IBM with Intel 4th Gen Xeon Scalable processors
Discover how the latest Intel innovations on IBM Cloud can power your biggest business priorities.
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Why Intel and IBM
Hybrid cloud has become a top priority for businesses everywhere. Intel and IBM provide the flexibility to simplify technology integration across business applications and intelligence to understand operational goals from the start.
Performance
Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors on IBM Cloud Bare Metal and Virtual Servers deliver built-in AI acceleration and consistent, predictable performance to simplify the transition to a common cloud foundation.
Enable Confidential Computing
IBM Solutions delivers open source–based resources with Red Hat OpenShift as the engine. Key Intel optimizations such as Intel® AVX-512 help ensure streamlined management across all cloud platforms.
Security
In addition to leveraging built-in security capabilities like Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX), IBM brings decades of experience working with regulated workloads and industry compliance requirements.
Worldwide Access
IBM Cloud data centers span the globe, so enterprises can enhance their data governance and closely manage where their data is stored and where their workloads are executed.
IBM Key Offerings: Get More Value from Data
IBM helps enterprises transform their business and discover new competitive advantages to stay ahead of market demands and expectations while taking advantage of the latest Intel® technologies across a full edge-to-cloud portfolio.
IBM Cloud
IBM Cloud is both your platform and your partner for digital transformation. Get a consistent and predictable cloud experience with scalable resources, proven security features, compliance-friendly environments, and the backing and leadership of IBM and Intel®.
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Deploy Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs)
Enabled by Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, IBM VPC combines private network control with rapid-provisioning compute capacity.
Reduce Risk for Financial Operations
IBM Cloud for Financial Services helps achieve continuous compliance with preconfigured controls and Intel-based hardware security.
Enable Confidential Computing
IBM Cloud Data Shield enabled by Intel® SGX offers an extra layer of protection and memory isolation for workloads or Kubernetes containers.
Configure Dedicated Servers
IBM Cloud delivers over 11 million different configuration options on true, bare metal hardware with direct root access and no hypervisor.
Modernize VMware Workloads
IBM Cloud with Red Hat OpenShift uses automation to help lower the operating costs of VMware and Intel-based workloads.
Transform SAP Workloads
IBM Cloud offers an expansive portfolio of both Platform and Infrastructure as a Service SAP offerings to help drive operational excellence.
IBM Software
Open, modular services are essential to maintaining business agility in the face of market disruptions and challenges. IBM hybrid cloud software is designed to integrate across multiple clouds, with optimized workflows that help businesses transform data into value.
Watson NLU Gets a Performance Boost with Intel® Technologies
Up to 35% performance gains when combining Watson NLU with Intel® oneAPI Deep Neural Network Library (oneDNN) on Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors.
Automate and Simplify Provisioning
IBM Cloud Paks integrate an AI-powered control plane with hybrid cloud infrastructure to make applications and workflows more efficient.
Get Workload-Specific, Scalable AI
IBM Watson changes the way work gets done across industries and enables deeper insights, automation, and visibility for the entire organization.
Boost Performance for IBM Db2
Intel® and IBM are raising the bar on IBM Db2 performance with Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors.
Market-Ready Hybrid Cloud for Oil and Gas
IBM Open Data for Industries (ODI) integrates with IBM Cloud Pak for Data to provide the first market-ready hybrid cloud for the energy sector. With this platform, energy companies can use Red Hat OpenShift on AWS to deploy AI analytics for Open Subsurface Data Universe (OSDU) workloads.
From Mainframe to Simplified Hybrid Cloud
IBM and Intel provide the tools and expertise to help businesses transition to hybrid cloud environments to realize new competitive advantages. Ask about these Intel® technologies when provisioning IBM services.
Consistent UX Over Distributed Clouds
IBM Cloud Satellite enables IBM Cloud Services in any environment—cloud, on-premises, or edge—with optimized performance on Intel® Xeon® Scalable platforms.
Simplified and Efficient Hybrid Cloud Access
Intel, IBM, and Hazelcast offer a unified plane that combines mainframe, private, and public cloud infrastructure and leverages shared data in memory for fast access.
Data-in-Use Protection for Cloud-Native Apps
IBM Cloud Data Shield uses Intel® SGX to isolate data in memory enclaves during runtime for added security.
Bare Metal Servers with CPU-Enforced Security
Migrate workloads with trust and confidence. Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT) helps ensure server trust on the IBM Cloud.
Business Intelligence in Real Time
Accelerate SAP S/4HANA platforms in IBM Cloud by provisioning servers with in-memory databases powered by Intel® Optane™ persistent memory.
Cloud-Native Apps and Off-the-Shelf Equipment
IBM and Intel are making it easier to enable edge-to-cloud services for the entire enterprise with open source and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment.
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Use preferred software such as VMware, SAP, and Red Hat optimized on the latest Intel-enabled IBM servers.
Intel® Technology in IBM Solutions
Intel® technology at the heart of IBM Cloud helps deliver exceptional levels of performance, storage and memory capacity, hardware-based AI acceleration, and high-bandwidth networking.
Frequently Asked Questions
The IBM Cloud is built on a vision of open cloud infrastructure that enables businesses to execute and manage their cloud no matter where that cloud resides. This vision gives businesses more flexibility of choice in using open source software, such as Red Hat OpenShift, with COTS hardware in a cost-effective cloud stack that delivers key performance optimizations in Intel® architecture.
Additionally, IBM provides decades of technological acumen in design, engineering, and the ability to address industry-specific workloads in highly regulated markets. Businesses can also benefit from regional data centers situated all over the globe to ensure their data and workloads are stored and executed in a preferred physical location.
The IBM Cloud offers tailored services based on specific industry requirements and stringent compliance environments, including but not limited to IBM Cloud for Financial Services, IBM Cloud for Education, IBM Cloud for the public sector, and IBM Cloud for healthcare and life sciences. In each of these scenarios, the IBM Cloud enabled by Intel® technology can help organizations provide evidence for specific certification or compliance requirements, with overlapping layers of oversight and cybersecurity as needed.
IBM customers get access to tiered levels of technical support that cater to both guided and self-directed approaches, with numerous tools available to facilitate easy cloud management. These services can also integrate life cycles planning to accommodate future refreshes and upgrades and personalized support from assigned customer success managers.