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IBM begins integration of its cloud portfolio with SoftLayer |
October 09, 2013
IBM has begun integrating its cloud portfolio with cloud computing infrastructure from its US$2 billion acquisition of SoftLayer Technologies, starting with its social learning platform targeted at a variety of industries.The IT company said in June that it had formed a new cloud services division, and after the close of the acquisition in the third quarter, the new division would combine SoftLayer with IBM SmartCloud into a global platform. SoftLayer infrastructure will be the foundation of IBM's cloud portfolio, it said.IBM's Social Learning, a cloud-based global education technology platform, is already in use at Boston Children's Hospital to teach pediatric medicine using real-time videos via a hybrid cloud computing environment. The company said on Wednesday it is commercializing the platform on SoftLayer technology to target a variety of industries, such as retail, energy and utilities, government, healthcare and automotive.Planned to be available in December, the new platform will be delivered as a service to clients, IBM said. The cloud-based mobile messaging tools from the recent acquisition of Xtify will also be available on SoftLayer, as indicated earlier.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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