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IBM‑Equinix Collaboration and Cyber Security Awards

Key Points

  • IBM announced a technology partnership with Equinix that lets IBM Hybrid Cloud Mesh customers deploy upcoming Hybrid Cloud Mesh gateways on Equinix Metal, expanding deployment options across Equinix’s global infrastructure.
  • Hybrid Cloud Mesh, an IBM SaaS solution, helps DevOps and Cloud Ops teams automate, manage, and observe application connectivity across public, private, edge, and on‑premises environments in a hybrid‑multicloud landscape.
  • The Biden Administration released its National Cybersecurity Strategy implementation plan, emphasizing stronger actor responsibility and long‑term resilience, and outlining five pillars: defending critical infrastructure, disrupting threat actors, shaping market forces, investing in a resilient future, and forging international partnerships.
  • IBM Security’s QRadar SIM was named the 2024 Cybersecurity Breakthrough Awards “Solution Provider of the Year,” recognized for its innovative features that address real‑world security challenges and differentiate it from competing solutions.

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# IBM‑Equinix Collaboration and Cyber Security Awards **Source:** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy-b19KTO4k](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy-b19KTO4k) **Duration:** 00:03:42 ## Summary - IBM announced a technology partnership with Equinix that lets IBM Hybrid Cloud Mesh customers deploy upcoming Hybrid Cloud Mesh gateways on Equinix Metal, expanding deployment options across Equinix’s global infrastructure. - Hybrid Cloud Mesh, an IBM SaaS solution, helps DevOps and Cloud Ops teams automate, manage, and observe application connectivity across public, private, edge, and on‑premises environments in a hybrid‑multicloud landscape. - The Biden Administration released its National Cybersecurity Strategy implementation plan, emphasizing stronger actor responsibility and long‑term resilience, and outlining five pillars: defending critical infrastructure, disrupting threat actors, shaping market forces, investing in a resilient future, and forging international partnerships. - IBM Security’s QRadar SIM was named the 2024 Cybersecurity Breakthrough Awards “Solution Provider of the Year,” recognized for its innovative features that address real‑world security challenges and differentiate it from competing solutions. ## Sections - [00:00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy-b19KTO4k&t=0s) **IBM‑Equinix Hybrid Cloud Collaboration** - The episode announces IBM’s partnership with Equinix to let Hybrid Cloud Mesh customers deploy gateways on the Equinix Metal platform, leveraging its global infrastructure for flexible, application‑centric multi‑cloud connectivity. ## Full Transcript
0:00IBM and equinex the White House cyber 0:03security plan and recognition for Q 0:05radar Sim all on this episode of IBM 0:08Tech now what's up y'all my name is Ian 0:11and I am back to bring you the latest 0:13and greatest news and announcements 0:14about IBM technology to kick things off 0:17this week we are thrilled to announce a 0:19technology collaboration between IBM and 0:22equinex this collab will enable IBM 0:25hybrid Cloud mesh customers to deploy 0:27the upcoming hybrid Cloud mesh gateways 0:30on the equinix metal platform IBM hybrid 0:33Cloud mesh is a SAS offering designed to 0:36enable Enterprises to bring management 0:38to their hybrid multicloud 0:39infrastructure it will allow devops and 0:42Cloud Ops teams to collaborate to 0:44seamlessly manage and scale Network 0:46applications across a wide variety of 0:48public and private clouds Edge and on 0:50premises 0:52environments driven by application 0:54Centric connectivity IBM hybrid Cloud 0:56mesh automates the process management 0:58and observability 1:00of application connectivity in and 1:02between public and private clouds this 1:05helps modern Enterprises operate their 1:06infrastructure across hybrid multicloud 1:09and heterogeneous 1:10environments the technology collab 1:12between IBM and equinex will enable 1:14hybrid Cloud mesh customers to take 1:16advantage of the extensive equinex 1:18infrastructure footprint to choose where 1:21to deploy and connect their Enterprise 1:23applications in a flexible and efficient 1:25way to learn more about this exciting 1:27new partnership check out the blog in 1:29the description of this 1:31video next up the Biden Administration 1:34recently released its plan for 1:36implementing the highly anticipated 1:38National cyber security strategy and the 1:40response from experts has been very 1:42positive The New National cyber security 1:45strategy implementation plan outlined 1:47two main areas of emphasis for the 1:50nation's cyber security first is the 1:52need for more capable actors to Bear 1:55more responsibility for cyber security 1:57and second is the need to increase 1:59incentives to invest in long-term 2:01resilience at a higher level the 2:04national cyber security strategy 2:05implementation plan is based on five 2:08core pillars pillar one is defending 2:10critical infrastructure pillar two is 2:12disrupting and dismantling threat actors 2:15pillar three is shaping Market forces 2:17and driving security and resilience 2:19pillar four is investing in a resilient 2:21future and pillar five is forging 2:23International Partnerships to pursue 2:26shared goals to learn more about the 2:28cyber security plan and its response hit 2:30the link 2:31below to finish things up today we are 2:34excited to announce that IBM security 2:36qar Sim has been selected as the winner 2:39of the cyber security breakthrough 2:41Awards Sim solution provider of the year 2:44the evaluation criteria for the awards 2:46program revolve around Innovation it 2:49seeks to honor Solutions and companies 2:51that Stand Out by addressing genuine 2:53needs solving complex problems and 2:55revolutionizing their respective markets 2:57or Industries Q radar Sims recognition 3:00can be attributed to distinctive 3:02features and capabilities that 3:04differentiate it from the other 3:05competitors in this category including 3:07Advanced machine learning and user 3:09Behavior analytics detection of Insider 3:11threats and risky user behavior and 3:14streamlined log Source management to 3:16learn more about the award and Q radar 3:18Sim hit the link 3:20below thanks so much for joining me 3:22today for this episode of IBM Tech now 3:24if you're interested in learning more 3:25about the topics I've covered make sure 3:27you explore the links in the description 3:28of this video and again please don't 3:30forget to subscribe to our channel to 3:32stay up toate on what's going on in Tech 3:39now