Hybrid cloud is one of the most common architectural patterns out there which is used by a growing number of enterprises. However, it’s often a result of companies that are unable to abandon their existing technology stack in favor of the public cloud.

What if I told you that there is way you could get the best of both worlds?

In this video, Sai Vennam with IBM Cloud explains how this feat can be accomplished with Distributed Cloud, as well as some common use cases where enterprises can benefit from this new cloud computing architecture.

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Welcome back to the fifth episode of IBM Cloud Now, a bi-weekly series bringing you the latest and greatest IBM Cloud news and announcements. Make sure to check out the IBM Cloud Blog for a full rundown of all announcements: http://ibm.biz/cloud-blog-announcements

• Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud is the first to support OpenShift 4.3: http://ibm.biz/red-hat-openshift-4-blog
• Free two-hour virtual Business Framing session:https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/us-en/signup?formid=urx-38886
• Maintain business continuity and enable your teams with two more no-cost offers:http://ibm.biz/new-way-of-work-blog and https://www.ibm.com/cloud/blog/announcements/free-1000-usd-credit-toward-db2-warehouse-on-ibm-cloud

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How can you ensure that your data is stored consistently and reliably across a distributed system? In this lightboard video, Whitney Lee with IBM Cloud breaks down how etcd, an open-source distributed key-value store, can reliably hold and manage your critical information that needs to be accessed by a distributed system or cluster of machines.

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Welcome back to the fourth episode of IBM Cloud Now, a bi-weekly series bringing you the latest and greatest IBM Cloud news and announcements!

In light of current events, Sai Vennam is coming to you from a studio we built in his home, and he's focusing on some no-cost offers from IBM to help organizations maintain business continuity and productivity in remote work environments:

• A no-cost way to start running your VMware workloads in the cloud:http://ibm.biz/vmware-promo-blog
• Store critical data in the cloud with IBM Cloud Object Storage:http://ibm.biz/cos-promo-blog
• IBM Aspera's high-speed file sharing and team collaboration:http://ibm.biz/aspera-promo-blog

Make sure to check out the IBM Cloud Blog for a full rundown of all announcements:http://ibm.biz/cloud-blog-announcements

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Welcome back to the third episode of IBM Cloud Now, a bi-weekly series bringing you the latest and greatest IBM Cloud news and announcements!

Make sure to check out the IBM Cloud Blog for a full rundown of all announcements: http://ibm.biz/cloud-blog-announcements

This week, Sai Vennam walks you through the following featured announcements:

• IBM Cloud and Gartner Peer Insights
• IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions Shared - GA
• BYOK/KYOK for IBM Cloud Hyper Protect DBaaS

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Looking to gain hands-on experience with cloud-native capabilities like Kubernetes on an enterprise cloud at absolutely no cost?

Welcome to IBM CloudLabs, an interactive way to learn essential cloud-native concepts all entirely through your browser. Users will get access to spin up a free Kubernetes cluster for 4 hours to grow their skill with 3 free interactive Kubernetes labs on IBM Cloud. Upon completing the labs, a user will have the opportunity to take a quiz and earn a badge to show off their skills.

Start IBM Cloud for free: http://ibm.biz/free-ibm-cloud-reg

Learn more about Kubernetes: http://ibm.biz/free-guide-on-kubernetes

Earn a badge with NEW free hands-on Kubernetes labs: https://www.ibm.com/cloud/container-service/kubernetes-tutorials

Fine-grained access control is now available in IBM Cloud. See how assigning policies works from a resource group to a single resource or instance.

To learn more, visit:http://bit.ly/2fRNqEV

We're excited to bring you the second episode of IBM Cloud Now, a bi-weekly series bringing you the latest and greatest IBM Cloud news and announcements! This week, Tessa Rodes walks you through the following featured announcements: release of IBM Edge Application Manager v4.0, latest Kubernetes 1.17.2 on IBM Cloud, and Travelping and IBM Cloud drive innovation.

Make sure to check out the IBM Cloud Blog for a full rundown of all announcements: http://ibm.biz/cloud-blog-announcements

Get started on IBM Cloud for free: http://ibm.biz/cloud-account-at-no-cost

Welcome to the very first episode of IBM Cloud Now, a bi-weekly series bringing you the latest and greatest IBM Cloud news and announcements!

Make sure to check out the IBM Cloud Blog for a full rundown of all announcements:http://ibm.biz/cloud-blog-announcements

This episode's featured announcements:

(0:14) 1: IBM Cloud Shell (Beta)

(1:08) 2: New Ansible Module for IBM Cloud

(2:11) 3: IBM Cloud Object Storage Smart Tier

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IBM Cloud Pak for Automation is a complete and flexible set of integrated automation software that can be deployed wherever you need it, on any cloud. In this two-minute video, Sai Vennam with IBM Cloud explains the value that IBM Cloud Pak for Automation provides enterprises, as well as a few successful case studies.

Learn more about IBM Cloud Pak for Automation: https://www.ibm.com/cloud/cloud-pak-for-automation

Businesses need to quickly respond to changing market and client demands. By adopting an open, hybrid cloud approach, you can select the best architecture and approach to address the most critical application, data,and workload requirements for your business.

Learn more about putting smart to work at: https://ibm.co/334k5e5

Red Hat OpenShift 4.3 is now available on IBM Cloud: http://ibm.biz/openshift-4-on-ibm-cloud
Learn more about IBM and Red Hat: http://ibm.biz/solution-ibm-and-red-hat

Red Hat OpenShift is the enterprise Kubernetes platform, and with the latest version OpenShift 4.3, the platform has undergone significant improvements to developer experience, automation, and the management of the platform itself.

In this video, Sai Vennam with IBM Cloud explains how each of these new features work and demonstrates how these updates are improving the OpenShift 4 console.

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Introducing the Tech Preview of IBM Cloud Satellite, a new offering that launches later this year that enables you to manage your applications across public and private environments through a single pane of glass with flexible infrastructure, as-a-service operations, secure connectivity, and app life cycle management.

In this video, Sai Vennam with IBM Cloud demonstrates on an iPad how IBM Cloud Satellite enables you to manage your critical apps anywhere—on IBM Cloud, on-premises, or at the edge.

Try the beta version of IBM Cloud Satellite: https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/us-en/signup?formid=urx-44187

Get started on IBM Cloud at no costs: https://www.ibm.com/cloud/free

Learn more about Kubernetes: http://ibm.biz/learn-kube-guide

Check out the Tech Preview of IBM Cloud Satellite: http://ibm.biz/ibm-cloud-satellite

As more enterprises are using applications as the primary way to have business interactions with their customers and partners, they will need a new approach to application development.

Check out this video with Walt Noffsinger from IBM Cloud as he explains how IBM Cloud Pak for Applications can help enterprises easily modernize their existing apps with IBM integrated tools, as well as develop new cloud native applications faster for deployment on any cloud.

Learn more about application modernization: http://ibm.biz/learn-app-modernization

Check out IBM Cloud Pak for Applications: https://www.ibm.com/cloud/cloud-pak-for-applications

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Public cloud provides developers the ability to provision resources on demand and only pay for what they use, but what makes up a public cloud?

In this lightboard video, Sai Vennam with IBM Cloud provides an overview of public cloud as he breaks down the different compute solutions, different levels of control, as well as the many capabilities that are all available in a public cloud.

Learn more about public cloud: http://ibm.biz/learn-public-cloud

Check out IBM Cloud's public cloud solutions: http://ibm.biz/public-cloud

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