Connectria Partners With IBM i Solutions Company Fresche

Connectria, a global cloud managed hosting provider and one of the largest IBM i hosting companies in North America, has entered into a partnership with IBM i application management expert Fresche. The partnership brings together Fresche’s IBM i application modernization tools with Connectria’s IBM i hosting and managed services.

Fresche optimizes IBM i systems and helps clients with digital transformation through automated web, mobile, cloud, open source and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for IBM i applications. Fresche application management and modernization solutions would address the top business priorities of “agility, accessibility, security and scalability” to improve business processes and develop “customer-facing, revenue-generating” applications.

As an IBM partner for over 20 years, Connectria has deep expertise in hosting and managing IBM i environments for customers around the globe. With over 500 IBM i LPARs under its management, Connectria would be one of the largest IBM i hosting companies in North America, hosting IBM i dedicated and cloud environments as well as providing remote management services.

IBM Application Modernization Tools

“More and more companies are turning to the cloud, so Connectria brings tremendous value with a variety of offerings that help IBM i clients make the move to a cloud-based solution,” said Jennifer Fisher, VP of Business Engineering & Ecosystem. “They are trusted advisors to clients who can now leverage their Connectria relationship to access a full range of modernization solutions with Connectria’s inclusion in the Fresche Power Partner Program. Both Connectria and Fresche share a similar desire to drive real value for our clients.”

Connectria’s managed hosting services extend across a wide range of O/S platforms, databases and applications. This includes cloud solutions within their own data centers, in customers’ data centers or in partner’s data centers such as AWS and Microsoft.

“We are very pleased to partner with Fresche,” said Scott Azzolina, Connectria VP of Strategic Alliances and Channels, Connectria. “Our alliance with Fresche brings together the very best in IBM i application modernization tools with the premier IBM i hosting and managed services in the industry.”