{"id":7673,"date":"2013-06-04T14:30:29","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T14:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloudnewsdaily.com\/?p=14634"},"modified":"2013-06-04T14:30:29","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T14:30:29","slug":"ibm-acquiring-softlayer-for-private-cloud-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/ibm-acquiring-softlayer-for-private-cloud-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM Acquiring SoftLayer for Private Cloud Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

IBM is acquiring SoftLayer, a privately held cloud infrastructure provider. IBM hopes SoftLayer will enable IBM to\u00a0 marry the security, privacy and reliability of private clouds with the economy and speed of a public cloud, with Fortune 500 companies the target market.<\/p>\n

IBM says the majority of the Fortune 500 have concerns about how cloud will work with the IT investments they have already made, and many have been waiting for a cloud that is better than “good enough.” \u00a0 As a result, although cloud is growing quickly, it’s still only a small part of the total IT spend. \u00a0There’s a lot of opportunity for IBM to capitalize on.<\/p>\n

SoftLayer has a breakthrough capability that provides an easy “on ramp” especially for the Fortune 500 to adopt cloud. And for the SoftLayer born-on-the-cloud customers, IBM opens a new market into the enterprise. \u00a0 Specifically, SoftLayer allows cloud services to be created very quickly on\u00a0<\/b>dedicated\u00a0servers — rather than a virtual ones, which is the norm in the public cloud.<\/p>\n

By building out a cloud on a dedicated server , a client no longer has to worry about sharing computing resources with other companies — thereby improving privacy, security and overall computing performance. \u00a0By using dedicated servers, software that was built for on-premise use can be more easily ported to the cloud. \u00a0It doesn’t have to go though as much heavy configuration as it does with a virtual server, which it was not developed to work with.<\/p>\n

This capability will be added to IBM’s SmartCloud portfolio. IBM SmartCloud offers 100 cloud-based solutions for line-of-business execs including Watson Engagement Advisor; hybrid solutions such as IBM PureSystems, mission-critical cloud services for SAP on our SmartCloud Enterprise+ and the best private cloud solutions in the market.<\/p>\n

Headquartered in Dallas, SoftLayer serves 21,000 customers with a global cloud infrastructure platform spanning 13 data centers in the U.S., Asia and Europe. SoftLayer excels at running cloud-centric, performance-intensive applications in mobile, social, gaming and analytics.<\/p>\n

IBM is also announcing today the formation of a new Cloud Services division that combines SoftLayer with IBM SmartCloud into a global platform, reporting to SVP Erich Clementi, IBM Global Technology Services.<\/p>\n

Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed and the acquisition is expected to close later in 2013 following standard regulatory review.<\/p>\n

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