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Accelerate Innovation with IBM's Full DevOps & Automation Ecosystem

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Following the $6.4 billion acquisition of HashiCorp in January 2025, IBM has become the definitive leader in infrastructure automation. This strategic move combines HashiCorp's industry-standard tools with IBM's AI-powered operations platform.

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At Ycon, we bring 16+ years of deep IBM ecosystem expertise as their strategic business partner in Israel. Our unique relationship with IBM enables us to deliver implementations that leverage not just the technology but also IBM's best practices, direct technical support, and early access to emerging capabilities. When IBM's enterprise clients in Israel need proven DevOps transformation, we're the partner they trust to deliver results at scale.
 

HashiCorp Suite - Industry Standard Infrastructure Automation

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The HashiCorp acquisition brings the most adopted infrastructure tools under IBM's umbrella. These aren't just tools - they're the foundation of modern DevOps practices worldwide.

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• Terraform - Infrastructure as Code across any environment. We automate everything from simple deployments to complex multi-cloud architectures. With over 3 billion resources managed globally, Terraform is the undisputed IaC leader.​

• Vault - Enterprise secrets management with dynamic credentials, encryption-as-a-service, and automated rotation. Our implementations secure millions of operations daily for regulated industries.

• Consul - Service mesh for automatic service discovery and zero-trust networking. Processing over 10 billion queries daily in production environments worldwide.

• Nomad - Flexible workload orchestration beyond containers, scheduling any application type with sub-second latency.

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Watson X - AI-Powered DevOps Intelligence

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• Watson X transforms DevOps with enterprise AI, delivering intelligent automation across your entire pipeline.

• Watson X.ai - Generative AI for code generation, automated testing, and intelligent remediation. Recent deployments show 40% reduction in development time.

• Watson X.data - Unified data platform providing the foundation for AI-driven operational insights.

• Watson X.governance - Ensures AI compliance and explainability, critical for regulated environments.
   

Our implementations demonstrate 70% faster incident resolution through AI-powered root cause analysis.

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Turbonomic - Continuous Application Performance

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Turbonomic uses real-time analytics to automatically ensure applications get the exact resources they need, when they need them.

• Automated Resource Management - Makes millions of decisions per second without human intervention

• Cost Optimization - Reduces cloud spend by 30-40% while improving performance

• Full-Stack Intelligence - Understands dependencies across 50+ technologies

• Integration with Terraform enables automated infrastructure changes through existing IaC pipelines.

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Instana - Real-Time Observability

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Instana provides automatic, continuous monitoring with one-second granularity - complete visibility, not sampling.

• Zero-Configuration Discovery - Automatically monitors 250+ technologies

• AI-Powered Analysis - Identifies root causes in seconds

• Every Request Traced - Complete distributed tracing without code changes

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Organizations using Instana resolve incidents 75% faster than with traditional APM tools.

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FinOps Excellence - Kubecost & Apptio Cloudability

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We deliver comprehensive FinOps solutions combining IBM's cost management tools for complete financial visibility and control.

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Kubecost - Cloud-native cost intelligence providing real-time Kubernetes spending visibility:
 

• Granular cost allocation by team, application, or namespace

• Automated optimization recommendations saving 20-40%

• Multi-cloud unified cost management
   

Apptio Cloudability - Enterprise-wide cloud financial management platform:

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• Comprehensive cost visibility across all cloud providers

• Automated tagging and cost allocation

• Budget tracking and anomaly detection

• Showback/chargeback capabilities for IT finance
   

Our FinOps implementations typically deliver 30-50% cost reduction while improving resource utilization and maintaining performance SLAs.

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Strategic Integration Excellence

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Our expertise extends beyond individual tools. We architect unified platforms that leverage IBM's ecosystem while integrating with your existing toolchain:

• HashiCorp + Watson X for AI-driven infrastructure automation

• Turbonomic + Cloudability for comprehensive FinOps strategy

• Vault + Instana for security observability

• Terraform + ServiceNow for governed change management
   

Accelerate Your DevOps Journey

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IBM's enhanced DevOps portfolio offers unmatched capabilities, but success requires expert implementation. With 16+ years of experience across IBM's ecosystem, we deliver:

• Rapid implementation with proven methodologies

• Seamless integration with existing tools

• Knowledge transfer ensuring team independence

• Ongoing optimization and support
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Ready to transform your infrastructure? Contact us to discover how IBM's DevOps solutions can accelerate innovation while reducing complexity.