LightEdge Shops A “True Cloud” To IBM i Users

January 29, 2018 Dan Burger

IBM i-based cloud computing is not your average everyday IBM i environment. And it’s different from managed services that are sometimes called hosted services. True cloud – a term that’s being used to describe virtualized computing, storage, and networking available with utility-style flexible pricing – is still a rare sight with IBM i. But Roger Mellman knows where you can find one. He built it for LightEdge Solutions, a services provider with an edge on the typical managed service provider.

IBM first approached LightEdge five years ago about building an IBM i-based cloud, Mellman, the director of enterprise …