The hybrid cloud deployment model is rapidly gaining momentum as the default for organizations’ digital transformations. These hybrid cloud architectures focus more on supporting workload portability across clouds than physical connectivity. The greatest benefit of a hybrid cloud is the ability to choose an optimal solution for each task or workload, whether the solution is traditional IT or cloud native. As hybrid cloud and Linux become the default server deployment architectures for many organizations, these organizations are also looking for more diverse deployment architectures.
The shift to hybrid and multi-cloud deployments is driving choice and flexibility. To meet demands of multiple clouds and Non-Functional Requirements (NFR) such as performance, availability, security, scalability, and sustainability, organizations must look beyond traditional x86 architectures for their compute needs. Many have turned to Kubernetes as an orchestration and management stack to support the workload portability required for hybrid clouds. SUSE Rancher Prime multi-cluster management gives organizations control of many Kubernetes clusters on IBM zSystems and LinuxONE as well as on other architectures in the core, edge, and cloud.
In our latest research brief, SUSE and IBM Infrastructure Empowering Your Hybrid Cloud Journey — done in partnership with SUSE — we explore how IBM and SUSE have collaborated to drive value for clients across the whole stack.
In this report you’ll learn:
- How Confidential Computing can help organizations keep data always secure and protecting when adopting hybrid clouds
- Architectural and ecosystem benefits of SUSE’s approach
- SUSE Manager’s ability to manage diverse platforms when deploying hybrid cloud compute deployments by streamlining operations, improving security/compliance, and reducing costs.
- Our recommendations and what we believe are the benefits of the SUSE-IBM partnership
- What this means for customers
The collaboration between IBM and SUSE provides organizations with a path to fully take advantage of a hybrid cloud via an architecture that does not have to operate within the constraints of traditional and commodity on-premises servers. Combining the latest Linux and Kubernetes technologies with quality support and consulting services, SUSE helps organizations accelerate their digital transformation while minimizing risk. If you want to know how to ensure your Kubernetes deployment is secure and compliant, download your copy of SUSE and IBM Infrastructure Empowering Your Hybrid Cloud Journey today.
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Regarded as a luminary at the intersection of technology and business transformation, Steven Dickens is the Vice President and Practice Leader for Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations at The Futurum Group. With a distinguished track record as a Forbes contributor and a ranking among the Top 10 Analysts by ARInsights, Steven's unique vantage point enables him to chart the nexus between emergent technologies and disruptive innovation, offering unparalleled insights for global enterprises.
Steven's expertise spans a broad spectrum of technologies that drive modern enterprises. Notable among these are open source, hybrid cloud, mission-critical infrastructure, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and FinTech innovation. His work is foundational in aligning the strategic imperatives of C-suite executives with the practical needs of end users and technology practitioners, serving as a catalyst for optimizing the return on technology investments.
Over the years, Steven has been an integral part of industry behemoths including Broadcom, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), and IBM. His exceptional ability to pioneer multi-hundred-million-dollar products and to lead global sales teams with revenues in the same echelon has consistently demonstrated his capability for high-impact leadership.
Steven serves as a thought leader in various technology consortiums. He was a founding board member and former Chairperson of the Open Mainframe Project, under the aegis of the Linux Foundation. His role as a Board Advisor continues to shape the advocacy for open source implementations of mainframe technologies.
Dave’s focus within The Futurum Group is concentrated in the rapidly evolving integrated infrastructure and cloud storage markets. Before joining the Evaluator Group, Dave spent 25 years as a technology journalist and covered enterprise storage for more than 15 years. He most recently worked for 13 years at TechTarget as Editorial Director and Executive News Editor for storage, data protection and converged infrastructure. In 2020, Dave won an American Society of Business Professional Editors (ASBPE) national award for column writing.
His previous jobs covering technology include news editor at Byte and Switch, managing editor of EdTech Magazine, and features and new products editor at Windows Magazine. Before turning to technology, he was an editor and sports reporter for United Press International in New York for 12 years. A New Jersey native, Dave currently lives in northern Virginia.
Dave holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Journalism from William Patterson University.
