Cloud Products Solutions Pricing Support Explore more Contact us Log in Create IBM Cloud account Hybrid Cloud From Banks to Retailers, hybrid cloud is an IT architecture that provides a certain level of portability, orchestration and workload management to transform your business Try for free Talk to a hybrid cloud specialist 01 Why IBM 02 Our approach 03 Benefits 04 Analyst reports 05 Solutions 06 Case studies 07 Resources IBM Think 2021 Find inspiration, guidance and solutions at Think Watch Think on demand Why IBM for your hybrid cloud approach Smarter architecture speeds transformation of the world’s leading organizations. Redefine how you create and deliver value with hybrid cloud The new generation of hybrid cloud enables you to build and manage across any cloud with a common platform, allowing you to skill once, build once and manage from a single pane of glass. At IBM, the foundation of this approach is Red Hat® OpenShift®, the market-leading hybrid cloud container platform. With Red Hat OpenShift, you can develop and consume cloud services anywhere and from any cloud. IBM also offers IBM Cloud Pak® solutions, an AI-infused software portfolio that runs on Red Hat OpenShift. These solutions can help organizations advance digital transformation with data insights, prediction, security, automation and modernization, across any cloud environment. IBM has the most qualified and experienced practitioners in the hybrid approach, working across industries to redesign processes and applications to speed business transformation. See how we stack up against the competition (415 KB) IBM and Red Hat shown as leaders in The Forrester Wave: Multicloud Container Development Platforms, Q3 2020 Our hybrid approach IBM Hybrid Cloud Platform Cloud infrastructure Red Hat OpenShift Hybrid cloud software Expertise Our approach to hybrid cloud Built on a foundation of Red Hat OpenShift, the IBM hybrid cloud architecture enables you to build and run with consistency across cloud, on-premises and edge environments. Benefits of using hybrid cloud Build and run anywhere With Red Hat OpenShift, you can develop and consume cloud services anywhere. Security and compliance Build trust into every interaction with IBM's portfolio of security services. Industry expertise IBM has the most qualified experts in the hybrid approach to industry. Automate and modernize IBM automation capabilities can help you implement intelligent workflows. Leverage innovations With hybrid, you can access innovations to help achieve your goals. Previous The Forrester Total Economic Impact of IBM Garage Businesses must invest in structured innovation programs to meet growth goals, respond to market conditions and execute accelerated digital transformation initiatives. IBM Garage is a prescriptive approach built on design thinking, agile techniques, and leading technologies applied at scale. Interviewed clients slashed time-to-market by 67% and released 6x more projects into production than their peers. See the savings and benefits enabled by IBM Garage Next 1 2 3 Explore cloud solutions to meet your business needs Act on insights with edge computing and 5G Automate operations and improve experiences with data insights processed faster at the edge. Explore edge computing Speed up software and services delivery Increase agility, shorten releases, improve reliability and stay ahead of the competition. Explore IBM DevOps Manage from one dashboard Automate deployment, management and governance from a single control point, wherever your workloads run. Explore IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Get unified security management Take advantage of continuous edge-to-cloud protection and compliance management for your data and applications. Explore IBM Cloud Security Deploy infrastructure for your hybrid needs Scale, move and secure data easily across your on-premises and cloud environments. Explore hybrid cloud infrastructure Drive up to 3x more value Partner with IBM Garage, innovate with our teams, and discover how to realize more than 102% business and IT ROI¹ by designing smarter hybrid cloud solutions. Explore the IBM Garage Hybrid Cloud Case study Previous 1/6 Airtel is growing an open cloud network with IBM and Red Hat Indian telco company Bharti Airtel is building a more efficient, flexible and future-ready network cloud with Red Hat. Learn more Coca-Cola European Partners is speeding transformation with IBM CCEP will accelerate its hybrid cloud migration with Red Hat OpenShift, helping them run critical cloud applications alongside legacy on-premises workloads. Learn moe BNP Paribas is innovating with IBM Cloud BNP Paribas moved to IBM Cloud to transform their legacy systems for the future, while ensuring security and compliance. Learn more Next Resources about Hybrid Cloud 1/3 What is hybrid cloud? Explore the capabilities, uses and benefits of hybrid cloud for your enterprise. IBM Center for Cloud Training Obtain IBM Cloud certifications and access role-based and product-based learning paths and training. Hybrid cloud blogs Read about product updates and the latest hybrid cloud trends. Get started Your journey to hybrid cloud starts with an IBM Cloud account. And we're just a click away if you want help getting up and running. 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