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IBM Cloud Announces Turbonomic Acquisition

Key Points

  • IBM finalized its acquisition of Turbonomic, adding full‑stack application resource and network performance management to its AI‑powered automation portfolio and complementing recent purchases like Instana.
  • The IBM Cloud for Financial Services platform, now backed by over 100 ecosystem partners, offers banks a ready‑made, secure cloud environment that simplifies legacy modernization and speeds regulatory‑compliant cloud adoption.
  • IBM’s AI‑driven automation capabilities are being unified under a “one‑stop shop” approach, integrating Turbonomic, Instana, and the new IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps to deliver comprehensive, application‑centric AIOps solutions.
  • The IBM Cloud Podcast, hosted by Dan Bettinger, highlighted IBM Cloud Code Engine as a fully managed runtime that lets developers focus on code instead of infrastructure, with the latest episode featuring offering manager Doug Davis.

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# IBM Cloud Announces Turbonomic Acquisition **Source:** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMMq0rhzmrk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMMq0rhzmrk) **Duration:** 00:02:58 ## Summary - IBM finalized its acquisition of Turbonomic, adding full‑stack application resource and network performance management to its AI‑powered automation portfolio and complementing recent purchases like Instana. - The IBM Cloud for Financial Services platform, now backed by over 100 ecosystem partners, offers banks a ready‑made, secure cloud environment that simplifies legacy modernization and speeds regulatory‑compliant cloud adoption. - IBM’s AI‑driven automation capabilities are being unified under a “one‑stop shop” approach, integrating Turbonomic, Instana, and the new IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps to deliver comprehensive, application‑centric AIOps solutions. - The IBM Cloud Podcast, hosted by Dan Bettinger, highlighted IBM Cloud Code Engine as a fully managed runtime that lets developers focus on code instead of infrastructure, with the latest episode featuring offering manager Doug Davis. ## Sections - [00:00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMMq0rhzmrk&t=0s) **IBM Acquires Turbonomic, Expands Cloud Services** - Ian announces IBM’s completion of the Turbonomic acquisition as a boost to AI‑powered automation, notes its synergy with recent Instana and Watson AIOps moves, and celebrates the IBM Cloud for Financial Services platform reaching over 100 ecosystem partners. ## Full Transcript
0:00the acquisition of turbonomic a big 0:02milestone for the ibm cloud for 0:04financial services 0:05and the ibm cloud podcast all on this 0:08episode of ibm cloud now 0:10what's up y'all my name is ian and i am 0:12back to bring you the latest and 0:13greatest news and announcements from ibm 0:15cloud 0:17first up this week i am thrilled to 0:18announce that ibm has completed the 0:20acquisition of turbonomic 0:22an application resource management and 0:24network performance management software 0:26provider 0:27turbonomic offers complete full stack 0:30visibility of applications 0:31optimizing performance and the cost of 0:33running the application 0:35this is the latest step in ibm's goal of 0:37creating a one-stop shop for ai-powered 0:40automation capabilities 0:41it complements ibm's recent acquisition 0:43of instanta and the launch of ibm cloud 0:46pack for watson ai ops 0:48together these capabilities will be a 0:50powerful application-centric ai ops 0:52solution for organizations that are 0:54working to meet the demands of their 0:56customers 0:57to learn more about ai powered 0:58automation and why ibm is the right 1:00vendor for you 1:01check out the blog linked in the 1:02description of this video 1:04next up i want to talk about an exciting 1:06milestone for the ibm cloud for 1:08financial services 1:09which is a solution designed to help 1:11banks host mission-critical workloads 1:13while adhering to security and 1:15compliance regulations 1:16nearly one year after we introduced you 1:18to the world's first financial services 1:20ready cloud 1:21we're pleased to announce that the 1:23platform is now backed by more than 100 1:25ecosystem 1:26partners this rapidly growing ecosystem 1:28of partners can help financial 1:30institutions 1:31integrate offerings from third-party 1:32providers modernize legacy applications 1:35and speed the path to market ultimately 1:38our goal is to accelerate cloud adoption 1:40in the financial services industry 1:42by offering a cloud with built-in 1:44security and regulatory framework 1:46that helps partners and their customers 1:48accelerate their journeys to cloud 1:50to learn more about the partner 1:51ecosystem check out the link below 1:54to wrap things up today i want to 1:56quickly shine a light on the ibm cloud 1:58podcast 1:59hosted by dan bettinger the podcast 2:01explores capabilities 2:02methods and discoveries to help you work 2:04better with cloud 2:06the latest episode features doug davis 2:08an offering manager for ibm cloud code 2:10engine 2:10and dan and doug discuss how code engine 2:13allows developers to get out of the 2:14infrastructure business 2:16and spend more time coding give it a 2:18listen and learn how to run your 2:20container 2:20application code or batch job on a fully 2:23managed container runtime 2:25this is the third episode of the ibm 2:26cloud podcast and there are many more to 2:28come 2:28so hit the link below to listen and 2:30subscribe 2:32thanks so much for joining me today for 2:33this episode of ibm cloud now 2:35if you're interested in learning more 2:36about the topics i've covered make sure 2:38you explore the links in the description 2:39of this video 2:40and again please don't forget to 2:41subscribe to our channel to stay up to 2:43date on what's going on in the cloud 2:48now 2:56you