IBM launched cloud-ready systems, services and solutions that simplify the movement of data, applications and services across a hybrid cloud environment.
Highlights include:
- Power Systems for cloud. With integrated OpenStack-based cloud management and elastic consumption models, these new enterprise-class IBM Power Systems for the cloud enable clients to transform their IT infrastructure to a local cloud for AIX, IBM i and Linux workloads and extend them with rapid access to compute services in the IBM Cloud.
- z Systems for cloud. IBM z Systems Operational Insights is a new SaaS-based offering that provides analytic insights on cloud operations for new levels of efficiency and application performance. It allows users to make better business and application decisions based on trends and embedded expertise on performance data through a GUI dashboard. This accompanies IBM OMEGAMON Application Performance Management, which provides quick identification of problem components through end-to-end visibility for clients’ hybrid workloads that include z Systems applications.
IBM is pursuing an open ecosystem of partners for the hybrid cloud, including: Canonical, Hortonworks, Mirantis, NGNIX, and Red Hat.
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