IBM Cloud accelerates the digital business journey IBM ... - Zift Solutions

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IBM Cloud accelerates the digital business journey Disruptors are reinventing business processes and leading their industries with digital transformations: Front line decision making: New mobile apps are consolidating decision making at the fingertips of people who need to act Insight-driven Processes: Insight from nontraditional sources of data are being infused in business processes to create new business moments Digital Innovation: New innovations are composed leveraging digital services from a broad ecosystem Cloud helps businesses accelerate their digital transformations

But moving to a cloud introduces challenges: Business processes and transactions span multiple environments creating new risk for security, visibility and control at each touch point

Hybrid cloud is: the connection of one or more clouds to on-premises systems and/or the connection of one or more clouds to other clouds. Successful hybrid clouds must deliver

Maximizing flexibility for the future to use any data, apps, services, and mobile devices as needs change going forward

Developer productivity to develop, refine and deploy apps quickly and continuously with hybrid cloud DevOps

Fast, secure access to only the data your app needs identifying, integrating, and analyzing the right data from the vast types and volumes available

Integration and portability: to easily integrate, compose and deliver web and mobile apps

Cloud offers multiple viable models – many enterprises are experiencing success with hybrid cloud

Data and analytics to provide the best insight from all relevant data inside and outside the organization and optimize data sovereignty and locality Visibility, control and security everywhere data and services exist

IBM Cloud brings choice, flexibility, and control to hybrid cloud The new hybrid cloud transforms roles across the organization: • Developers are empowered • Business leaders innovate • IT leaders advance change Hybrid cloud has three fundamental elements: Cloud Business Apps: Quickly address front and back office needs with access to a broad set of software-as-a-service offerings

Digital Innovation Platform: Open standards-based cloud platform for building, running, and managing cloud and mobile apps World Class Cloud Infrastructure: Maximize and extend existing IT to cloud and connect to enterprise grade cloud infrastructure worldwide

IBM has the expertise to guide you on your cloud journey with the choice and flexibility of proven: • Business Apps • Digital Innovation Platform • World Class Infrastructure IBM is #1 in hybrid Cloud. IBM Cloud is Open by designTM, with the freedom to choose and change environments, data and services as needed, to create composable apps and services, and do so while maintaining visibility, control and security everywhere. Speed & Productivity: through integration and portability of data, apps and services and hybrid DevOps Data & Analytics: through data management and localization to unlock insights and bring data closer to apps Transparency & Governance: through operational visibility and control and security at every interaction point