”
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Streamlining Operations via Conversational AI
The recently introduced IBM Power Autonomous Operations helps address the huge strain involved in managing infrastructure through natural language interface technology. The platform allows teams in the data center to manage configurations, troubleshoot, and optimize through basic chat commands without the need for scarce and local technical knowledge.
Tests within IBM have found that the process is efficient, with the platform being able to identify and solve critical system capacity bottlenecks up to 15 times faster than conventional processes, reducing the average time taken for operations from almost 53 minutes to approximately 3.3 minutes.
Democratizing Application Development on IBM i
For sectors relying heavily on the security and long-term stability of the IBM i operating system, maintaining talent for classic RPG coding languages remains a persistent roadblock. The IBM Bob Premium Package for i mitigates this challenge by serving as an agent-driven development assistant.
Through analysis of native design patterns, automation of structural documentation, and the identification of deep code dependencies, the software is capable of generalizing the development processes. The software allows organizations to integrate standard engineering teams into specialized legacy platforms without difficulty in dependency tracking, hence ensuring maximum utilization of all team members. Early testing at the enterprise level shows that there are significant improvements, where enterprises such as Heartland Co-Op report a 60% improvement in developer onboarding processes.
High-Efficiency Hardware: The IBM Power S1112
Designed to extend hybrid cloud workloads beyond centralized data storage facilities, the compact IBM Power S1112 utilizes Power11 architecture to run local machine learning workloads. Relying on specialized, on-chip Matrix Math Acceleration (MMA) modules, the single-socket hardware accelerates edge inference tasks while optimizing real estate.
Performance metrics indicate that the S1112 delivers up to double the core performance of heritage Power S914 units and three times the core performance of Power S814 systems. Crucially for modern sustainability goals, the server maintains up to 69% greater energy efficiency compared to the S914 framework.
To support the roll-out of this compact hardware, IBM Technology Lifecycle Services has introduced a new tier of specialized, incident-focused technical assistance called IBM Power Expert Care Premium Essentials, offering clients accelerated response tracks and automated remediation diagnostics.
Industry and Client Feedback
Corporate partners and enterprise clients running workloads on-premises and via IBM Power Virtual Server have reported positive early integrations:
“For a business like ours, reliability and simplicity matter because our customers depend on us every day. IBM Power and IBM i have consistently delivered the stability and security we need to support our operations with confidence. And that continues with the introduction of IBM Bob and the IBM Power S1112. What excites me most about the new Power S1112 is the ability to do more with less through increased capacity, energy efficiency, and the growing focus IBM has on automation, making systems easier to manage for small and midsized businesses. We are also excited about how IBM Bob for IBM i can help our team accelerate modernization by quickly interpreting older RPG code, tracing field logic, generating documentation, and making decades of system knowledge easier to understand and act on. Together, IBM Power, IBM i, and IBM Bob give us a forward-looking foundation to modernize with confidence while continuing to deliver the reliability our business depends on.” Jasmine Kaczmarek, vice president of technology, M.R. Williams.
“What I noticed about IBM Bob almost immediately was the level of detail provided as compared to other AIs. I like using AI to build and execute plans for specific projects. Given the exact same prompt, Bob’s planning was always 10-fold more detailed than other AIs. More specifics, more details, and provided a better understanding of the steps through the project from beginning to end.” Bob Richardson, ERP Support Analyst, Wynne Systems, Inc.
“The new IBM Power S1112 provides us with the flexibility to expand beyond traditional workloads and explore new AI opportunities by running Linux partitions alongside our IBM i environment,” said Andy Buchholtz, Owner, Innovative Software Solutions. “Combining that flexibility with the security, reliability, and resilience we trust from the IBM Power platform gives us confidence as we continue to innovate and modernize our business.”
“We’re no longer reacting to weather. We’re prepared for it,” said Chad Simpson, CIO, City Home. “Our infrastructure is built to keep the business running, no matter what. We’ve honed our process to perform role swaps every quarter, and this capability gives us great confidence in our business continuity posture. It’s a powerful thing, and it’s all thanks to IBM Cloud and Power Virtual Server.”
