Big Blue offers a new slate of IBM Cloud OpenStack Services for the open source cloud computing platform designed to help clients and developers integrate applications and data across hybrid clouds. Credit: Thinkstock Building on its support for the OpenStack open source cloud computing platform, IBM this week unveiled a new slate of IBM Cloud OpenStack Services intended to help clients and developers integrate applications and data across hybrid clouds — including public, private and local cloud environments. [ Related: OpenStack company Nebula shutters ] [ Related: 15 most powerful OpenStack companies ] SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe Combined with existing services from Big Blue, IBM says these new services enable developers and clients to launch applications on local, on-premises installations and now on public clouds hosted on its SoftLayer infrastructure without changing code or configurations. In other words, developers can build and test an application in a public cloud and, leveraging the interoperability of OpenStack, seamlessly deploy the same application across hybrid clouds. Rising commitment to open cloud services IBM is already one of the top contributors to OpenStack and has a seat on the OpenStack Foundation’s board of directors, and the company says these new services reinforce its commitment to open cloud services that can be consumed through its Bluemix and SoftLayer offerings. The new services, now in beta, deliver a number of capabilities, including the following: Expanded access to public cloud. By extending its OpenStack services to the public cloud, IBM says it will provide a complete portfolio of hybrid OpenStack services that span public, dedicated and local clouds, allowing companies to deploy and integrate application environments in minutes. Speed and security. IBM says the new IBM Cloud OpenStack Services will enable clients to deploy an integrated and highly secure cloud, built on a foundation of security, quickly, providing organizations with a way to monitor cloud environments and the security controls they need to run workloads on trusted hardware. A network of data centers. IBM says developers will be able to quickly set up and scale applications and deliver them to any OpenStack-powered platform, while IBM manages the OpenStack environment and the infrastructure, hosted in IBM’s global cloud data centers. In this way, IBM says developers and clients will be able to better manage workloads, including hosted enterprise applications, analytics and web and mobile applications. “As a top contributor to OpenStack, IBM firmly believes that an open cloud architecture translates into significant cost savings for our clients and will rapidly expand the cloud marketplace,” Angel Diaz, vice president of Cloud Architecture and Technology at IBM, said in a press statement. “By delivering a complete portfolio of OpenStack services to the market, we are enabling our clients with what they need to move applications and data across multiple cloud environments without fear of getting locked into a single cloud environment.” Follow Thor on Google+ Related content opinion The changing face of cybersecurity threats in 2023 Cybersecurity has always been a cat-and-mouse game, but the mice keep getting bigger and are becoming increasingly harder to hunt. By Dipti Parmar Sep 29, 2023 8 mins Cybercrime Security brandpost Should finance organizations bank on Generative AI? Finance and banking organizations are looking at generative AI to support employees and customers across a range of text and numerically-based use cases. By Jay Limbasiya, Global AI, Analytics, & Data Management Business Development, Unstructured Data Solutions, Dell Technologies Sep 29, 2023 5 mins Artificial Intelligence brandpost Embrace the Generative AI revolution: a guide to integrating Generative AI into your operations The CTO of SAP shares his experiences and learnings to provide actionable insights on navigating the GenAI revolution. By Juergen Mueller Sep 29, 2023 4 mins Artificial Intelligence feature 10 most in-demand generative AI skills Gen AI is booming, and companies are scrambling to fill skills gaps by hiring freelancers to make the most of the technology. These are the 10 most sought-after generative AI skills on the market right now. By Sarah K. White Sep 29, 2023 8 mins Hiring Generative AI IT Skills Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe