Flexible, resilient, secure IT for your hybrid cloud
An open, hybrid cloud strategy lets you build and manage workloads from anywhere, without vendor lock-in
Introduction
What is an open hybrid cloud strategy?
An open hybrid approach allows you to integrate the best features and functions from any cloud, or traditional IT environment, and tap the unmatched pace and quality of innovations from the open source community.
Benefits
Growth-driven IT
98%
98% of organizations achieved maximized availability and uptime through a comprehensive, well-designed cloud architecture.¹
Flexibility
83%
A hybrid cloud environment delivers on the openness and flexibility that's needed for today and tomorrow.²
Enhanced security
95%
95% of organizations with a well-planned, formal cloud architecture report an improved security posture.¹
Hybrid cloud storage solutions
Seamlessly deploy container-enabled enterprise storage across on-premises and cloud storage environments.
IBM Cloud Satellite™
Deploy and run apps consistently across on-premises, edge computing and public cloud environments from any cloud vendor.
Cloud managed services
Simplify complex hybrid IT management for greater visibility, manageability and flexibility.
Related solutions
Business continuity
Enable resilient models to mitigate risks and ensure business continuity.
IBM Cloud® for VMware Solutions
Modernize your VMware workloads and applications with IBM Cloud®.
Linux® server solutions
Optimize your IT infrastructure — on premises and in the cloud — with the flexibility and control that comes with open source development.
Coca Cola European Partners modernizing IT operations with IBM and Red Hat®
Coca-Cola European Partners is working with IBM to transform to an open hybrid cloud environment.
One of Europe’s largest banks increases innovation with IBM Cloud
BNP Paribas partnered with IBM to accelerate their digital transformation.
American Airlines transforms customer experience with IBM Cloud.
To better respond to customer needs, American Airlines transformed the way they worked by teaming with IBM.
Mitsubishi Australia increases scalability and resiliency
Working with IBM to migrate SAP® infrastructure to IBM Cloud, their infrastructure now scales automatically.
Tomago Aluminium optimizes their cloud for mission-critical workloads
Tomago experienced performance improvements and an increase of actionable insight thanks to the IBM private cloud.
Resources
Hybrid cloud architecture explained
75% of non-cloud applications will be moving to the cloud in the next 3 years. Learn about creating a hybrid cloud strategy.
10 steps to prepare for the hybrid cloud era
Digital transformation is the critical path forward for enterprises today and optimizing and managing your hybrid IT environment paves that path.
Containers on IBM Cloud
Containers are ideal for application modernization, and for an open hybrid cloud strategy that lets you build, run and manage workloads anywhere.
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Why IBM for your hybrid cloud approach
What’s your hybrid cloud advantage?
The new generation of hybrid cloud provides a common platform across all of your cloud, on-premises and edge environments. That means you can skill once, build once and manage from a single pane of glass. IBM provides you with the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security and operations across hybrid environments.
In fact, our hybrid cloud approach can offer up to 2.5x more value than a public cloud-only approach. With our hybrid cloud value calculator, you can determine the value that a hybrid cloud approach can bring to your business.
Value trajectory with hybrid cloud adoption
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Footnotes
¹ Forbesinsights, Renewing IT In The Cloud Era, 10 Steps CIOs Are Taking Now, 2019
² The Key To Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Strategy: An Annual Forrester Consulting Study Commissioned By IBM, January 2021