CONTAINER PLATFORM & CLOUD-NATIVE DEVELOPMENT
Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
Build, deploy, and manage applications anywhere with a fully managed, enterprise-grade Kubernetes platform designed for hybrid cloud innovation.
OVERVIEW
Your Hybrid Cloud, Simplified
In a hybrid cloud world, consistency is key to innovation. Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud provides a fully managed, enterprise grade Kubernetes platform that accelerates cloud-native development and application modernization. Migrating and managing applications across different environments from on-premises to multiple public clouds is complex and labor intensive. Inconsistent tooling, security protocols, and operational models create silos and slow down development. Our fully managed OpenShift service provides a consistent operational experience across your entire hybrid environment, empowering teams to focus on building applications, not managing infrastructure.
Key Capabilities
Explore powerful features designed to accelerate innovation and simplify hybrid cloud operations.
Consistent Hybrid Cloud Deployment
Deploy applications consistently using the same platform, tools, and processes everywhere—from on-premises data centers to public cloud. Move from managing environments to innovating applications with a unified operational experience across your entire infrastructure.
Fully Managed Kubernetes Service
IBM rapidly provisions, installs, and configures your OpenShift clusters, including network and storage setup. Automated updates, maintenance, and dedicated site reliability engineers (SREs) ensure a resilient platform while you focus on application development.
Cloud-Native Portability & Flexibility
​Build applications that are portable across any cloud environment, avoiding vendor lock-in. With Red Hat OpenShift, gain maximum flexibility to deploy workloads wherever your business needs demand—on IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or on-premises.
Enterprise Security & Compliance
Address stringent security requirements of regulated industries with built-in controls. Features include bring-your-own-key (BYOK) encryption, pre-selected compliance standards, identity and access management (IAM) integration, and fine-grained access controls to protect data and workloads.
AI & ML Workload Acceleration
Integrate with IBM Cloud services like watsonx to empower developers and data scientists. Quickly deploy GPU-based clusters to run demanding AI/ML workloads with seamless access to advanced IBM AI capabilities and infrastructure.
Developer Productivity Tools
Native OpenShift experience with built-in CI/CD pipelines, integrated middleware, and developer-friendly tools. Accelerate development cycles, streamline deployments, and enhance collaboration with comprehensive DevOps capabilities and container-native workflows.
High Availability & Reliability
Ensure continuous operations with multizone clusters and a 99.99% service level agreement (SLA). Automated failover, load balancing, and redundancy features maintain application uptime during critical business operations.
IBM Cloud Integration
Leverage deep integration with IBM Cloud platform services including identity and access management (IAM), Schematics for provisioning and lifecycle management, and observability tools for comprehensive workload insights and monitoring.
Accelerate IT Operations Excellence
Faster Issue Resolution:
AI-powered analytics and automated diagnostics reduce mean time to resolution
Optimized Performance:
Ensure consistent application and infrastructure performance across all environments
Proactive Monitoring:
Detect and prevent issues before they impact users and business operations
Reduced Costs:
Maximize resource efficiency and eliminate waste through intelligent automation
Which Solution is Right for You?
Explore deployment and service options tailored to your organization's needs.
Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud (Fully Managed)
A fully managed OpenShift service with built-in security designed for organizations that want to accelerate cloud-native development without infrastructure management overhead. IBM handles cluster provisioning, updates, security patches, and operational maintenance while you focus on application innovation. Ideal for teams seeking rapid deployment, consistent hybrid cloud operations, and enterprise-grade reliability with 99.99% SLA.
OpenShift with IBM Cloud Paks
​Extend OpenShift capabilities with IBM Cloud Paks certified software containers for enterprise-ready solutions across data, AI, automation, integration, and security. Quickly deploy pre-integrated, containerized IBM middleware and applications that accelerate time-to-value for specific business use cases while maintaining flexibility and portability.
Our Services
Hybrid Cloud Consulting
​Analyze your infrastructure and create a tailored roadmap for cloud-native transformation with expert guidance.
Managed Services
Offload operational burden with 24/7 monitoring, maintenance, security patching, and upgrades handled by our teams.
IBM Cloud Paks Integration
Deploy enterprise-ready containerized solutions for data, AI, automation, and integration to accelerate time-to-value.
Use Cases
Application Modernization
Transform legacy applications into cloud-native microservices with containerization and DevOps practices.
Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Deployment
Deploy consistently across on-premises and multiple clouds while avoiding vendor lock-in.
AI & ML Workloads
Run GPU-accelerated AI/ML operations with seamless watsonx integration for training and inference at scale.
CASE STUDY
​Accelerating Digital Transformation for a Global Financial Institution
A leading financial services organization needed to modernize legacy applications while maintaining strict security and compliance requirements. By adopting Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud, they achieved consistent deployment across hybrid environments, reduced infrastructure management overhead by 40%, and accelerated application delivery cycles by 60% while meeting regulatory compliance standards.
