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Accelerate Innovation with IBM Virtual Servers

Key Points

  • Market pressure forces companies to accelerate innovation, but traditional provisioning delays can add weeks or months to development cycles.
  • IBM Cloud Virtual Servers let developers instantly spin up configurable, isolated compute instances—ranging from small to large—via a streamlined IBM‑designed experience.
  • Two deployment models (public for scalable, flexible workloads and dedicated for isolated, high‑control workloads) offer pay‑as‑you‑go hourly or monthly pricing, built‑in logging, monitoring, and dynamic storage resizing.
  • Integrated security groups, hybrid networking, auto‑scaling, load balancing, and Watson API extensions enable secure, resilient, and intelligent workloads across multi‑cloud environments, with a quick start at bluemix.net.

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# Accelerate Innovation with IBM Virtual Servers **Source:** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfK9bqDSujo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfK9bqDSujo) **Duration:** 00:02:38 ## Summary - Market pressure forces companies to accelerate innovation, but traditional provisioning delays can add weeks or months to development cycles. - IBM Cloud Virtual Servers let developers instantly spin up configurable, isolated compute instances—ranging from small to large—via a streamlined IBM‑designed experience. - Two deployment models (public for scalable, flexible workloads and dedicated for isolated, high‑control workloads) offer pay‑as‑you‑go hourly or monthly pricing, built‑in logging, monitoring, and dynamic storage resizing. - Integrated security groups, hybrid networking, auto‑scaling, load balancing, and Watson API extensions enable secure, resilient, and intelligent workloads across multi‑cloud environments, with a quick start at bluemix.net. ## Sections - [00:00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfK9bqDSujo&t=0s) **Accelerating Innovation with IBM Virtual Servers** - IBM Cloud virtual servers let developers instantly provision scalable, flexible compute resources—public or dedicated—with pay‑as‑you‑go pricing, varied storage options, and built‑in monitoring to speed up product development. ## Full Transcript
0:00markets are shifting and transforming 0:02quicker than ever companies and 0:04developers struggle to maintain market 0:06speed let alone move fast enough to 0:08create that next wave of disruption 0:10innovation is delayed by weeks and 0:13months of trying to configure resources 0:14how can you bring an idea to life 0:16quickly and not be left behind 0:18IBM cloud virtual servers empower 0:21developers to immediately start 0:23developing with speed and flexibility 0:24from small to medium to large virtual 0:27servers of various sizes and isolation 0:29virtual servers provided proven compute 0:32option with maximum agility and control 0:34catering to your workload specifications 0:37run your workloads where they make sense 0:39to you and provision a variety of sites 0:42that best fit your needs ranging in CPU 0:44memory and storage within minutes 0:47rapidly provision images or bring your 0:50own through an IBM designed experience 0:53IBM offers two deployments of virtual 0:56service tailored to fit your workload me 0:58public virtual servers designed to 1:01perform for a variety of workloads 1:03require scale and flexibility and 1:05dedicated virtual servers which are 1:07ideal for workloads recurring isolation 1:09and maximum control both are easily 1:11accessible as the next wave of 1:13innovation hits you offering flexible 1:15pricing which allows you to only pay for 1:18what you use and hourly or monthly 1:20models that best fit your business 1:22requirements virtual servers provide 1:25baked and logging and monitoring to gain 1:27insights into your resources virtual 1:30servers also offer flexible storage 1:32options of any size and allow for 1:34dynamic resizing up or down depending on 1:38the spirit of your data security 1:40capabilities but the security groups are 1:43built in and can be added to your 1:45virtual servers based on your needs so 1:47you can sleep assured when your 1:49workloads and data are safe virtual 1:52servers can also connect to your other 1:53clouds 1:54secure private network wherever they may 1:57be and whatever type of cloud you have 1:59choice of consistency and hybrid options 2:02are vital as we need your data might be 2:04stored in many different places 2:05workloads and applications can be 2:07dynamic in nature Auto scale and load 2:10balancing help ensure your workload is 2:12dynamic and resizes applications during 2:14a low or peak demand times again 2:17allowing you to spend for only what you 2:19need virtual servers also provide 2:21extensions into Watson API and IO key 2:24services so that you can truly master 2:26your business you can join the new wave 2:28of innovation by joining IBM's cloud 2:30start developing workloads using virtual 2:33servers within minutes visit bluemix.net 2:35to start innovating