IBM Hybrid Cloud Mesh is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS solution designed to simplify and secure application connectivity across hybrid and multicloud environments. By providing an application-centric networking approach, it enables organizations to establish reliable, scalable, and automated connections between applications deployed across various platforms, clusters, sites, and clouds. This facilitates seamless application migration, modernization, and enhanced resilience without the need for extensive manual configurations or changes to existing network infrastructures. Key Features and Functionality: - Connectivity Overlays: Creates portable application networks that are agnostic of underlying IP layer infrastructure, allowing for seamless connectivity without altering existing applications or services. - Developer-Centric Connectivity: Empowers application teams to autonomously establish secure connections across any cloud environment, enhancing productivity through self-service capabilities and integration with APIs and CI/CD pipelines. - Zero Trust Networking: Implements a zero-trust security model with end-to-end mutual TLS encryption, ensuring that only authorized entities can access specific resources, thereby reducing security vulnerabilities. - Application Performance Optimization: Optimizes latency between application components across diverse environments, enhancing overall performance and user experience. - Centralized Management: Provides a unified portal for application and infrastructure teams to collaborate, visualize both application and network layers, and efficiently diagnose and resolve connectivity issues. Primary Value and Problem Solved: IBM Hybrid Cloud Mesh addresses the complexities associated with managing application connectivity in hybrid and multicloud environments. By decoupling application connectivity from the underlying network infrastructure, it enables organizations to: - Accelerate Application Migration and Modernization: Facilitates faster and disruption-free migration of applications, including virtual machines and mainframe services, to optimal environments. - Enhance Security Posture: Applies zero-trust principles and end-to-end encryption to minimize security risks and data breaches. - Improve Operational Efficiency: Automates connectivity processes, reducing manual interventions and enabling instant self-service application deployment. - Boost Resilience and Uptime: Offers built-in resilience features and assisted troubleshooting to minimize downtime and ensure continuous application availability. By providing a streamlined, secure, and automated approach to application networking, IBM Hybrid Cloud Mesh empowers organizations to confidently navigate the complexities of hybrid cloud infrastructures, ensuring optimal performance and security for their applications.