Abstract
As enterprises accelerate their digital transformation journeys, hybrid clouds have emerged as a strategic imperative enabling flexibility, scalability, and resilience across IT environments. This IBM Redbooks publication, provides a comprehensive overview of how IBM Power11 systems are architected to support hybrid cloud deployments with enterprise-grade performance, security, and automation.
The book begins by defining hybrid cloud in the context of IBM Power11 and explores its strategic relevance for modern organizations. It introduces IBM Power Virtual Server (PowerVS) as a key enabler of hybrid architecture, allowing seamless workload mobility between on-premises and cloud environments. Core principles such as workload portability, zero downtime, intelligent resource management, and AI-ready infrastructure are examined in depth.
Subsequent chapters present reference architectures, integration patterns with public clouds, and deployment models that leverage OpenShift, watsonx, and Cloud Pak for Data. The book also covers hybrid consumption models, migration strategies, and real-world use cases that demonstrate the business value of hybrid cloud on Power11.
Security, compliance, and governance are addressed with a focus on workload isolation, encryption, and quantum-safe cryptography. Finally, the publication highlights client success stories and future trends, offering guidance for organizations seeking to modernize with confidence in a hybrid multi-cloud world.
This Redbooks publication is intended for IT architects, system administrators, and decision-makers who are planning, designing, or implementing hybrid cloud solutions on IBM Power11.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Foundations: Hybrid Cloud on IBM Power11
Chapter 2. Network Integration in Reference Architecture
Chapter 3. Hybrid Cloud Provisioning and Automation
Chapter 4. Hybrid Cloud use cases on Power
Chapter 5. Modernization with OpenShift on IBM Power and IBM Cloud
Chapter 6. Security architecture for hybrid cloud on Power11
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