IBM Fusion – a platform for VMs, containers and AI.

IT – Infrastructure reimagined: modernising virtualisation, containerising applications or laying the foundations for future AI workloads: IBM Fusion combines compute, storage, networking and Red Hat OpenShift in a single integrated platform.

This creates a modern infrastructure on which virtual machines, containers and AI workloads can be run and further developed together. Organisations can modernise existing applications in stages, rather than having to transform their entire IT landscape all at once.

Get to know IBM Fusion.

Our specialists will be happy to advise you on IBM Fusion.

One platform. Different paths to the future.

The requirements for modern IT infrastructures are changing. Organisations are re-evaluating existing virtualisation platforms, increasingly developing container-based applications and, at the same time, exploring how AI can be operated securely and efficiently within their own infrastructure.

IBM Fusion provides a common technological foundation for this. In combination with Red Hat OpenShift, traditional virtual machines and modern containerised applications can be run on the same platform and gradually modernised. At the same time, Fusion offers a powerful foundation for data-intensive and AI-based workloads.

This means: you decide where your transformation begins.

Three scenarios – one answer: IBM Fusion.

1. Rethinking virtualisation – an alternative to VMware

2. Containerisation with Red Hat OpenShift

3. Ready for AI – Bringing data and infrastructure together

1. Rethinking virtualisation – an alternative to VMware

Continue to run existing VMs. Reduce dependencies. Ensure future-proofing.

Changing licensing models and rising costs are prompting many organisations to review their existing VMware strategy. IBM Fusion, in conjunction with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation, offers an alternative approach.

Existing virtual machines can be migrated to a modern OpenShift-based infrastructure and run there alongside container workloads. This creates not just a new virtualisation platform, but a foundation on which existing applications can subsequently be modernised in stages.

Your benefits:

An alternative to traditional VMware infrastructures
Running VMs and containers on a single platform
Gradual migration rather than a ‘big bang’ transformation
Unified management and integrated storage capabilities
Future-proofing for cloud-native and AI-based workloads

From traditional virtualisation to a modern platform – at your own pace.

2. Containerisation with Red Hat OpenShift

Modernise applications without having to start from scratch.

Containers and Kubernetes are a key component of many organisations’ modernisation strategies. With IBM Fusion and Red Hat OpenShift, you gain an integrated infrastructure for developing and operating modern container-based applications.

Compute, storage, networking and data services are seamlessly integrated. At the same time, existing virtual machines can continue to run on the same platform.

This enables a pragmatic approach to modernisation: applications can be containerised where it makes technical and economic sense – whilst other workloads continue to run as VMs for the time being.

Your benefits:

Integrated platform for Red Hat OpenShift
Joint operation of VMs and containers
Support for modern Kubernetes and DevOps models
Scalable infrastructure for stateful applications
Gradual modernisation of existing applications

VM today. Containers tomorrow. One platform for both.

3. Ready for AI – Bringing data and infrastructure together

From the AI concept to a productive workload.

AI requires more than just powerful computing resources. Data must be available, workloads must be scalable, and the infrastructure must meet the requirements for performance, governance and security.

IBM Fusion provides an integrated foundation for AI and data-intensive workloads and can be combined with Red Hat OpenShift AI and other AI technologies, amongst others.

This enables organisations to build an open, hybrid AI infrastructure and run models and AI applications wherever it makes the most sense in terms of data, performance and governance.

Your benefits:

Infrastructure for modern AI and ML workloads
Integration with Red Hat OpenShift AI
Bringing data and AI workloads closer together
Support for GPU-based workloads
Open platform for a variety of AI technologies
A foundation for the journey from experimentation to production-ready AI deployment

Your data is ready. Make your infrastructure AI-ready too.

Experience IBM Fusion live now.

Don’t just talk about it. Give it a go.

How will my existing workload perform on IBM Fusion? How does the migration of a virtual machine work? And what might a future OpenShift or AI environment actually look like?

These questions are best answered in a real-world environment.

Bechtle Switzerland has its own IBM Fusion HCI, where we can test specific scenarios and workloads together with you. In a compact proof of concept lasting around half a day, you’ll have the opportunity to get to know IBM Fusion first-hand and examine a selected use case in practice alongside our specialists.

The PoC process.

Understanding your scenario

A brief discussion about your existing infrastructure, the challenges you face and your desired end state.

Experience IBM Fusion first-hand

Gain an insight into the platform, its architecture and how it integrates with Red Hat OpenShift.

Testing workloads

Depending on your specific situation, we will work with you to test a specific workload or demonstrate a scenario relevant to your needs.

Defining the next steps

Joint assessment of the results and possible next steps – ranging from an in-depth evaluation to a specific migration or modernisation project.

Duration: approx. half a day
Venue: at Bechtle Switzerland
Objective: Not just to evaluate IBM Fusion in theory, but to experience it through a real-life scenario.

Arrange a proof of concept

Where does your transformation begin?

Virtualisation, containers or AI?

Not every business starts from the same point. Perhaps you are currently looking for an alternative to VMware. Perhaps you would like to modernise your applications using Red Hat OpenShift. Or perhaps you need a high-performance infrastructure for future AI workloads.

IBM Fusion brings these requirements together on a single platform – and gives you the opportunity to modernise step by step. Our specialists will help you identify the right starting point and evaluate IBM Fusion based on your specific requirements.

We look forward to your request!

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