Hybrid by Design: Accelerating Digital Transformation with IBM and AWS
Introduction
- Digital transformation is a top priority for enterprises, driven by 4 key imperatives:
- Improving productivity by maximizing technology investments
- Modernizing technology to stay nimble
- Enhancing customer experience
- Ensuring robust cybersecurity
Challenges with Digital Transformation
- Only 1 in 4 clients see positive ROI on digital transformation initiatives
- Only 1 in 3 programs are on time and on budget
- Key challenges include:
- Hybrid Cloud complexity leading to high costs
- Lack of skills to adopt emerging technologies like AI/ML
The Hybrid by Design Framework
The framework focuses on 5 key principles for successful digital transformation:
- Product Centricity: Aligning IT investments to business priorities
- Intentional Technology Choices: Driving flexibility and innovation
- Consistency: Ensuring consistent experience for developers and operations
- Holistic Transformation: Transforming people, processes, and technology
- Leveraging AI/ML: Training models with proprietary data for competitive advantage
Synergies between Hybrid Cloud and AI/ML
- Hybrid Cloud accelerates AI/ML adoption as enterprises can run models closer to data and business workflows
- AI/ML workloads require a multi-model approach, driving the need for a hybrid infrastructure
- AI/ML can further accelerate hybrid cloud adoption through capabilities like automated code generation and migration
IBM's Automation Portfolio
- Observability and AIOps to provide full-stack visibility and proactive incident management
- Resource Management to optimize infrastructure costs and performance
- Network Performance to ensure reliable and secure application delivery
- FinOps and Technology Business Management for cost transparency and optimization
- Generative AI-powered insights for improved resilience and risk management
Customer Success: 6
- 6, a global mobility services provider, shared their journey with IBM's Instana observability tool
- Challenges included complexity due to 9,000 monthly deployments and hybrid architecture
- Instana helped 6 quickly detect and resolve issues, including a "black hole" incident during cloud migration
- Key benefits included out-of-the-box functionality, seamless correlation from service to infrastructure, and end-to-end tracing
Conclusion
- The hybrid by design framework and IBM's automation portfolio, leveraging AWS services, can help enterprises accelerate their digital transformation journeys
- Key focus areas include product centricity, intentional technology choices, consistency, holistic transformation, and AI/ML adoption
- Successful partnerships like the one with 6 demonstrate the real-world impact of this approach