IBM Cloud is a comprehensive cloud computing platform offered by IBM that caters to enterprises and developers seeking a versatile and feature-rich cloud environment. With a strong emphasis on flexibility and integration, IBM provides many cloud services to facilitate application development, deployment, and management.
IBM Cloud Overview
With its focus on data, security, and integration, IBM offers wide-ranging cloud services. It empowers enterprises to build, deploy, and manage applications with confidence and efficiency while embracing the possibilities of AI and hybrid cloud architectures. At the core of IBM Cloud is its Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering, which includes Virtual Servers and Bare Metal Servers that enable users to provision computing resources quickly and efficiently. Complementing this are platform services like Kubernetes-based IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, allowing seamless container orchestration, and Cloud Foundry-based IBM Cloud Foundry, enabling rapid application deployment.
IBM’s commitment to data-driven innovation is evident through services such as IBM Db2, a high-performance database solution, and IBM Watson services, which bring advanced AI capabilities like natural language understanding and image recognition to applications. Security and compliance are paramount, and IBM offers tools like IBM Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) and encryption services to ensure data protection and regulatory adherence. Offerings like IBM Cloud Satellite facilitate hybrid and multi-cloud strategies, enabling consistent cloud services across on-premises, edge, and public cloud environments.
Recommendations and Ratings
The platform receives mostly positive reviews from several user review platforms. According to Gartner Peer Insights users’ recommendations, IBM Cloud achieved an overall 76%. Users at the G2 review rate the platform 4.1 out of 5, and GetApp users rate it at 4.5 out of 5.
Customer View
“IBM Consulting, IBM Garage and IBM Cloud meant access to truly world-class expertise and best practices, backed by IBM’s aviation experience, and integrating all of that into our digital transformation.”—Takhliq Hanif, Head of Group Enterprise Architecture, Technology and Innovation at Etihad Airways.
“If we wanted to compete and grow volume without increasing resources, we really had to take a hard look at ourselves and invest in automation technology. We knew that IBM had great expertise in this area, so we could count on them for both the technology and the resources to help guide us as we headed down this path.”—Michael McGraw, Director of Enterprise Process Design at TD Ameritrade, Inc.
