Your Cloud Data Is Protected, But Is It Portable?

determine where an application should run (e.g., on prem, public cloud, private cloud) based on individual workloads and the flexibility to move things around, as needed.

How IBM and Red Hat Have the Cloud Covered
IBM plus Red Hat OpenShift makes the ideal cloud combination—offering portability through containerization. And with no lock-in.

IBM brings the enterprise-level, next-gen software for data analytics, data management and security. And Red Hat OpenShift, built on Linux, adds the open source architecture, providing the container-level portability that makes it easy to deploy and manage applications and workloads wherever they’re needed, without losing all the benefits of data management and security software.

Essentially, Red Hat’s “container” consolidates your software into a single instance, which makes it easy to deploy and manage across various environments, and change workloads based on the criticality of that software application.

But what if you’re already locked in with AWS, Azure or Google? All is not lost. In fact, it’s your applications that are poised to gain the most. By adding Red Hat to your current application environment, you gain all the benefits of software containerization, which enables you to move your applications between multiple clouds to make them more agile, scalable, cost-effective and easier to manage.

The bottom line is that flexibility is the open source advantage, and the flexibility of Red Hat OpenShift starts with where you deploy it. Red Hat OpenShift is ready to deploy in any environment, wherever your workloads live.

Learn More: Red Hat Center of Excellence
If you’re ready to harness the power of workload portability—and overcome the restrictions of cloud vendor lock-in—Ingram Micro can help. Our new Red Hat Center of Excellence is composed of highly technical engineers certified in all Red Hat products. They can help you develop the skills and comfort with Red Hat technology, enabling you to accelerate adoption of Red Hat solutions and time to market.

Learn more today at https://partner.ingrammicrocloud.com/ibm/redhat/.

Cheryl Rang is Director of Advanced Solutions, Ingram Micro.

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