IBM Signs $1.25 Bln Seven-year Cloud-computing Services Deal With WPP

December 3, 2014 Off By David

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Technology company International Business Machines Corp. on Tuesday entered into a new seven-year cloud-computing services contract with British advertising giant WPP Plc (WPP.L, WPPGY) for IBM to transform and manage WPP’s global technology platform. The deal will enable WPP to accelerate its digital transformation and global leadership.

"This announcement is a significant milestone in the deployment of enterprise cloud and extends IBM’s position as the premier global cloud platform. Our secure, open enterprise cloud platform will enable WPP to quickly deliver new innovations to their customers," said Erich Clementi, Senior Vice President, IBM Global Technology Services…

The deal will help WPP to innovate new digital services that will be run and managed within a global hybrid cloud infrastructure provided by IBM. It will also allow WPP to handle the more than 300 agencies its has acquired over the past years…

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