IBM Hybrid Cloud Roadmap
Composable applications, services, and infrastructure enable enterprises to create a dynamic and trusted virtual computing environment across multiple clouds, with simplicity for development and operations.
Hybrid Cloud
Roadmap
Strategic milestones
All information being released represents IBM’s current intent, is subject to change or withdrawal, and represents only goals and objectives.
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2025
Automate hybrid cloud management.
Increase automation with generative AI to reduce the need for human management of enterprise IT. Provide tools to address cost, efficiency, sustainability, regulatory compliance, and policy-based management concerns.
Why this matters for our clients and the world
Cross-environment resource optimization and visibility allows enterprises to improve ROI. Single posture reduces governance and compliance risks and lowers related regulation costs.
The technologies and innovations that will make this possible
Consistent security models and tools embedded into IBM’s aaS portfolio will be used to execute workloads in the multi-cloud with consistent security. An expanded programming model will support the execution of AI workloads across the hybrid cloud. We will improve scalability to support edge computing. AI technologies accelerate the integration of cloud services and improve productivity of cloud ops.
How these advancements will be delivered to IBM clients and partners
The hybrid application management platform (ROJA) will be enhanced with AI-infused automation. Watsonx will support the automation of a compliant hybrid cloud. A security platform aaS will be embedded into IBM SaaS/PaaS offerings.