What is IBM Cloud Pak for Data?
IBM Cloud Pak® for Data is a comprehensive cloud-native data and AI platform that helps modernize data management, DataOps, governance, analytics and AI so you can drive outcomes for your business faster. Built on Red Hat® OpenShift®, the IBM Cloud Pak for Data platform delivers an open information architecture with integrated capabilities from IBM and IBM partners, including open source, to help you achieve your AI aspirations while enabling governance and data protection. Whether your priorities are driving cost savings or accelerating innovation to support digital transformation, IBM Cloud Pak for Data can help. Deploy services the way you want, on any cloud or on premises, including fully managed as a service or with an optimized system. With flexibility at its core, IBM Cloud Pak for Data enables you to modernize at your own pace and speed.
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Features
Single, unified platform
Speed time to value with an integrated platform based on your needs. Intuitive, role-based navigation brings data management, data governance, data science and AI capabilities together in a seamless collaborative experience.
Built-in governance
Quickly and efficiently respond to changing regulations with embedded and automated governance capabilities. Organize, define and manage enterprise data while enforcing policies and rules across your organization.
Modern, cloud-native architecture
Update your data and AI strategy with an agile, resilient and portable multicloud data platform. Capitalize on the Red Hat OpenShift foundation to optimize the deployment of containerized data and AI services.
Automation and AI throughout
Accelerate ROI by automating the provisioning, configuration management, patching, upgrading and scaling of the platform and services. Simplify AI lifecycle management and augment your teams skills.
Extensible APIs and ecosystem
The platform is open and extensible at the core so you can tap into a broad ecosystem of complementary hardware, software and services. Leverage a growing catalog of solutions to customize data workflows.
Hybrid multicloud flexibility
Deploy IBM Cloud Pak for Data on premises or in the cloud. Choose self-managed or fully managed or deploy on an optimized hardware system.
Take a product walkthrough
IBM Cloud Pak for Data can help you unlock the value of your data and create an information architecture for AI. This product walkthrough offers step-by-step demonstrations on how to collect, organize, analyze and infuse AI into your data with a scalable Kubernetes platform.
Market impact
Experience ML, data science and AI productivity benefits up to a projected USD 3.4 million.¹
Accelerate time to value of almost any AI model with a projected ROI of 459% over 3 years.²
Increase accuracy of AI and ML models by a projected 15% – 30%.³
What analysts are saying and client success stories
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“We saw an opportunity to help our clients navigate these uncertain times with AI-powered health and economic data: the COVID-19 Risk, Readiness and Recovery Dashboard.”
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"We were able to perfect the score [for high-risk patients] just the way a cardiologist would be able to rank the patient."
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“IBM Cloud Pak for Data helps companies leverage AI in their innovation activities with its analyze and infuse services.”
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"With IBM Cloud Private for Data, IBM has pre-integrated capabilities that allow clients to be productive in a week or less."
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— The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Insight Platforms, Q1 2019
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"We expect that Lufthansa benefits from AI — an increased revenue and ... cost savings."
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"We have evolved and strengthened our organization’s data governance capabilities and commitment to business resiliency."
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— Dumisani Mthimkhulu, Head of Data Asset Management, Standard Bank of South Africa
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