Overview

Mind your business, not the cloud

You’ve got more important things to do than worry about your cloud infrastructure. A business to run, employees to inspire and innovations to rapidly develop, test and get to market. You can’t afford to lose focus on what matters — your customers. IBM Cloud® can help ensure your cloud computing infrastructure doesn’t get in the way of your success.

Why compute services on IBM Cloud

High-performance servers

Be online in minutes with powerful cloud servers you can configure to your workload needs.

Modern, global data centers

Get up and running quickly across 60 IBM Cloud data centers and PoPs in 6 regions.

Manage Kubernetes

Deploy independent microservices into cloud environments with platform as a service.

Serverless without compromise

Run your code with almost no limits and pay as you go, even scaling down to zero.

Infrastructure for any workload

Get the infrastructure control you want or need.

Bare metal servers

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Get single-tenant cloud servers dedicated to you, unshared server resources, with hourly or monthly pricing.

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Virtual private cloud

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Get your own protected space in the IBM Cloud with the IBM Cloud Virtual Server for VPC. Expect the security of a private cloud with the agility of a public cloud.

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Virtual servers for classic infrastructure

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Public, dedicated, reserved and transient virtual servers enable you to provision and scale virtual machines on demand.

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Containers

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Build and deploy in the cloud; orchestrate with a managed Red Hat® OpenShift® or Kubernetes service.

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Platform as a service (PaaS)

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Take advantage of multiple, isolated, enterprise-grade Cloud Foundry platforms on demand.

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Serverless

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Run your application, job or container on a managed serverless platform with IBM Cloud Code Engine.

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Client stories

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American Airline Group Inc.

The airline migrated key customer-facing applications to the IBM Cloud to innovate faster to meet changing needs.
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The Weather Company®

TWC® migrated its web platform seamlessly to the IBM Cloud, optimizing for elasticity in handling spikes in demand.
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IBM Blockchain

IBM uses the IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service so enterprises can run containerized blockchain components on any cloud.
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Circeo

Circeo combined IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers and Red Hat® OpenShift® on IBM Cloud to run its e-lending platform.
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Ricoh

Ricoh migrated its unified communication system to IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers to ensure reliable service.

Resources

Bare metal servers or virtual?

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Why choose bare metal servers or virtual servers for the cloud infrastructure to run workloads

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Kubernetes: A complete guide

IBM Cloud Developer Advocate Sai Vennam

All about the container orchestration tool that deploys, scales and manages containerized apps

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Container orchestration explained

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A combination of Docker containers, Kubernetes technology and an intuitive user experience

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Compute training and certification

Cloud Architect Professional

Build compute skills through courses within the Cloud Architect Professional curriculum.

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Cloud SRE Professional

Build compute skills through courses within the Cloud SRE Professional curriculum.

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Try a compute service on our free tier

Get a no-expiry Lite account, a USD 200 credit and access 40 services. No charge.

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