text: **1.1 Introduction**
  
  Most companies started or are contemplating their journey to cloud. Although in recent years 
  the adoption of cloud became much more common place, the scope of what a cloud is or can 
  be also increased. This broadening of possibilities unfortunately added confusion and can 
  result in companies being unsure of how their existing application estate can change to 
  integrate with the cloud model. 
  
  As such, doubts still exist around how to start and progress on this journey. It is also true that 
  although people understand traditional enterprise applications and more modern 
  cloud-hosted applications, the integration or co-existence of both can prove equally confusing 
  and contradicting. 
  
  Recent industry trends, combined with the new partnership between Red Hat and IBM, seek 
  to bring some clarity to the landscape while providing new modernization opportunities for 
  existing enterprise applications and familiar environments. 
  
  The main focus of this IBM Redbooks publication relates to IBM Cloud Paks and Red Hat 
  OpenShift, which is hosted on IBM Power Systems. Although individually much can be written 
  about either topic, the relationship this publication highlights is between Red Hat OpenShift 
  and IBM Power Systems. 
  
  We show what Red Hat OpenShift brings to the IBM Power Systems platform specifically 
  discuss how it can be deployed and added into existing familiar Power System environments, 
  and the benefits that integration and co-existence can provide from an existing enterprise 
  application viewpoint. 