Lumen Technologies is a key edge compute partner to integrate
IBM Cloud Satellite for 180,000 enterprise locations
More than 65 ecosystem partners, including Cisco, Dell
Technologies and Intel, to build hybrid cloud services
IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a Service with IBM Cloud Satellite
extends Watson Anywhere AI
ARMONK, N.Y., March 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:
IBM) today announced that its hybrid cloud services are now
generally available in any environment -- on any cloud, on premises
or at the edge -- via IBM Cloud Satellite. Lumen Technologies and
IBM have integrated IBM Cloud Satellite with the Lumen edge
platform to enable clients to harness hybrid cloud services in near
real-time and build innovative solutions at the
edge.
IBM Cloud Satellite brings a secured, unifying layer of cloud
services for clients across environments, regardless of where their
data resides. This is essential to help address critical data
privacy and data sovereignty requirements. Industries including
telecommunications, financial services, healthcare and government
can now benefit from reduced latency that comes with analyzing data
securely at the edge. Workloads related to online learning, remote
work, telehealth services and more can now be delivered with
increased efficiency and security with IBM Cloud Satellite. As
workloads shift to the edge, IBM Cloud Satellite will help
clients deliver low latency, while still enabling them to have the
same levels of security, data privacy, interoperability and open
standards found in hybrid cloud environments.
IBM is also extending Watson Anywhere with the availability of
IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a Service with IBM Cloud Satellite. This
gives clients a flexible, secure way to run their AI and analytics
workloads as services across any environment – without having to
manage them on their own. EquBot, a fintech firm helping
global investment professionals, is already seeing early benefits.
The work has shown reduced latency from ten seconds to under one
second on some of the time critical models. This allows
investors to make better-informed decisions across financial
markets.
Lumen platform delivers IBM Cloud Satellite to speed
innovation at the edge
Lumen, an enterprise technology company enabling the 4th
Industrial Revolution, is using its global Edge Compute platform to
deliver IBM Cloud Satellite to customers. By combining the
deployment flexibility of IBM Cloud Satellite with the Lumen edge
platform's broad availability, adaptive networking and connected
security capabilities, Lumen customers gain choice and speed in how
they securely tap into the benefits of edge computing services.
Customers using the Lumen platform and IBM Cloud Satellite can
deploy data-intensive applications like video analytics across
highly distributed environments such as offices and retail spaces,
and take advantage of infrastructure designed for single digit
millisecond latency. Because the application can be hosted on Red
Hat OpenShift via IBM Cloud Satellite from the close proximity of a
Lumen edge location, cameras and sensors can function in near
real-time to help improve quality and safety. For example, cameras
can detect the last time surfaces were cleaned or flag potential
worker safety concerns. Additionally, customers across geographies
can better address data sovereignty by deploying this processing
power closer to where the data is created.
"With the Lumen platform's broad reach, we are giving our
enterprise customers access to IBM Cloud Satellite to help them
drive innovation more rapidly at the edge," said Paul Savill, SVP Enterprise Product Management
and Services at Lumen. "Our enterprise customers can now extend IBM
Cloud services across Lumen's robust global network, enabling them
to deploy data-heavy edge applications that demand high security
and ultra-low latency. By bringing secure and open hybrid cloud
capabilities to the edge, our customers can propel their businesses
forward and take advantage of the emerging applications of the
4th Industrial Revolution."
As part of this collaboration, customers will be able to:
- Deploy applications across more than 180,000 connected
enterprise locations on the Lumen network to provide a low latency
experience
- Create cloud-enabled solutions at the edge that leverage
application management and orchestration via IBM Cloud
Satellite
- Build open, interoperable platforms that give customers greater
deployment flexibility and more seamless access to cloud native
services like AI, IoT and edge computing
"IBM is working with clients to leverage advanced technologies
like edge computing and AI, enabling them to digitally transform
with hybrid cloud while keeping data security at the forefront,"
said Howard Boville, Head of IBM
Hybrid Cloud Platform. "With IBM Cloud Satellite, clients can
securely gain the benefits of cloud services anywhere, from
the core of the data center to the farthest reaches of the
network."
IBM's partner ecosystem to co-create new cloud services with
IBM Cloud Satellite
IBM is collaborating with more than 65 ecosystem partners,
including Cisco, Dell Technologies and Intel to build secure cloud
services helping clients run workloads in any environment via IBM
Cloud Satellite. Infrastructure partners offer a choice of
storage, networking and server solutions to help clients leverage
their existing infrastructures to deploy IBM Cloud Satellite
locations at data centers or the edge. Service partners plan to
offer migration and deployment services to help clients manage
solutions as-a-service anywhere. IBM Cloud Satellite clients can
also access Red Hat OpenShift-certified software offerings on Red
Hat Marketplace, which can be deployed to run on Red Hat OpenShift
via IBM Cloud Satellite, offering flexibility to install and manage
with greater simplicity.
IBM Cloud Satellite: Build faster. Securely. Anywhere. Now
generally available. To get started, visit:
https://www.ibm.com/cloud/satellite.
For more information on how IBM is working with its ecosystem of
partners, visit:
www.ibm.com/cloud/blog/ibm-partner-ecosystem-and-cloud-satellite
For more information on IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a Service,
visit:
https://www.ibm.com/blogs/journey-to-ai/ibm-cloud-pak-for-data-with-ibm-cloud-satellite
For more information on how IBM is helping developers build on
IBM Cloud Satellite, visit:
https://developer.ibm.com/blogs/distributed-cloud-development-ibm-cloud-satellite
For more information on how IBM Cloud Satellite is supported by
IBM Storage,
visit: www.ibm.com/blogs/systems/improve-it-infrastructure-with-ibm-hybrid-cloud-storage-for-ibm-cloud-satellite
For more information on IBM Global Technology Services
capabilities for IBM Cloud Satellite,
visit: ibm.biz/PC_IaaS
About IBM:
For further information visit:
www.ibm.com/cloud/.
Contact:
Kaveri Camire
IBM Communications
kcamire@us.ibm.com
Hannah Slocum
IBM Communications
hslocum@us.ibm.com
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