What is IBM Cloud?

IBM Cloud offers the most open and secure public cloud for business with a next-generation hybrid cloud platform, advanced data and AI capabilities, and deep enterprise expertise across 20 industries.

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Public cloud

Open, secure, enterprise ready

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Hybrid cloud

Build and modernize apps anywhere

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Data and AI

Is your data ready for AI?

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IBM Cloud services

Optimize and manage hybrid IT

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New Forrester Wave Report: Multicloud Container Platforms

IBM and Red Hat offer the leading platform for operators and developers with modernization needs.
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Conquering enterprise modernization with IBM Cloud

See why Coca-Cola European Partners is teaming with IBM to embark on a journey towards an open hybrid cloud environment.

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More client stories

Bitly

Powering industry-leading link management for the enterprise with IBM Cloud technology.

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Runkeeper

See how the IBM Cloud completely transformed user data interaction for Runkeeper.

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The Weather Company®

A top weather resource migrates to a secure, scalable global architecture in the IBM Cloud.

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Use cases

IBM Cloud gives you more ways to elevate the value of your data with new insights and AI

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Websites and web apps

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Cloud integration

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Cloud migration

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Hybrid cloud

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Cloud integration

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Backup and restore

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DevOps

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GPU computing

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AI for customer service

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By the numbers

The data shows why the IBM Cloud is the right partner for your cloud technology strategy

Cloud options

5

Public cloud. Private cloud. Public dedicated. Hybrid. Multicloud. Match the right workload to the right cloud environment for your business.

Industry specific

20

industries benefit from cloud tech solutions with deep expertise deployed by IBM Cloud.

Enterprise ready

47

of the Fortune 50 companies trust IBM Cloud to be their enterprise-grade cloud system.

Globally available

60

data centers worldwide to deploy locally and scale globally for resiliency and redundancy on six continents.

Security focused

8000

security experts make IBM not only a cloud provider, but also a leading security company.

Today in IBM Cloud

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Now available: IBM Cloud for Financial Services

IBM Cloud for Financial Services offering is designed to deliver a transparent public cloud ecosystem with the specific features for security, compliance and resiliency that financial institutions require.

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Introducing IBM Cloudant® on Transaction Engine

Find out more about this new hyper-scale database that blends the best of NoSQL and SQL to rapidly build cloud-native applications while reducing the complexity of managing those applications as they scale.

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SAP on IBM Power® Systems Virtual Server is here

Accelerate your SAP S/4HANA transformation with the only SAP-certified infrastructure that runs on IBM Power Systems Virtual Server — the most powerful SAP-certified servers in the cloud.¹

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Let’s get thinking: The latest news at IBM Cloud

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Get started with the IBM Cloud

Beyond optimizing the tasks you already do, AI enables entirely new ways of doing business

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Access tutorials and essential developer tools to begin your journey to cloud.

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Discover what’s possible

Respond to increasing digital demands with a hybrid multicloud environment.

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