When businesses talk about cloud computing, they usually refer to hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Cloud service providers have been quick to catch on to this, and now IBM is looking to enter the hybrid arena. The tech giant has now released its new IBM Cloud Private software platform that’s designed to allow enterprises to develop on-premises private cloud environments to accelerate application development allowing for easier movement of workloads between their private clouds
“IBM Cloud Private also separates itself from other leading solutions with an extensive catalog of containerized services, including IBM WebSphere, Db2 and MQ, to support complex enterprise applications,” they said in the email. “In addition, IBM Cloud Private can be downloaded and implemented as a completely untethered private cloud on both new and existing systems.”
Furthermore, IBM officials also announced new container-optimized version of such software was WebSphere Liberty Java application server, Db2 database, MQ messaging middleware, and Microservice Builder. The Cloud Private platform is is designed to provide developers with a similar user experience and eases the proces of connecting or moving applications between the IBM,
Some other technologies included on the platform include streamline management across multiple clouds, security vulnerability advisor for continuous scanning of containers across the cloud, encryption of all data in flight and strict access controls by the customer within a cluster.
IBM has said the container-optimized software is a differentiator from the efforts of competitors, that are also using Kubernetes as well as Istio, an open platform created by Google to manage and secure microservices. They’re also using Google Container Engine, a managed Kubernetes service.
IBM has been pretty vocal about its recent multi-cloud initiatives. This October, IBM announced new services designed to simplify complexities and expenses associated with cloud migration. IBM’s Cloud migration services allow customers to efficiently move virtual and physical workloads.
IBM says that customers have two ways of paying for the private cloud platform. The company expects most customers will choose a flexible cloud model where they pay for the capacity they need on a monthly basis, with the ability to change the capacity.
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