Networking & Software Defined Networks

Our efforts focus on the next generation of programmable networking for applications, distributed in multiple cloud and edge locations.
Together with RedHat, we’re creating open-source network control and data planes that focus on applications' needs and knowledge.
The research areas involved include: structure and mechanisms for secure and scalable control plane and a lightweight and programmable network data-path solution.

OpenShift Virtualization, Secure OS, Secured Control Plane

Our work focuses on improving the performance and scalability of Kubernetes-based control planes. We're looking into new architecture for Kubernetes components, analysis of very large scale systems, applying Kubernetes-based management to manage arbitrary devices, and more.
In parallel, we work with RedHat to apply these technologies and architecture to OpenShift, container native virtualization, KubeVirt, IBM Cloud, and edge-management.

Serverless Capabilities

We develop tools to improve the productivity of developers and data users. We provide a variety of serverless capabilities, including optimization for serverless computing and serverless cloud functions for High Performance Cloud workloads, such as molecular biology and Monte Carlo simulations.

Identity-centric Networking and 5G

We focus on 5G multi-access edge computing (MEC) orchestration, Kubernetes native orchestration, 5G slicing, serverless analytic pipelines, and applications of serverless technologies to 5G MEC, along with the management of networked storage systems.

Data Governance and Compliance

We are making it easier for customers to automatically handle different types of data governance and compliance with policies. Using process simplification, automated tools, and reuse, we are helping improve the quality of data observability and the enforcement of regulations for privacy and security. Our efforts are part of the IBM data fabric.

Custom-Policy Automation

We are developing technologies for policy-as-code to make IBM's security and compliance the best of breed. These technologies enable the reuse of policies in different use cases through a single data model and a single policy language. This technology also helps increase the quality of policies (debugging, testing, analysis, etc.)

Open API-based, Automatic Test-Generation for OpenShift and API Platforms

We are developing a generic OpenAPI testing tool that can automatically generate test-cases for any OpenAPI specification. It ensures testing API conformance for distributive scenarios, taking into account the spec definition and race conditions. Our technology covers test generation for: testing good and bad paths (including error injection), random-biased, user-directed, and model-based.

Automated Test Generation

We are accelerating the modernization transformation process by automating some of the tasks that are currently performed manually, and validating the functional correctness of the transformation. To achieve these goals, we are employing automated test generation techniques at different levels: system/UI, service/API, and unit.

Z Verification

We developed a testing methodology that is employed throughout the design life-cycle, starting in pre-silicon unit and core levels, through acceleration, emulation and on-silicon validation. Our technologies are recognized as the best in the field and are used throughout IBM's major hardware development labs as well as by external customers.