Why the IBM public cloud?

It's built on a foundation of open source software, security leadership and enterprise grade infrastructure — and it's ready for innovation.

Open innovation

Leveraging open source technologies to drive innovation, trust and value

  • IBM Cloud™ supports 1,000+ enterprise clients, 16,000+ production clusters using Kubernetes, managing those cloud native resources at unparalleled scale.
  • With on-demand deployment of a managed Red Hat® OpenShift® environment and our commitment to the Red Hat ecosystem, we make it easy to connect and migrate your Red Hat OpenShift workloads to the public cloud.
  • IBM Cloud invests in and contributes to open source projects to continue developing the cloud native tools that will fuel your innovation engine in the future.

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Security leadership

Market-leading protection for data and apps across the platform

  • Industry-leading compliance, including FIPS 140-2 Level 4 HSM cryptocards, for data encryption to meet even the most stringent requirements
  • Threat monitoring and management across all of your clouds from a centralized security dashboard with IBM Security integration
  • Hardened Kubernetes service with continuous container security, built-in isolation, and network segmentation to protect your applications as you innovate

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Enterprise grade

A reliable foundation for enterprise workloads

  • With nearly 2,000 clients, IBM Cloud is the right public cloud for VMware, so we have the skills and expertise to help you migrate and modernize your VMware-based workloads.
  • Our robust portfolio natively supports SAP, IBM Power® AIX® and IBM i, IBM Z® and other mission critical workloads.
  • We offer a full spectrum of compute choices, from serverless and Kubernetes to virtual private cloud and bare metal servers to meet your application needs.

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Benefits of the IBM public cloud

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Build portable apps

Build with speed and confidence on a platform designed for flexibility and portability. (1:48)

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Market-leading protection

Encrypt data at the highest level. Keep your own keys so not even IBMers can access it. (PDF, 289 KB)

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Global community

With a platform that embraces open source, there's no end to your innovation.

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See all your clouds

Visibility across all your clouds from a single dashboard.

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Better together

IBM and Intel partner to deliver cloud computing with Intel Xeon Scalable processors.

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Launch your cloud journey

Build cloud-native apps

Build and deploy apps on cloud

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Modernize VMware workloads

Migrate and modernize on cloud

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High power compute

Bare metal servers at a new low price

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Build for free on IBM Cloud

-Get a no-charge Lite Account that never expires.
-Access more than 40 no-cost services including Kubernetes and Watson™ APIs.
-Get a USD 200 upgrade credit to use on any IBM Cloud service.

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