ARMONK, N.Y., March 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:
IBM) today announced the opening of its first IBM Cloud Multizone
Region (MZR) in Latin America, an
important expansion of its global cloud presence in major markets.
Building on its existing data center footprint in Brazil, the MZR is a result of the company's
continued investment in cloud infrastructure to accelerate hybrid
cloud adoption and help foster business growth in Latin America. Following the openings of
Toronto and Osaka last year, the latest MZR in
Brazil marks IBM's ongoing
commitment to help clients across the globe deploy mission-critical
workloads with high levels of security and resilience, while
helping to address data sovereignty requirements and prepare for a
sustainable future.
Clients will gain access to cloud security with IBM
industry-leading confidential computing
IBM Cloud's network is designed for low latency and high security,
all while helping clients meet their data sovereignty and
compliance regulations – a critical requirement for clients in
highly regulated industries like financial services,
government, telecommunications and more. By hosting
workloads on IBM Cloud – the industry's most secure and open public
cloud for business – clients will be able to use IBM Cloud's
confidential computing capabilities delivered with IBM Hyper
Protect Crypto Services and backed by the highest level of security
certification commercially available.1
This can allow businesses to retain control of their own
encryption keys, meaning clients are the only ones who can control
access to their data, not even IBM can access it. Additionally, IBM
MZRs include a catalog of PaaS services, as well as Red Hat
OpenShift on IBM Cloud and IBM Cloud Satellite, to help clients
implement architecture and mission-critical applications in hybrid
cloud environments.
IBM Cloud MZRs are composed of three or more data center zones
with each being an Availability Zone. This is designed so that a
single failure event can affect only a single data center rather
than all zones – allowing for consistent cloud services and greater
resiliency. Clients hosting workloads on IBM Cloud MZRs in any
country can continuously run mission-critical workloads to keep
business up and running.
Accelerating hybrid cloud across industries to manage
mission-critical workloads
A hybrid cloud approach has been helping businesses from different
industries across the globe address fast growing challenges in
service and product demands. As Brazilian companies turn to IBM
Cloud, they can leverage its security capabilities and IBM's deep
industry knowledge:
- Arezzo&Co, leader in the footwear, bags and female
accessories segment in Latin
America, has chosen IBM Cloud to help offer a secure, faster
shopping experience in any sales channel for its nearly 10 million
customers. By working with IBM to adopt a hybrid cloud approach and
migrate mission-critical applications to IBM Cloud, Arezzo&Co
has been able to modernize key workloads including sales processes
and inventory control. As a result, the company has created a more
agile and flexible omnichannel strategy, while prioritizing
security to run complex workloads and deliver enhanced customer
experiences.
- Stone, a Brazilian fintech that offers financial
solutions for more than 650,000 small and medium entrepreneurs, has
selected IBM Cloud to move part of its workloads to cloud.
Operating in the local market since 2012, Stone recently chose IBM
Cloud due to the flexibility and security.
- Digisystem, a Brazilian company with more than 30 years
of experience helping businesses in their digital transformation
journeys by providing technology solutions, has migrated many of
its solutions to IBM Cloud. By adopting a hybrid cloud approach,
Digisystem benefits
from enhanced performance, more redundancy,
and increased flexibility in the operational systems and in the
size of the servers. Furthermore, the migration generated a cost
reduction. The new hybrid infrastructure has enabled the IT team to
have more autonomy and control over the environments.
Building a sustainable future by preparing to minimize carbon
footprint from data centers
As IBM continues to help businesses scale and protect critical data
through its expanded global cloud footprint, it is also helping
prepare for a sustainable future. Building on its decades-long work
to address the global climate crisis, IBM recently announced its
commitment to achieving net zero greenhouse gas
emissions by 2030. Utilizing a combination of artificial
intelligence, hybrid cloud capabilities and quantum computing, IBM
is working with clients and partners to address complex
climate-related issues, such as the growing global carbon footprint
of cloud workloads and data centers. This is not only critical for
the environment, but will also help IBM clients address their own
sustainability initiatives as companies across the globe look to
minimize their carbon emissions.
"As companies embrace digital transformation, IBM is continuing
to invest in cloud infrastructure and hybrid cloud capabilities
that will help businesses around the world modernize and drive
sustainable growth and innovation," said Harish Grama, General
Manager, IBM Cloud. "Following the openings of Toronto and Osaka MZRs just last year, IBM's
expanded presence in Brazil is
designed to deliver our clients high levels of security and
reliability, so they can advance in their journey to cloud – all in
a way that supports sustainability goals while thriving in a
digital era advancing to the future."
CONTACT:
IBM Communications
Kate Gazzillo
Kate.gazzillo@ibm.com
1 Based on IBM Hyper Protect Crypto Service, the only
service in the industry built on FIPS 140-2 Level 4-certified
hardware. FIPS 140-2 Security Level 4 provides the highest
level of security defined in this standard. At this security level,
the physical security mechanisms provide a comprehensive envelope
of protection around the cryptographic module with the intent of
detecting and responding to all unauthorized attempts at physical
access.
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