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IBM Cloud Pak

The containerized enterprise software suites on Red Hat OpenShift: data, integration, automation and AIOps in ready modules, portable across any cloud and on-prem — one operating model.

FOCUS · IBM SOFTWARE, CLOUD-NATIVECloud Pak for Data, for Integration, for AIOps: enterprise capabilities on containers, without single-cloud lock-in
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01 · What it is

IBM Cloud Pak, made clear.

Cloud Paks are IBM's way of packaging its enterprise software for the container era: they run on Red Hat OpenShift, so anywhere OpenShift runs — on-prem, AWS, Azure, Google, IBM Cloud, IBM Power and Z. Each Cloud Pak is a modular suite for a domain: Cloud Pak for Data (data and AI, watsonx included), for Integration (APIs, messaging, events), for AIOps (automated operations). Same platform, same security, same flexible licensing model.

OpenShift
the common container base: real portability, zero cloud lock-in
Modular
you pay and activate the modules you need, when you need them
Hybrid
on-prem, multi-cloud, Power and Z: one operating model
IBM Cloud Pak
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APP CONNECT ENTERPRISE TOOLKIT · CLOUD PAK FOR INTEGRATION · SOURCE: IBM
APP CONNECT ENTERPRISE TOOLKIT · CLOUD PAK FOR INTEGRATION · SOURCE: IBM
02 · How to use it well

The things that make the difference.

The containerized suite

Your domainsdata · integration · automation · AIOps
Cloud Pak for Data
Cloud Pak for Integration
Cloud Pak for AIOps
activatable modules · flexible licensing
Red Hat OpenShiftthe common base, everywhere
Portable deployon-prem · multi-cloud · Power/Z
Enterprise software that moves with you

Real portability

Built on OpenShift: what runs in one cloud runs in the others and on-prem, no rewrites. The hybrid strategy without compromise.

Suites, not scattered products

A Cloud Pak gives components that talk to each other: data, catalog, governance, AI — integrated, not hand-wired.

Flexible licensing

Virtual Processor Cores move between modules: you activate what you need, reallocate when the need changes.

Next to core data

On Power and Z the Cloud Paks run close to IBM i ERPs and mission-critical data: latency and sovereignty.

03 · In depth

OpenShift as the base: why it changes the rules

Each Cloud Pak is a set of operators and services certified on Red Hat OpenShift: the same image runs identically on any OpenShift infrastructure, with shared Foundational Services (identity, logging, licensing, management); Cloud Pak for Data offers the lakehouse, catalog and watsonx; for Integration covers API management, App Connect, MQ and event streams; for AIOps brings AI-driven operations automation; the VPC license is fungible across the suite's modules, and the whole stack is manageable with GitOps and standard cloud-native tools.

  • Certified operators — every capability as an OpenShift operator: standard deploy and update
  • Foundational Services — identity, logging, licensing shared across modules
  • Cloud Pak for Data — lakehouse, catalog, governance, watsonx integrated
  • Cloud Pak for Integration — APIs, MQ, App Connect, Event Streams
  • Fungible VPC license — cores move between modules: real flexibility
  • Hybrid and Power/Z — the same suite anywhere OpenShift runs
04 · Numbers and lifecycle

The numbers that matter.

1
common base: Red Hat OpenShift
multi
cloud and on-prem: portability without rewrites
VPC
license fungible across the suite's modules
24/7
deploy and management in our managed services
The hybrid strategy lives or dies on portability: Cloud Paks on OpenShift guarantee it — and we design, migrate and run them.
05 · Use cases

Where it really pays off.

Unified data & AI

Cloud Pak for Data + watsonx on one base.

Modern integration

Containerized APIs, events and messaging.

Multi-cloud no lock-in

The same suite, anywhere OpenShift runs.

Want IBM software without tying yourself to one cloud? Cloud Paks are the way: let's assess which modules you need.