IBM Works with Discover to Co-Create Technology Solutions and Migrate to a Hybrid Cloud Platform

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IBM Consulting is partnering with Discover Financial Services to enhance the bank's digital transformation into a hybrid cloud architecture using Red Hat OpenShift. This collaboration aims to modernize Discover’s systems, improve customer experience, reduce operational costs, and enable faster application deployment. With automated solutions, Discover seeks to deliver integrated banking experiences while ensuring data security. The project involves utilizing advanced automation and management tools for improved visibility and control over Discover's hybrid cloud environment.

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• Collaboration with IBM enhances Discover's digital transformation capabilities.
• Migration to a hybrid cloud architecture is expected to reduce operational costs.
• Improved customer experience through faster application deployment and integrated banking solutions.

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ARMONK, N.Y., March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM Consulting (NYSE: IBM) is working with Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) to help the leading digital bank and payments company enhance its digital transformation of applications and existing systems to a hybrid cloud architecture using Red Hat OpenShift.

"Consumers demand faster access to integrated digital banking and payments more than ever, with the assurance that their data will be protected," said John Granger, Senior Vice President, IBM Consulting. "Embracing an open enterprise hybrid cloud strategy with a secure platform purpose-built for the financial services industry allows Discover to deliver differentiated new experiences."

Discover plans to migrate and modernize its current systems and applications to an open and flexible hybrid cloud architecture. Red Hat OpenShift will help Discover leverage key capabilities such as security, automation and multicloud service integration to reduce operational costs, deliver better outcomes across business processes, enable faster application deployments, and bring agility with enhanced security and resilience.  

"As we accelerate our digital transition journey as a leading direct bank and payments company, it is critical that we have technology solutions in place that help us improve the customer experience," said Amir Arooni, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Discover. "Working with IBM will allow us to automate, react and deliver solutions more quickly, ultimately driving down costs and helping our customers." 

IBM Consulting also will collaborate with Discover's teams to utilize IBM Garage and agile techniques to modernize existing applications and co-create new solutions to help Discover derive greater business and technical benefits.

Discover will use Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for hybrid cloud automation and Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes (ACM) to achieve end-to-end management visibility and control of its cluster and application lifecycle across its hybrid cloud architecture.

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FAQ

What is IBM's role in Discover's digital transformation?

IBM Consulting is partnering with Discover to migrate to a hybrid cloud architecture, enhancing digital transformation.

How will the collaboration with IBM benefit Discover Financial Services?

The collaboration is expected to reduce operational costs, improve customer experience, and allow for faster application deployments.

What technology platform is Discover using for its cloud migration?

Discover is using Red Hat OpenShift for its hybrid cloud migration.

When was the partnership announcement between IBM and Discover made?

The partnership announcement was made on March 30, 2022.

What are the expected outcomes of Discover's migration to hybrid cloud?

Expected outcomes include enhanced security, improved agility, and better management visibility across applications.