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IBM Cloud Partner Newsletter - January 2025

By Georgina Bhoyar posted 30 days ago

  

Technology News and Product Updates

Announcements

IBM and SAP announced the launch of RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server.

The new offering accelerates transformation with SAP S/4HANA Cloud by providing IBM Power clients with the fastest and easiest path to their ERP transformation.

Read and share the press release.

Learn about RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server.

Learn how to accelerate the adoption of RISE with SAP using the IBM Power Virtual Server.

RISE with SAP using IBM Power Virtual Server helps clients move SAP S/4HANA workloads from IBM Power Systems on-premises to the cloud within 90 days with industry-leading reliability, built-in security of Power platform, and customized investment program to ease the transition to RISE with SAP.

Read the blog.

Mainframes, GenAI, and Hybrid Cloud: IBM's Unique Approach

Hear Rohit Badlaney, GM - IBM Cloud Product, Design and Industry Platforms, share IBM's vision as a hybrid cloud and AI company and how IBM differentiates itself from other hyperscalers by prioritizing enterprise trust, compliance, and security at the Elias Khnaser's Let's Talk Shop show.


Watch the video.

Pathways to Innovation: VMware Cloud Service Providers Driving Business Outcomes with Private Cloud

Flexibility is a key differentiator for VMware Cloud Foundation. As one of the important VMware Cloud Service Provider (VCSP) partners, IBM Cloud plays a vital role in offering clients flexibility and more options, ranging from public cloud to sovereign cloud, and unleashing a seamless and robust architecture across all of their enterprise footprints. Click here to read the Broadcom article.

BBVA + IBM: Driving Resilience & Security in Financial Services

Watch Jorge Ros, IBM Cloud VP Americas, and Javier Garcia from BBVA at IBM’s Financial Services Cloud Council Meeting in NY about the bank’s modernization journeys and what financial services organizations can do to stay on top of security and resilience in the age of AI.

Go-to-market feature

IBM Cloud and Straker allow their joint clients to get access to new markets with an AI-driven multilingual communication platform

As the demand for a global communication platform grew, Straker needed a cloud hosting platform that offered greater computing power and flexibility. With VMware vSphere on IBM Cloud, Straker can tap into a scalable IT infrastructure and high-performance services at a lower cost.

Today, both IBM and Straker are committed to democratising access to global markets and AI, enabling their joint clients to expand seamlessly and confidently. Through the joint efforts, both companies hope to improve natural language understanding and develop seamless multilingual communication.

Read the blog.

Marketing Resources

Read the IDC Whitepaper “The Struggle to Migrate SAP to the Cloud Just Got Easier and educate your clients on how business-critical SAP applications and databases using IBM Power servers can execute a faster move to RISE with SAP with a "like for like" move of RISE and non-RISE applications from IBM Power servers on-premises to IBM Power Virtual Server on IBM Cloud.

Read the solution brief - RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server and help your clients design for faster and non-disruptive SAP ERP modernization.

Read and share the Investment program for RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server solution briefThe investment program supports early-stage technical assessments by SIs or partners, migration execution, and moving the surrounding non-RISE (SAP and non-SAP) workloads to the cloud. Click here to learn more and discover how to get additional benefits.

Promotions

Learn about the financial incentives for VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud. Get up to 50% off on a 1- or 3-year term contract on VMware Cloud Foundation as a Service (VCFaaS). Migrate your VMware workloads to VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud with up to USD 200K in migration credits. Click here to learn more, and contact your IBM Cloud Representative for more information.

GPUs on IBM Cloud® $1,500 off for Virtual Server for VPC NVIDIA L40S GPU profiles 24x120x1L40 and 48x240x2L40 (only) for 3 Months. Click here to learn more.

IBM Cloud free tier includes a free IBM Cloud® Account, 40+ always-free products, and USD 200 credit. Click here for more information.  

VPC1000:  Click here to get $1000 off for Virtual Server for VPC, Block Storage for VPC, and Bare Metal for VPC offerings for 90 days. Read the blog to learn about five ways to use IBM Cloud Credits.

New clients can try IBM Cloud Logs for two months at a USD 400 discount. Click here to start your observability journey to improve infrastructure and app performance.

Marketing Events

Save the dates for the IBM Sales Kick-off (SKO1) 2025

Jan 29 – 30: SKO1 Americas

Feb 5 – 6: SKO1 EMEA

Feb 13 – 14: SKO1 APAC

Feb 26 – 27: SKO1 Japan

Jan 28: Webinar - Dizzion Frame "Desktop as a Service" & Private AI on IBM Cloud  Register here.

Mar 3 – 4: IBM & SAP Exec. Forum | Florida

Mar 17 – 20: NVIDIA GTC Conference 2025 | San Jose, CA Register here.

May 5 – 8: Think 2025 | Boston, MassachusettsClick here for more information

May 19 – 22: Red Hat Summit | MassachusettsClick here for more information

June 3 – 5: SAP Sapphire | Florida Click here for more information

Training and Certification

IBM Cloud for SAP Specialty: The IBM Cloud for SAP Specialty prepares cloud professionals to recommend IBM Cloud architectures meeting SAP application requirements and assist in migrating SAP workloads to the IBM Cloud.

IBM Power Virtual Server Specialty: The IBM® Power® Virtual Server system provides clients with the ability to scale their business according to seasonal demands using IBM Cloud®.

Visit IBM Training for all the resources you need to certify on IBM Cloud.

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