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IBM Cloud Paks: Open, faster and more reliable cloud computing

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Beyond containers and Kubernetes, enterprises need to orchestrate their production topology, as well as implement management, security and governance in their applications. IBM Cloud Paks are IBM-certified, enterprise-ready, containerized, pre-integrated software solutions. In this support, they give clients an open, faster and more secure way to build, move and manage core business applications on any cloud.

IBM Cloud Paks are compelling as they:

  • Run anywhere: portable, running on-premises, on public clouds (including IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure, Google), or in two new, pre-integrated systems
  • Are open and secure: IBM certified, up-to-date software that secures the entire stack, from hardware to applications
  • Are flexible and consumable: delivered as packaged use cases to build, move and manage, easy to consume, and you only pay for what you use, when you use it

In the video below, you can learn more about the ideas behind IBM Cloud Paks. Find out how they can help businesses to go into “chapter 2” of their digital journey:

The 5 IBM Cloud Paks

Each Cloud Pak includes a Red Hat OpenShift container platform. In addition, it comes with IBM certified containerized software and open source components. Common software services for development and management is also designed to reduce development time by up to 84% and operational expenses by up to 75%.

#1 IBM Cloud Pak for Applications

Helps to accelerate the build of cloud-native apps by leveraging built-in developer tools and processes. Also, includes support for microservices functions and serverless computing. Customers can quickly build apps on any cloud, while existing IBM middleware clients gain the most straightforward path to modernization.

Build, deploy and run applications →

#2 IBM Cloud Pak for Data

Helps to unify and simplify the collection, organization and analysis of data. Enterprises can turn data into insights through an integrated cloud-native architecture. IBM Cloud Pak for Data is extensible. Moreover is easily customized to unique client data and AI landscapes through an integrated catalog of IBM, open source and third-party microservices add-ons.

Collect, organize and analyze data →

#3 IBM Cloud Pak for Integration

Helps support the speed, flexibility, security and scale required for all of your integration and digital transformation initiatives. In addition, it comes pre-integrated with a set of capabilities including API lifecycle, application and data integration, messaging and events, high speed transfer and integration security.

Integrate app, data, cloud services and APIs →

#4 IBM Cloud Pak for Automation

Helps you deploy on your choice of clouds, with low-code tools for business users and real-time performance visibility for business managers. Customers can migrate their automation runtimes without application changes or data migration, and automate at scale without vendor lock-in.

Transform business process, decisions and content →

#5 IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management

Helps to provide consistent visibility, automation, and governance across a range of hybrid, multi-cloud management capabilities. Some examples include event management, infrastructure management, application management, multicluster management, edge management and integration with existing tools and processes.

Improve cloud visibility, governance and automation →

At IBM we are looking very much forward to help bringing our clients into chapter 2 of their digital journey. IBM Cloud Paks is a major step towards making that process easier for everyone involved.  We hope you are as excited as we are!

If you would like to learn even more about Cloud Paks, please check out ibm.com/cloud/paks/.

Furthermore, I encourage you to read what Red Hat CTO Chris Wright says about Red Hat’s future with IBM and the common plans to change the cloud computing-landscape through open source.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at FRANKO@dk.ibm.com

Director, IBM Cloud and Cognitive Software Technical Specialists & Solutioning Nordic

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