IBM Cloud Satellite

Build apps fast, run them anywhere

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Build faster. Securely. Anywhere.

Deploy and run apps consistently across on-premises, edge computing and public cloud environments, enabled by secure and auditable communications with IBM Cloud.

Consume a common set of cloud services including toolchains, databases and AI in any location. The IBM Cloud Satellite-managed distributed cloud solution delivers cloud services, APIs, access policies, security controls and compliance.

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Flexible infrastructure options

Use your AWS, Azure or Google Cloud infrastructure, your on-premises hardware or purchase from IBM or IBM partners.

Growing catalog of services and software

Provision API-driven cloud services to all locations, operated as-a-service by IBM.

Consistent operations experience

Use a single dashboard to centralize observability and management across all locations.

Security across your locations

Extend access policies, logging, monitoring and other controls to all locations.

How it's used

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Unlock insights with cloud services access to your on-Premises data

Use Satellite Connector to utilize IBM Cloud services like watsonx and Cloud Pak for Data, among others, to generate insights from your on-prem resources, keeping the security and auditability of Satellite communications but with the lightest possible footprint.

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Consume public cloud services in your data center

Bring the flexibility and agility of public cloud services to your secure on-premises data center. Build new apps quickly, while maintaining strong regulatory controls.

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Get real-time analytics at the edge

Process data where it's generated to reduce latency for immediate action. Expand to new locations instantly and manage it all from a single console.

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Leverage an open architecture

Run workloads consistently across the globe through highly distributed 5G deployments. Know which applications are running, where they run and when they run. Improve auditability.

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IBM Cloud Satellite Connector maintains data sovereignty with on-premises applications and services while connecting securely over a public network interface.

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Bring AI to your data

Use a consistent set of data and AI services across all your environments. Bring analytics tools to your data to reduce latency, limit data egress charges and meet residency requirements.

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A man kneeling in front of a server rack, working on the equipment
Unlock insights with cloud services access to your on-Premises data

Use Satellite Connector to utilize IBM Cloud services like watsonx and Cloud Pak for Data, among others, to generate insights from your on-prem resources, keeping the security and auditability of Satellite communications but with the lightest possible footprint.

Learn more
Male IT professional looking at laptop while working on server in data center
Consume public cloud services in your data center

Bring the flexibility and agility of public cloud services to your secure on-premises data center. Build new apps quickly, while maintaining strong regulatory controls.

Learn more
Two colleagues working together at a shared desk with a laptop computer and various documents
Get real-time analytics at the edge

Process data where it's generated to reduce latency for immediate action. Expand to new locations instantly and manage it all from a single console.

Read the blog
Leverage an open architecture

Run workloads consistently across the globe through highly distributed 5G deployments. Know which applications are running, where they run and when they run. Improve auditability.

IT network administrator in a server room

IBM Cloud Satellite Connector maintains data sovereignty with on-premises applications and services while connecting securely over a public network interface.

Learn more
Bring AI to your data

Use a consistent set of data and AI services across all your environments. Bring analytics tools to your data to reduce latency, limit data egress charges and meet residency requirements.

Learn more

Demo

Take a guided tour through the Satellite GUI demo environment. Enabling the full screen mode is recommended.

Accelerate innovation with simplified “Day 2” operations across cloud and on premises

Give your teams the time they need to focus on what’s important. IBM provides managed services, eliminating the need to overburden DevOps and SRE resources internally.

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Truly multicloud

Use compute infrastructure from IBM and other clouds (AWS, Azure and Google) as IBM Cloud Satellite locations.

As-a-service consumption

Available IBM Cloud offerings include Red Hat® OpenShift®, IBM Cloud® Databases, IBM Cloud Pak® for Data and more to come.

No special network configuration required

Satellite Link works with your existing network configuration and security posture—not the other way around.

Deep knowledge in industry clouds

Discover IBM Cloud offerings for financial services and telco.

Featured services

Red Hat® OpenShift® on IBM Cloud

Use IBM Cloud Satellite to run apps on a common container platform across all environments.

IBM Cloud Object Storage

Store large amounts of unstructured data offering a distributed, API-accessible storage with integrations to other cloud services, making it easy for developers to connect their applications.

Hybrid by design

Maximize the value of hybrid cloud in the generative AI era.

Cloud consulting services

Maximize the value of hybrid cloud in the generative AI era.

Take the next step

Meet with a IBM Cloud Satellite technical leader to discuss your organization’s goals.

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