IBM acquired SoftLayer in 2013 to enter the IaaS market, and rolled it into their existing PaaS offering Bluemix in 2016 under a new IBM Cloud brand. IBM Cloud provides both IaaS through virtual servers and storage, and PaaS for developing apps using services like AI and databases. It offers public, private, and on-premises deployment models with a focus on security, and supports applications across industries with migration and management tools.

2. Evolution of IBM Cloud
AIn 2013, IBM acquired SoftLayer, a public cloud platform, to serve as the foundation for its IaaS offering. In October
2016, IBM rolled the SoftLayer brand under its Bluemix brand of PaaS offerings, giving users access to both IaaS and
PaaS resources from a single console. In October 2017, IBM then rebranded its entire cloud portfolio as IBM Cloud.

3. What is IBM Cloud?
IBM Cloud is a suite of cloud computing services from IBM
that offers both platform as a service (PaaS) and
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

4. Why to use IBM Cloud?
With IBM Cloud IaaS, organizations can deploy and access
virtualized IT resources – such as compute power, storage and
networking – over the internet. For compute, organizations
can choose between bare-metal or virtual servers
With IBM Cloud PaaS - which is based on the open source
cloud platform Cloud Foundry - developers can use IBM
services to create, manage, run and deploy various types of
applications for the public cloud, as well as for local or on-
premises environments. IBM Cloud supports various
programming languages, such as Java, Node.js, PHP and
Python and extends to support other languages.

5. Features of Cloud
IBM offers the widest array of database options,
from relational to NoSQL, while helping ensure
strong consistency, high integrity and no delay.
IBM Cloud powers AI-intensive workloads that
demand data integrity, low latency and parallel
processing. IBM Cloud also offers a broad range of
IBM Watson® AI and machine learning APIs to
build your own applications.
IBM Cloud secures data movement on a network
of networks. Public, private and management
traffic travel across separate network interfaces,
segregating and securing traffic while streamlining
management and helping you to manage data
sovereignty and compliance regulations.

6. Tools provided by Cloud
From bare metal servers to serverless
compute, IBM offers resources for any
workload
Manage high-performance and cost-
effective public, private and management
networks.
Choose from robust and durable object,
block and file storage services.
Leverage Watson for natural language
processing, visual recognition and machine
learning.
Build transactional trust with an enterprise
ready blockchain platform.
Migrate existing VMware workloads to the
cloud with the help of IBM and partner
services.

7. List of products and services offered by of Cloud
Compute
Security
IoT
Integration
Network
Databases
Mobile
Migration
Storage
Management
Analytics
VMware
AI
Developer Tools
Storage
Blockchain
Private Cloud

8. Deployment Models of Cloud
A public cloud that provides access to virtual
servers in a multi-tenant environment. An
enterprise can choose to deploy its applications in
one or multiple geographical regions.
A single-tenant private cloud that IBM hosts in
one of its data centers. An enterprise can connect
to the environment using a direct network
connection or virtual private network (VPN), and
IBM manages the platform.
A version of the IBM platform that an organization
deploys as a private cloud in its own data center
behind a firewall.
Public
Dedicated
Private

9. Cloud market shares worldwide of Cloud
6%
4%

10. Why is Cloud different?
Built for all
your Applications
AI Ready Secure to the
Core

11. Getting started with

12. Prerequisite
- IBMid
- Knowledge of using a web dashboard

13. Dashboard of IBM Cloud after logging in with an IBMid
Navigation
Menu
User Controls
Resources
summary
Apps
Service
Regions

14. Dashboard of IBM Cloud after logging in with an IBMid (contd.)
Usage of
Resources
Multi-user
Learning
Resources &
Tools
IBM Cloud
Docs
All services
and Products

15. Dashboard of IBM Cloud after logging in with an IBMid (contd.)
Navigation Menu
Services for the user

16. Pricing
Not in Lite
Plan
Cost
Calculator