IBM on Cloud Control
June 6, 2012
It is good to know IBM is asserting leadership in the cloud. Wired Cloudline (sponsored by IBM, by the way) reports: “IBM to the World: on Cloud Computing, You’ve Got Nothing on Us.” IBM recently put out a lengthy press release filled with details about its cloud services and who uses it. For example, about a million application users work in the IBM Cloud, and that Cloud processes 4.5 million transactions daily.
Writer Todd Nielsen shares (and comments upon) some highlights from the press release:
“*A New 99.9% Service Level Agreement for Smart Cloud Enterprise (Wow… not many cloud providers can promise that)
*Developers seem to be lining up with over 30 new ISV’s validated for IBM Smart Cloud (Cloud Providers live and die from applications. It is a strong statement that developers are seeing the value of the platform)
*SmartCloud Enterprise available in North America and Europe with plans for additional global roll-out in Q3 2012. (An important move for global business that not a lot of cloud providers can provide)
*Several tools are services are mentioned to improve and ease migration and transferring applications to the cloud.
*Improved licensing management and support for many operating systems and software packages”
Many more tidbits are available in both the write up and the original press release, including details on how different companies are using the resource. As Nielsen observes, it is clear that IBM has a good handle on this cloud thing. However, he wonders: how will IBM resellers benefit from all of this? Or will they?
We have a suggestion for Big Blue: why not run an instance of Watson in this cloud so we can explore its excellence?
Cynthia Murrell, June 6, 2012
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