IBM expands cloud centres around the world
IBM has announced an expansion of its global cloud computing network to 40 cloud centres with 12 new locations to help enterprise clients move to hybrid cloud computing.
The 12 new locations include IBM cloud centres in Frankfurt, Mexico City and Tokyo, and nine more centres through a strategic partnership with Equinix in Australia, France, Japan, Singapore, The Netherlands and the US.
IBM’s agreement with Equinix provides direct access to the full portfolio of SoftLayer cloud services via the Equinix Cloud Exchange in nine markets worldwide spanning the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific, including Amsterdam, Dallas, Chicago, Paris, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and Washington, DC.
SoftLayer provides customers with the ability to easily move production workloads in and out of the cloud, thus better enabling them to fully realise their hybrid cloud strategies.
The company says its cloud centres in Frankfurt, Mexico City and Tokyo mark the latest delivery of its US$1.2 billion commitment announced in January 2014 to grow IBM’s cloud presence around the world to meet local mandates with performance, security and data controls built in.
The new centres further expand IBM’s global cloud footprint, which includes facilities in Mumbai, London, Amsterdam, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne, Toronto, Dallas and Raleigh.
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