IBM Fusion

A modern infrastructure for AI and containers

Overview

Your AI Vision. Delivered Faster and at Scale.

A turnkey modern infrastructure that brings data, AI, containers and applications together with enterprise‑grade performance across hybrid environments.

IBM Fusion
The platform beneath your vision

Fusion is an intelligent application data platform.

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IBM Fusion accelerates your hybrid cloud journey by providing a high-performance, container-native data platform that seamlessly connects, protects, and scales AI-ready workloads across Red Hat OpenShift environments.

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IBM Fusion differentiates itself by providing a turn-key, modern infrastructure for AI and container-native platform that integrates compute, storage, and networking into a single, AI-optimized solution. This pre-configured infrastructure removes the complexity of DIY clusters, allowing you to deploy and scale data-intensive workloads across the hybrid cloud in minutes rather than days.

 

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IBM Fusion is designed for enterprises and IT leaders seeking a turn-key, AI-ready platform to simplify the complexities of modernizing their data infrastructure. It specifically empowers data scientists and DevOps teams by providing a pre-configured solution that integrates compute, storage, and networking, allowing them to focus on scaling applications and AI workloads rather than managing underlying hardware.

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Use cases

Build and run any workload

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Agentic AI Factory

Experience top inference performance with GPU‑powered nodes.

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AI Infrastructure

Up and running with AI in days not weeks.

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Data Lakehouse

Your data – structured, unstructured, and semi-structured.

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Modern Application Platform

Significant TCO reduction after VMware exit with Fusion + OpenShift.

Case studies

Real stories. Real impact.

Analytics with SAS Viya on IBM Fusion HCI

Banking made safer. IBM Fusion HCI helped Resona HD leverage a flexible infrastructure without the burden of constructing and managing it, by leveraging AI and transforming security.

“We are aiming to provide an IT environment that is effective in the active use of IT and information for the early realization of retail No. 1. ”

Resona Holdings, Inc.
Mr. Koji Kamesui , Mr. Kazutomo Komatsuzaki
IT Planning Department
 
Mr. Masayuki Sakoda
Compliance Department AML Financial Crimes Office
 
Resona-Digital-I, Inc.
Mr. Shohei Nishino
Digital Platform

Our strategic partners

Fusion is strengthened by a strategic ecosystem of partners who bring performance, innovation, and enterprise‑grade capabilities across AI, data, and modern applications.

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Unified containers with simplified operations.
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Resilient infrastructure designed for scale.
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Optimized compute delivering enterprise speed.
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Integrated systems enabling seamless design.
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AI models accelerated to real business impact.
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Accelerated AI powered by GPU innovation.
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Intelligent asset management at enterprise scale.

Your platform for what’s next

Unified & governed data foundation
  • Lakehouse architecture with built‑in governance.
  • Bias‑controlled, lineage‑aware, AI‑ready datasets.
Governance & trust by design
  • Embedded compliance, policy enforcement, and secure model deployment.
  • Automated risk monitoring across environments.
Resilient AI infrastructure
  • Self‑healing, autoscaling, and high‑availability tuned for AI workloads.
  • Uptime for mission‑critical applications.
Persistent & performance‑driven operations
  • Durable storage + optimized pipelines for continuous AI delivery.
  • Outcome‑driven MLOps ensuring speed, scale, and reliability.
Seamless hybrid portability
  • VM modernization + workload portability across cloud/on‑prem.
  • Optimized GPU/CPU orchestration for AI training & inference.
Take the next step

Discover how you can leverage enterprise-grade data storage and protection services with IBM Fusion.