IBM Reaches Cloud Deals In Asia, Europe

Grazed from eWeek. Author: Darryl K. Taft.

IBM closed a busy week of cloud computing deals across Europe and Asia that indicate the systems, software and services giant is intently focused on its quest to become the leader in the cloud computing space. On 18 December IBM joined forces with 21Vianet Group, a large Chinese carrier-neutral Internet Data Centre (IDC) service provider, to introduce IBM’s premier cloud infrastructure service and accelerate high-value managed private cloud adoption. As part of the deal, IBM will provide the physical point of distribution (POD) and service while 21Vianet will host the POD facility at the 21Vianet data centre in Beijing.

China innovation

This partnership brings IBM SmartCloud Enterprise+ to China. IBM has a long history in driving innovation in China and already manages numerous high-value cloud engagements with many large organisations. Cloud computing has become a mainstream delivery mechanism for IT globally but enterprise cloud is still in a nascent stage of adoption. Many IT buyers understand that there are a range of options from the low-end, commodity cloud marketplace that provides little more than cheap storage and access. On the other end of the spectrum is IBM’s cloud infrastructure and managed services that can expand to accommodate any workload with the real-time performance and integrity…

21Vianet provides hosting and related services, managed network services and cloud computing infrastructure services. Customers may locate their servers and networking equipment in 21Vianet’s data centres and connect to China’s Internet backbone through 21Vianet’s fiber-optic network. In addition, 21Vianet’s proprietary smart-routing technology, BroadEx, enables customers’ data to be delivered across the Internet in a faster and more reliable manner…

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