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IBM Hybrid Cloud Roadmap

Composable applications, services, and infrastructure enable enterprises to create a dynamic and trusted virtual computing environment across multiple clouds, with simplicity for development and operations.

Hybrid Cloud
Roadmap

Strategic milestones

All information being released represents IBM’s current intent, is subject to change or withdrawal, and represents only goals and objectives.

You can learn more about the progress of individual items by downloading the PDF in the top right corner.

2024

Scale generative AI–infused workloads across the multi-cloud.

We will scale generative AI on heterogenous IT by orchestrating multi-model workflows, leveraging distributed data, and building and deploying across enterprise functions and teams with diverse environments.

2025

Evolve the hybrid cloud for generative AI.

We will support generative AI workloads on heterogeneous hardware in the hybrid cloud. Hybrid cloud tools will enable cost, efficiency, sustainability, regulatory compliance, and policy-based management.

2026

Accelerate generative AI to production using the hybrid cloud platform.

We will tighten the convergence of our hybrid cloud platform with AI runtimes to enable the optimized execution of new generative AI application patterns and life-cycle processes.

2027

Deliver an open platform for sovereign AI.

IBM’s hybrid cloud platform will realize the needs of local cloud deployments for the entire generative AI life cycle. Open standards and automation will enable the optimization, interoperability, and evolution of the ecosystem.

2029

Realize the convergence of bits, neurons, and qubits.

We will enable the composition and dynamic deployment of enterprise applications using combinations of AI, quantum computing, and classical computing.

2030+

Enable one seamless compute.

The multi-cloud as a global utility will deliver computing with simplicity, seamlessly integrating multiple computing models—classical and quantum—and providers while addressing regulatory, security, and sovereignty constraints.