IBM Cloud Satellite

Build apps fast, run them anywhere

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Overview

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.

Features

Core capabilities of IBM Satellite

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.

IBM Cloud Satellite demo

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

Use cases

How it's used

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.

Persistent connectivity

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.

Case studies

Case study

University of Mainz Medical Center

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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IBM Cloud Satellite Resources
Explore a hub of videos, partner solutions, training, documentation, and demos that help organizations understand, deploy, and manage consistent cloud services across on-premises, edge, and public cloud environments.
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Watch real-world use cases
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Watch how to set up Satellite

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Take the next step

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

  1. Sign up for an IBM Cloud account