Enterprise IT leaders running IBM Power environments face a familiar tension: the systems are rock-solid, but the surrounding strategy rarely keeps pace. Backup windows stretch longer than budgets allow, cloud migrations stall over unclear roadmaps, and security teams are left patching together resilience after the fact instead of building it in from day one. Meridian IT helps organizations modernize, protect, and manage IBM Power Systems and IBM i environments through infrastructure, cloud, and resiliency solutions.
Founded in 1979 and now operating as part of Meridian Group International, Meridian IT has spent decades working almost exclusively inside the world of enterprise infrastructure. Its focus on IBM Power dates back to 1999, and its cloud practice for Power workloads has run since 2010 long enough that the company has completed more than 300 Power cloud migrations. This expertise is reflected in mPower, Meridian IT’s dedicated suite for IBM Power Systems and IBM iSeries environments.
mPower isn’t a single tool but a structured path through the Power lifecycle. The Cloud Migration Factory handles the discovery, design, and deployment work of moving workloads across private, public, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments, aiming to compress a process that typically drags on for months into something measured in hours. Alongside it, IBM Data Protection Backup addresses a problem many IT teams know too well: traditional backup tools are costly, resource-heavy, and often leave gaps in coverage. Meridian IT’s Backup as a Service and Disaster Recovery as a Service models are built to close that exposure without adding operational weight. Rounding out the suite, mPower DEV-I supports software development and application modernization, helping organizations bring aging Power-based applications into step with current development practices.
“Meridian IT’s strength has always been in listening first and building around what a client actually needs, not what’s easiest to sell,” — Jeff Murray, CEO.
Beyond Power, Meridian IT’s portfolio widens into CloudSmart, a hybrid cloud platform built with HPE GreenLake and IBM Power that gives organizations a way to balance performance, cost, and control without fully committing to public cloud. mProtect handles broader backup and resilience needs across Platinum and Flex tiers, while mCollab covers unified communications, contact center, and contact center AI, extending Meridian’s reach well past infrastructure into how businesses actually communicate and operate day to day.
What ties these offerings together is Meridian IT’s standing as an IBM Platinum partner, a status reflected in the technical depth of its teams and its ability to move clients through complex Power projects with minimal disruption. That credibility has translated into long-term relationships across finance, healthcare, and manufacturing, with organizations like First American Bank and Quad pointing to Meridian IT’s ability to build infrastructure that scales alongside their business rather than constraining it.
Certifications reinforce that trust on paper as much as in practice. Meridian IT holds both SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certifications and has been recognized on CRN’s MSP 500 Elite 150 list for six consecutive years, from 2021 through 2026.
For IT leaders managing IBM Power environments, the choice increasingly comes down to finding a partner who understands both the technology and the operational pressure surrounding it. Meridian IT’s answer is a full-stack approach: migration, protection, modernization, and communication, all built around Power systems and backed by nearly 25 years of hands-on IBM experience. As organizations continue adopting hybrid and cloud strategies for IBM Power environments, Meridian IT supports them with migration, data protection, modernization, and ongoing infrastructure management.