By Arijit Sarkar
Publication Date: 2026-05-14 16:20:00
International Business Machines Corporation IBM has strengthened its artificial intelligence (AI) and hybrid cloud portfolio by launching two new managed services, Red Hat AI Inference and Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Service on IBM Cloud. The new solutions are designed to support faster AI adoption while improving the security and efficiency of virtual workloads.
IBM’s new Red Hat AI Inference on its Cloud service aims to help enterprises use AI more easily across their operations. The service removes the complexity of handling AI infrastructure, GPUs and software configuration. It supports advanced AI models such as Granite 4.0, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct, with support for additional models expected later. The service also includes security features, governance tools, audit logging and easy-to-use APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) to support smooth AI integration across hybrid cloud environments.
The company also introduced Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Service to enable organizations to modernize their virtual machine environments with better cost management. The platform allows enterprises to migrate and run virtual machine workloads on Red Hat OpenShift using Kubernetes-based infrastructure. IBM will handle upgrades, patching, recovery and system maintenance, reduce operational burden and help organizations prepare for future AI and container-based applications.
The launch highlights IBM’s strong focus on enterprise…