Different cloud environments
for different workloads
IBM infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS)
IBM offers a range of enterprise-class infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings, based on open standards and with a global reach. IBM SmartCloud Enterprise is self-service, public cloud IaaS that is particularly well suited for new born-on-the-cloud workloads and agile development. IBM SmartCloud Enterprise+ is our fully managed, isolated IaaS, optimised for the demanding requirements of born-on-the-enterprise system-of-record workloads like SAP.
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IBM SmartCloud Enterprise
An enterprise-class self-service public cloud IaaS with low costs and no licensing fees— particularly suited to economically scale enterprise IT infrastructure and to accelerate the development of new born-on-the-cloud (cloud-centric) applications.
Use SmartCloud Enterprise for
- Agile development of new born-on-the-cloud applications
- Legacy system-of-engagement development and test
- Analytics and big data
- Batch processing
- Web hosting
With built-in services for agile development of new applications in a collaborative cloud-based environment, SmartCloud Enterprise scales economically and meets the demands for agile infrastructure and processes. Suited for professional cloud developers and enterprise IT teams, this public cloud IaaS enables you to take advantage of IBM’s large ecosystem of cloud partners for extended functionality and the latest innovations.
IBM SmartCloud Enterprise+
A fully managed IaaS optimised for born-on-the-enterprise production workloads (like SAP) that have been “cloud enabled” to run on the cloud. Offers many advantages of a private cloud—such as choice of dedicated servers and storage—while providing the flexible scaling and cost benefits of public cloud services.
Use SmartCloud Enterprise+ for
- Running system-of-record production workloads
- Service Delivery for Electronics
- Migrate system-of-record applications to the cloud
- Production workload development and test
- High-end web hosting
- Batch processing
SmartCloud Enterprise+ is secured with multiple levels of isolation, fully managed 24/7 by IBM experts, and has been optimised for running business-critical production workloads in the cloud. Enterprise IT teams use it to manage and optimise virtualised environments and to extend their IT infrastructures to reach new opportunities in mobile, big data and analytics.
Additional IaaS Offerings
Virtual desktop
Control costs and enable security-rich access to corporate applications and data with a virtual cloud-based desktop environment.
Backup and recovery
Index, search, retrieve and store data while getting scalable protection with simplified restore capabilities.
Managed cloud security
Secure your information assets from Internet attacks with web-based managed security services.
