Engaging interactive session at the Carolina TEC Conference—had a great time presenting the intersection of AI and hybrid cloud, and discussing the exciting momentum the #HashiCorp acquisition brings to #IBM."
HashiCorp’s suite of
productsenable
organizations to streamline
application development
and simplify operations
across complex, hybrid
cloud environments
• Hybrid cloud
Infrastructure automation
— Infrastructure as code
— Compliance & management
— Self service infrastructure
• Standardize image
workflows across cloud
providers
— Secure your images
— Reduce time to deployment
— Update images across clouds
• Hybrid cloud
• Application automation
— Workload orchestration
— Container orchestration
— Heterogeneous orchestration
• Hybrid cloud
• Security automation
— Identity-based security
— Secrets management
— Encryption as a service
— Advanced data protection
• Standardize secure
remote access
— Identity-based access
— Automatically onboard
new services
— Provide time-bound, least-privileged
access to users.
— compliance with auditable records
and recorded sessions
• Hybrid cloud
• Networking automation
— Common service registry
— Service discovery
— Network middleware
automation
— Zero trust networking with
service mesh
Comprehensive End-to-
End Hybrid Cloud Platfo
rm
12.
MCSPand Hashi
MCSP andHashi
Subscription and Tenant
Management
Authentication and
Authorization
User Management
Metering
Broker
SaaS Enablement
Infrastructure Provisioning
SaaS provisioning
Secrets/ credentials/ cert setup
Network setup
Backup
Day 1 Setup (IaC)
SRE Logging, monitoring and
Auditing
Routers to customer
observability
Bastion and VPN
Incident Management
Support
Day 2 Setup
Secret , Credentials and
Certificates
Compliance control Mapping
Security Data collection
SRE access management
Account Management
Security and Compliance
Taxonomy
Product insights
Customer Event collection
Portfolio Insights
Business Telemetry
Continuous Deployment
IaaS and selected PaaS
AWS
IaaS and selected PaaS
Azure
IaaS and selected PaaS
AWS Gov Cloud
IaaS and selected PaaS
IBM Cloud
IBM provided PaaS and Cloud
Datacenter capabilities
Sovereign Cloud
Hashi for strengthening IaC coupled with consistent tools established by MCSP for developer
experience
• MCSP leverages Terraform today.
• Enable Vault across clouds for secrets, certs and keys. Simplifies credentials across clouds
• Evaluate Boundary against Access Hub
• Enhance and Streamline Networking with Consul
MCSP
and
HASHI
intersection
Catalog: SaaS
Service Abstraction and orchestration
Container Management
Virtualization: Compute, Network and
Storage
Physical infrastructure – IBM Cloud, AWS,
Azure, Gov Cloud, Sovereign Cloud
IBM Software
Open andTrusted
Automate technology
lifecycle management
with AI for
productivity, resiliency
and spend
optimization
Automatio
n
Use trusted and
performant data to
enhance insights
and AI
Data
Transaction
Processing
Deliver unmatched
transactional
performance,
security
and reliability
Hybrid Cloud
Unify on-prem,
public, private clouds
and edge to scale
virtualization and AI
across environments
15.
Consulting
Business Transformation •Technology Consulting
Application Operations
IBM Consulting Advantage
With HashiCorp, IBM can help your business take on any challenge
System Integrator Partners
Software and SaaS Partners
Data Platform .ai • .data • .governance • Orchestrate • Guardium
watsonx
Automation Platform HashiCorp • Apptio • Concert • Instana • Maximo • SevOne • Verify • Hybrid iPaaS
Hybrid Cloud Platform OpenShift • Enterprise Linux • Ansible
Red Hat
Transaction Processing Platform
Infrastructure
IBM Z • Distributed • Infrastructure
Infrastructure Support • Quantum
IBM Z & Terraform • Vault • Nomad
Public
Clouds
Enterprise
Infrastructure
Edge
16.
IBM SaaS inany cloud through MCSP
MCSP
Subscription and Tenant
Management
Authentication and
Authorization
User Management
Metering
Broker
SaaS Enablement
Infrastructure Provisioning
SaaS provisioning
Secrets/ credentials/ cert setup
Network setup
Backup
Day 1 Setup (IaC)
SRE Logging, monitoring and
Auditing
Routers to customer
observability
Bastion and VPN
Incident Management
Support
Day 2 Setup
Secret , Credentials and
Certificates
Compliance control Mapping
Security Data collection
SRE access management
Account Management
Security and Compliance
Taxonomy
Product insights
Customer Event collection
Portfolio Insights
Business Telemetry
Continuous Deployment
IaaS and selected PaaS
AWS
IaaS and selected PaaS
Azure
IaaS and selected PaaS
AWS Gov Cloud
IaaS and selected PaaS
IBM Cloud
IBM provided PaaS and Cloud
Datacenter capabilities
Sovereign Cloud
Design
Principles
Catalog: SaaS
Service Abstraction and orchestration
Container Management
Virtualization: Compute, Network and
Storage
Physical infrastructure – IBM Cloud, AWS,
Azure, Gov Cloud, Sovereign Cloud
Substrate sets of foundational services enabling product portability
• An opinionated set of tools and workflows stitched together as an assembly enabling portability across supported clouds
• Integration enabled with cloud-native capabilities and IBM back office
Consistent Client experience
• Enable consistent client experience for SaaS pre-buy and post-buy
• Align Client's SaaS experience with the Cloud experience where applicable
Consistent IBM experience
• Enabling economy of scale,
• Skill optimization towards provisioning and managing SaaS in multiple Clouds
IBM Stack to support SaaS in any cloud
#2 AI is here to stay
For enterprises, its here to stay
AI has not reached a lot of data
General purpose model: useful but not applicable to specific domain.
Needs special purpose models
Handling smaller number of parameters compared to 1000s of parameters
Granite models can be tailored for specific needs
NO one talks about Storage and compute. Its made accessable to more
Our grantitre model
#8 This slide shows what doing cloud right looks like in action. Industry studies demonstrate that organizations adopting a focused, strategic approach to Infrastructure Lifecycle Management (ILM) and Security Lifecycle Management (SLM) achieve measurable outcomes. For example (as shown on the slide):
A 20% increase in operational efficiency by streamlining workflows and automating processes. These results align with approaches supported by HashiCorp Terraform and Nomad, which automate infrastructure provisioning and orchestration, reducing manual tasks and boosting team productivity.
A 15% reduction in security incidents by implementing zero-trust principles and securing critical systems. HashiCorp Vault, Boundary, and Consul can help deliver these outcomes by enabling secure secrets management, access control, and service networking — all without slowing operations.
An impressive 407% ROI over three years, with payback in under seven months, driven by unified platform strategies. The HashiCorp Cloud Platform integrates ILM and SLM across environments, reducing complexity, optimizing cloud spend, and accelerating time-to-value.
These aren’t just aspirational figures—they are backed by industry benchmarks from leading analysts, demonstrating that organizations prioritizing digital transformation through innovation, risk reduction, and cost optimization are achieving tangible results. By leveraging the HashiCorp Infrastructure Cloud, organizations can unlock similar benefits with a unified platform that equips teams to simplify operations and establish a strong foundation for scalable growth and continuous innovation.
Discovery Questions:
“How do these kinds of results align with your current priorities for operational efficiency, security, and ROI?”
“Have you benchmarked your organization’s cloud performance against similar metrics?”
References:
1. CIO Pages Business Process Management and Generative Al, September 2023. https://www.ciopages.com/business-process-management-and-generative-ai/
2. Forrester Total Economic Impact of Microsoft 365 E5, August 2023. https://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RE58lPp
3. IDC Study commissioned by Google Cloud, January 2024. https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/idc-study-customers-cite-407-percent-roi-with-chronicle-security-operations
#11 Hybrid cloud and the use of proper Infrastructure Lifecycle Management (ILM) and Security Lifecycle Management (SLM) maximizes investments and security. This self-explanatory slide highlights some of the specific solutions that are part of HashiCorp.
Discovery Questions:
“What is the most pressing hybrid cloud challenge that you’re trying to solve in 2025?”
“How do you prioritize your team’s approach towards addressing hybrid cloud challenges?”
“Are you working with any providers today that partially or completely address the types of challenges that we discussed today?”
#14 IBM uniquely understands the complexity and high standards inherent in enterprise technology environments. IBM software helps enterprises make the most of their technology and is infused with a common core of AI capabilities. IBM goes to market (GTM) across four technology platforms, namely:
Hybrid Cloud: Unify on-premises technology, public cloud, private cloud, and edge computing to scale virtualization and AI across environments
Transaction processing: Deliver unmatched transactional performance, security, and reliability
Automation: Make technology lifecycle management an advantage with AI-powered automation
Data: Use trusted and performant data to enhance insights and AI
IBM is the only company that can build, deploy and manage for hybrid cloud and AI. Each of these platforms is composed of core capabilities and are built on open and trusted foundations and powered by AI.
#15 Only IBM can be a true one-stop shop for hybrid cloud, GenAI, advanced data models, AI-powered automation, technology consulting, and highly advanced and secure transaction processing technology.
This slide gives a high-level overview of all of the IBM solutions and how the entire company goes to market.