Cloud Power Migration Skytap, now part of Kyndryl, specializes in migrating AIX, IBM i, and x86 workloads to Azure natively on IBM Power hardware, presenting a clear upsell path for clients seeking cloud-native IBM Power continuity with reduced risk and no production disruption.

Azure Hybrid Offering The service leverages Microsoft Azure for capacity on demand, self-service provisioning, and HA/DR, enabling sales conversations with enterprise IT teams evaluating scalable, compliant, and highly available cloud infrastructure for mission-critical workloads.

Financial Signals Kyndryl’s strategic expansion and recent client signings indicate a growing focus on enterprise IT transformation services, suggesting opportunities to cross-sell managed services, monitoring, and AI operations support to existing and new Azure-based workloads.

Partnership Synergy Recent partnerships and leadership appointments in Kyndryl signal a push toward broader IT operations and cloud partnerships, creating openings to propose integrated solutions combining Datadog, AI ops, and cloud-native IBM Power workloads on Azure for enhanced visibility and optimization.

Competitive Positioning With a specialized IBM Power cloud proposition and alignment with Azure, target large enterprises using IBM Power ecosystems who seek minimal risk migrations, accelerated modernization, and non-disruptive transitions managed by a trusted services provider.