What is IBM Cloud Pak for Applications?
IBM Cloud Pak for Applications (CP4Apps) provides flexibility for users' application landscape. Whether it's deployments, building new cloud-native applications, refactoring or re-platforming existing applications; CP4Apps is designed-to leverage a comprehensive collection of application runtimes, modernization tools and a Kubernetes container platform enabling the application landscape to transform with the needs of the business.
- Application runtimes and frameworks included: IBM WebSphere®, IBM WebSphere Liberty, Red Hat® JBoss® Enterprise Application Platform, Quarkus, Tomcat, Node.js Spring Boot, Vert.x, etc.
- Modernization tools included: IBM Transformation Advisor, IBM Mono2Micro, IBM WebSphere Migration Tool Kit and Red Hat Migration Tool Kit for Applications.
- Container platform included: Red Hat OpenShift®, the hybrid cloud application platform powered by Kubernetes.
Benefits of using CP4Apps as described by IBM include reduced time for migrations and less risk from refactoring during migrations, the optimized delivery of cloud-native apps, and a faster development cycle for new apps and features.
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What is IBM Cloud Pak for Applications?
IBM Cloud Pak® for Applications (CP4Apps) is an end-to-end hybrid cloud application platform, providing flexibility for deployments, building new cloud-native applications, refactoring and re-platforming existing applications. Designed to leverage a collection of application runtimes, modernization tools and a Kubernetes container platform to adapt to their landscape needs.
What are IBM Cloud Pak for Applications's top competitors?
Oracle WebLogic Server, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and Dynatrace are common alternatives for IBM Cloud Pak for Applications.



