Two new IBM cloud services target real-time AI and VM migration

• IBM delivers Red Hat AI Inference, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Service as managed services
• New offerings designed to enable enterprises to operationalize AI and securely run virtualized workloads at scale

ARMONK, N.Y., May 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced two new managed services – Red Hat AI Inference on IBM Cloud and Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Service on IBM Cloud – to help enterprises accelerate AI adoption and run security-forward, scalable and predictable virtualization environments. Red Hat AI Inference on IBM Cloud, with built-in governance controls, is designed to help clients reliably integrate real-time AI inferencing directly into their production workflows across hybrid cloud environments. Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Service on IBM Cloud provides a managed path to help clients migrate and run virtual machines (VMs) securely and at scale. With these new offerings, IBM continues to provide clients with the full spectrum of Red Hat managed platform offerings to help accelerate hybrid cloud adoption.

As enterprises move beyond AI experimentation and into production, IBM is delivering a cloud foundation built on Red Hat technology to help clients innovate with speed and predictability to manage the compounding inference demand. Powered by Red Hat AI and delivered on IBM Cloud’s enterprise grade…