Overview

IBM Cloud applications provide you with a single tenant, virtual private cloud environment to help your development and engineering teams with necessary applications to grow your business.

IBM Cloud teams provide end-to-end services to oversee the configuration and implementation of the IBM software products that deliver ongoing infrastructure, application, and support. You choose the products that you need for your solution, and the IBM Cloud teams deploy them into an IBM data center and monitor for 24x7 availability.

You can choose which solutions you need for your team:
  • Global Configuration powered by IBM® Engineering Lifecycle Management SaaS , which includes the IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management, IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Engineering Insights, IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS® Next, and IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody® - Model Manager
  • IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management ase SaaS
  • Requirements Management powered by DOORS Next on Cloud
  • Quality Management powered by IBM Engineering Test Management on Cloud
  • Change and Configuration Management powered by IBM Engineering Workflow Management on Cloud
  • Architecture Management powered by IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody - Model Manager , on Cloud
  • Data Collection Component powered by IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Engineering Insights on Cloud

IBM Cloud applications are hosted by IBM within a secure SoftLayer data center. The IBM team provide 99.9% service-level objective (SLO) availability and scaling up to support thousands of users. IBM monitors the environment for 24x7 availability and provides all infrastructure-related support, including patch installation and optional upgrades on the customer's schedule.

IBM Cloud applications provide you with a single-tenant IBM software environment. The IBM team deploys the IBM products into an IBM SoftLayer Cloud Service Center, and monitors the solution for 24x7 availability. The IBM Cloud team installs a default configuration based on a preselected configuration template, deliver ongoing infrastructure, application, and provide support service remotely. This environment provides you with the following benefits:
Accelerated time to value
Use the cloud to get up and running faster, provide development teams with the necessary capabilities for success, and maintain compliance with corporate policies.
Optimized operation costs
Eliminate your dependency on IT for deployment of development tools, reduce infrastructure costs, and free up valuable IT resources.
Rapid scalability
Scale up quickly without having to deal with such issues as availability of IT infrastructure or skills.

Products and applications

For a detailed overview of each of the products, see:

Customized Managed Services offerings

Customized Managed Service offerings provide services such as customization, integration with other development tools, migration of data when converting from on premise to on Cloud, and meeting specific security and compliance requirements as add-on services. You can combine core cloud offerings tailored to your organization's specific needs.