IBM has completed the acquisition of SoftLayer Technologies Inc., a cloud computing infrastructure company based in Dallas, Texas. SoftLayer joins IBM’s new cloud services division, which combines SoftLayer with IBM SmartCloud into a global platform. The new division, led by General Manager James Comfort, will provide a broad range of choices to both IBM and SoftLayer clients, ISVs, and channel and technology partners.
SoftLayer will enable IBM to deliver an industry first: marrying the security, privacy and reliability of private clouds with the economy and speed of a public cloud, providing a breakthrough capability that provides a cloud "on ramp" for born-on-the-web companies, government and the Fortune 500. “Cloud computing provides a profound and transformative change in business and government,” said Comfort. "With SoftLayer in IBM’s portfolio, it will be easier and faster for organizations to adopt game-changing cloud services.”
Read the announcement here.