What's new
Each release offers new functions and improvements to help you take more innovation to the cloud, whether you are new to the product or if you are upgrading from a prior release. Review this information for a high-level summary of the new features and changes in each release.
New features and changes in Version 2.3.0.0
- IBM® Cloud Pak System®
- IBM Cloud Pak for Multi Cloud Management
- IBM Cloud Pak for Digital Business Automation
- IBM Cloud Pak for Cloud Application Platform
- IBM Cloud Pak for Cloud Integration Platform
- IBM Cloud Private for OpenShift Container Platform pattern
Starting with Version 2.3.0.0, IBM PureApplication offerings are aligned within the Paks portfolio, launching a new IBM Cloud Pak solution, and offering clients with new deployment options. IBM Cloud Paks make it easier for our clients to understand cloud capabilities. IBM recommends a hybrid cloud approach delivered as IBM Cloud Paks.
IBM Cloud Paks are enterprise-grade, containerized software solutions, and modular middleware solutions that give clients an open, fast, and more secure way to build, move, and manage core business applications to any cloud. IBM Cloud Paks come pre-packaged with hardware that enable customers to deploy in less than a day for IBM Cloud Pak System.
- Guided installation and configuration of IBM Cloud Paks in minutes.
- Deployment of VM and container-based workloads with simplified, scalable and consistent management.
IBM® Cloud Pak System® is the fastest way to deploy, manage and move application environments across hybrid clouds. By capturing applications as patterns, you have a seamless path to move the applications across hybrid environments without any change. IBM Cloud Pak System simplifies and automates these tasks and processes to accelerate application delivery, lower costs and reduce errors.
IBM Cloud Pak System is an integrated system of hardware and software that is optimized to run IBM Cloud Paks, Kubernetes, and VMware based workloads in the safety of your data center. IBM Cloud Pak System leverages years of IBM datacenter expertise to provide a clear path to accelerate Enterprise IT Transformation to cloud native operating models. IBM Cloud Pak System comes pre-integrated with all the software you need to bring cloud native to the enterprise in an easy to use for factor.
- Accelerate enterprise IT Transformation to cloud native operating models in the datacenter integrated with IBM Cloud and non-IBM public clouds - vendor choice without lock-in.
- Modernize applications and deploy VM and container based workloads with simplified, scalable and consistent management across hybrid multi-cloud.
- Provision and configure IBM Cloud Paks with compute, network, and storage to best practices in minutes with guided automation - certified from top to bottom by IBM.
- Maintain and operate IBM Cloud Paks with built-in day 2 management services.
IBM Cloud Pak for Multi Cloud Management helps to provide you with consistent visibility, governance and automation with a range of hybrid, multi cloud and management capabilities. For more information, see IBM Cloud Pak for Multi Cloud Management.
IBM Cloud Pak for Digital Business Automation delivers a robust end-to-end solution for business automation needs within the clients' enterprise. For more information, see IBM Cloud Pak for Digital Business Automation.
IBM Cloud Pak for Applications offers an end-to-end, enterprise-specific experience to speed development of applications that are built for Kubernetes. For more information, see IBM Cloud Pak for Cloud Application Platform.
IBM Cloud Pak for Integration is the industry’s most complete hybrid integration platform. For more information, see IBM Cloud Pak for Cloud Integration Platform.
You can deploy IBM certified software containers running on IBM Cloud Private on to Red Hat OpenShift. For more information, see IBM Cloud Private for OpenShift Container Platform pattern.