Sri Lanka, Oct. 21 -- IBM Cloud Platform Executive Aju Sebastian said, "Cloud is best done on an open standard." IBM advocated for the usage of their services that allow for more flexibility in implementation.

These sentiments were expressed on 13 October to the Federation of Information Technology Industry Sri Lanka on a webinar titled "Unlock the full potential of cloud and AI with IBM and Red Hat.

An open standard refers to a format or protocol that is: subject to full public assessment and use without constraints in a manner equally available to all parties.

IBM acquired Red Hat and formed its hybrid cloud division. Red Hat was the leading provider of open source products to enterprises. Usage of IBM Cloud Services does not have an...