IBM launches a variety of enterprise cloud computing products and services

Sina Science and technology news Beijing time April 8 morning, IBM announced in Thursday for enterprise customers to launch a series of new cloud services and cloud technology, to help them in the cloud computing environment to innovate, reduce costs, increase business flexibility. This will further consolidate IBM's position and advantage in enterprise-class cloud services. To speed the transition from experimentation, development and evaluation to mature cloud services, IBM will enhance its existing cloud services capabilities through SmartCloud. SmartCloud is the IBM generation of enterprise-class cloud technologies and services, designed for public, private, and mixed cloud applications with IBM hardware, software, and services. IBM also unveiled a new generation of enterprise cloud service publishing platforms that are currently being tested by key customers and are scheduled to be marketed later this year. Enterprise customers will be able to choose the public cloud for the first time, the important function of the private cloud and hybrid cloud is to match the workload requirements of the network infrastructure with the complex enterprise processes that cover the following five parts: security and isolation, availability and performance, technology platforms, management support and deployment, and billing. The Enterprise-class cloud services and Cloud Technologies announced by IBM include: IBM SmartCloud: This new service, based on IBM's existing public cloud, will provide enterprise customers with unprecedented choices and economic benefits, sharing the costs, scalability, and flexibility of the environment with more common security, existing applications, The combination of reliability, management and support services; IBM workload DEPLOYER:IBM provides enterprise customers with a single platform to deliver intermediate devices and applications that are simple and repeatable to operate across systems cloud networks. In this way, enterprises can quickly respond to the new requirements of customer service, the rapid release of new applications, both to increase corporate revenue and customer satisfaction; Cloud Standards Customer COUNCIL:IBM is working with 45 companies such as Citibank, Lockheed Martin, State Street Bank and Rackspace to set up some cloud operating standards to help drive cloud computing management, Reference architectures, hybrid cloud, security, and compatibility; Social Business in the Cloud: as one of the world's largest software-as-service (SaaS) providers, IBM has unveiled a new group of customers using its services, including American Airlines, Aviva, Carfax, Costco, Frito, Lay, Indiafirst, Life Ping Co., India Finance company Shriram by Finance and Japan 711 convenience stores. IBM and its business partners help thousands of of customers adapt to the cloud computing model environment, manage millions of cloud transactions daily, and help banks, communications, healthcare and government departments build their own cloud services to secure the use of IBM cloud business and infrastructure services. IBM set up a "blue Cloud" laboratory around the world about 5 years ago to start promoting its cloud initiative and to strengthen cooperation with innovative customers, government agencies and universities. Cloud computing is now the core business driving IBM's revenue growth, and is expected to generate $7 billion trillion in revenue for 2015 years. "We are committed to helping our customers increase their investment in it and help them become the leading cloud service providers in their respective industries," said Steve Mills, IBM Senior vice president and general manager of software Division Steve Mills. We have a good reputation in helping customers adopt and add new models and technologies. According to IDC, a market research firm, global spending on cloud-related technology, hardware and software in 2009 amounted to $17 billion trillion, to $45 billion by 2013. (Yong-Hung)