Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure as a Service
Key Points
- Clients need agile, reliable infrastructure, and IBM promotes a Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure (DHI) built on a single service platform to meet evolving IT demands.
- DHI extends “as‑a‑service” consumption models, allowing enterprises to treat applications like flexible, temporary rooms in a house—right‑sized, fully managed, secure, and scalable on demand.
- This approach eliminates traditional IT silos by letting organizations provision only the infrastructure they need through a unified cloud interface, enabling faster app modernization across hybrid environments.
- Benefits include secure, location‑agnostic data management, pay‑as‑you‑go cost optimization, and non‑disruptive lifecycle management that supports seamless upgrades and maintenance.
Sections
- Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure Explained - The speaker describes IBM’s Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure (DHI) as a service‑based, flexible architecture using a house analogy to show how consumable, scalable resources replace static traditional IT components.
- Pay‑As‑You‑Go IT Optimization - The speaker highlights how pay‑as‑you‑go, lifecycle‑managed, hybrid “as‑a‑service” solutions lower costs, ensure seamless upgrades, and invites businesses to partner in transforming their operations through a unified cloud‑like platform.
Full Transcript
# Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure as a Service **Source:** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncCZP12RpAE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncCZP12RpAE) **Duration:** 00:04:13 ## Summary - Clients need agile, reliable infrastructure, and IBM promotes a Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure (DHI) built on a single service platform to meet evolving IT demands. - DHI extends “as‑a‑service” consumption models, allowing enterprises to treat applications like flexible, temporary rooms in a house—right‑sized, fully managed, secure, and scalable on demand. - This approach eliminates traditional IT silos by letting organizations provision only the infrastructure they need through a unified cloud interface, enabling faster app modernization across hybrid environments. - Benefits include secure, location‑agnostic data management, pay‑as‑you‑go cost optimization, and non‑disruptive lifecycle management that supports seamless upgrades and maintenance. ## Sections - [00:00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncCZP12RpAE&t=0s) **Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure Explained** - The speaker describes IBM’s Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure (DHI) as a service‑based, flexible architecture using a house analogy to show how consumable, scalable resources replace static traditional IT components. - [00:03:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncCZP12RpAE&t=185s) **Pay‑As‑You‑Go IT Optimization** - The speaker highlights how pay‑as‑you‑go, lifecycle‑managed, hybrid “as‑a‑service” solutions lower costs, ensure seamless upgrades, and invites businesses to partner in transforming their operations through a unified cloud‑like platform. ## Full Transcript
Clients demand agile and reliable infrastructure to meet their ever changing IT needs.
At IBM, we believe that a shift to distributed hybrid infrastructure
built on a single service platform can deliver exceptional value to our clients.
Previously on our What is as a Service video,
my colleague Chuck Smith talked about how flexible consumption models
delivered as a service can be a complete game changer.
Thinking more broadly distributed hybrid infrastructure or DHI
leverages as a service but is actually an enterprise architecture and delivery mechanism
that it delivers a critical next step forward.
To illustrate this, let's draw a scenario on the whiteboard
where your traditional IT infrastructure is built as a house
where the foundation is the networking, the walls are your server and storage,
and then the rooms in the house represent
your traditional business applications.
Things like CRM, accounts receivable, or user experience.
Traditionally we built these rooms to spec.
We built them for a specific purpose.
Decorated them the way that we wanted to from a decor standpoint.
But then that was static.
If you look at the power of flexible consumption, it provides a whole new set of..
of capabilities that allow you to tailor those rooms to the right size.
They're fully managed, they're secure, and they can also be set up
to be temporary workspaces that can be flexed up and down based on your needs.
So as you can see, flexible consumption provides a whole new
powerful set of capabilities that allow you to approach your business applications in a different way.
Here's the key.
With as a service, we're not limited to owning and managing everything.
We can choose which rooms to furnish on a flexible and scalable basis,
eliminating the traditional IT silos and allowing us to customize
our IT infrastructure as as needed through a single cloud interface
delivering stronger client outcomes.
So now let's talk about the benefits.
First around app modernization that allows us
to build across hybrid environments.
It also allows us to scale our applications,
and deliver them in a consistent way.
And then if you think about data management,
it allows us to secure the data that we're putting in place.
Have more control over that data, and also allows us flexibility
in terms of where we locate that data, whether it's in cloud or on premises.
Then if you think about IT optimization,
it allows you to pay as you go, which actually opens up the opportunity
to optimize your IT spend as well as reduce
your overall cost because of the optimization.
And then think about lifecycle management - allows you to have a
non disruptive approach to your solutions and infrastructure and provide
seamless upgrades and maintenance for that.
So as you can see, there's a number of great benefits around
as a service and distributed hybrid infrastructure.
Through a unified services platform with cloud like capabilities,
it's not just about understanding as a service, but it's leveraging it strategically
and thinking about an approaching technology in a whole new way.
As a service is the future.
And it's a journey that we need to embark on together.
So here's the call to action.
Don't just watch the transformation, be part of it.
Investigate how as a service capabilities can help transform your business.
Reach out to us and start a conversation about
how our as a service capabilities can help you transform your business.