The IBM Cloud is designed for businesses and provides a highly scalable and secure infrastructure. It offers tools for data preparation and cognitive services, as well as applications, solutions, and services. The IBM Cloud provides deployment options including private, public, and hybrid cloud and can match workloads to the appropriate cloud environment. It ensures customer data protection and control with its cloud infrastructure located in Frankfurt.
6. Matching the right cloud to the
right workload
Maintain
& Evolve
Private
Cloud
Public
Cloud
Highly customized
applications
Not yet virtualized
applications
Applications with
complex processes
and transactions
Workloads needing
low latency to back ends
Existing database workloads
Applications with
sensitive data
Regulation-intensive
applications
Information-intensive
applications
Batch processing
Backup & archive
ERP
Big data & analytics
Front office/desktop
Disaster recovery
Risk & compliance
services
Web applications/ e-commerce
Digital experience solutions
Customer service
Enterprise social solutions
Third-party applications
Mobile applications
Non-core business processes
Development and test
workloads
Enterprise transformation
required for cloud adoption
DevOps | Governance | Integration
Security | Architecture | Culture
* IBM Institute for Business Value study,
“Tailoring Hybrid Cloud” August 2016
Data sovereignty /
residency
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