One of the main changes when you upgrade from Maximo® Asset Management
to Maximo Application Suite is the migration to Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform. Maximo Application Suite allows multiple ways to
install and configure it.
All the applications, tools, add-ons, and utilities in Maximo Application Suite are based on three technology tiers. Figure 1. Maximo Application Suite
Tier 1 for data and analytics
IBM Cloud Pak® for Data is a data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform with
a data fabric that makes all data available for AI and analytics.
IBM Watson® Studio enables data scientists, developers, and analysts to
build, run, and manage AI models, and optimize decisions on IBM Cloud Pak for Data.
IBM Watson Machine Learning provides tools and services to build, train, and deploy Machine
Learning models.
Tier 2 for a common operating environment uses Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, which
implements containerization by using Red Hat OpenShift clusters.
Tier 3 is a cloud-based deployment to select deployment options best suited for your
organization.
Note: The deployment options in the table are limited to options supported by IBM®. For a full list of Maximo Application Suite installation
paths, see Supported installation paths.
Deployment
Procurement
Provisioning and operation
Benefits
On-premises - customer-managed
Customers buy Maximo Application Suite and use their own
infrastructure.
Customers provision, manage, and operate the full technology stack.
Maximum operational flexibility
On-premises - hybrid-managed
Customers procure and manage infrastructure and application and avails PaaS services from
IBM
IBM manages PaaS
PaaS services managed on both on-premises and hyperscalers
Hyperscalers – customer-managed
IBM or Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure
Customers buy software from IBM and infrastructure from
hyperscalers.
Customers run IBM-provided automation scripts to deploy Maximo Application Suite on hyperscalers' cloud.
Simplifies procurement and deployment
Allows customers to select their hyperscalers.
Flexibility for customers to manage and operate their environment.
Customers buy software and infrastructure from hyperscalers.
Customers manage and operate both software and infrastructure.
SaaS – IBM-managed
Customers buy a single part that includes software, infrastructure, and operations from
either standard IBM sales channels or Amazon Web Services
marketplace.
IBM provisions, manages, and operates customers' Maximo Application Suite environment on Amazon Web Services cloud by using
IBM's cloud account.
Reduced time-to-value
Reduced operational costs
Allows customers to focus on their business priorities.
