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IBM’s cloud business has grown rapidly, thanks to increasing
client demand for high-value solutions across public, private and
hybrid clouds. Cloud revenue grew 60 percent, to $7 billion,
in 2014. One reason for this growth is that we understand the data
and architectural requirements of enterprise clients. In 2014 we
globally scaled our hybrid cloud platform with new data centers.
These feature our SoftLayer “pod” design, giving clients local
access to virtual and bare metal servers, all integrated with low-
latency networking capabilities. IBM’s cloud footprint is designed
for a business IT future that will be both global and local.
FORGING PARTNERSHIPS
Our partnership with SAP is delivering
world-leading enterprise applications as
services on the IBM Cloud. And our alliance
with Chinese Internet giant Tencent will
bring cloud-based transformation to that
country’s growing enterprise economy.
IBM BLUEMIX
We are investing $1 billion in IBM Bluemix
to give developers cloud-based tools to
design, deploy and manage enterprise-
grade apps at start-up speed. It is offered
on the IBM Cloud marketplace, which
features nearly 500 IBM and third-party
cloud services.
MAKING HYBRID REAL FOR
THE ENTERPRISE
Major innovations for hybrid cloud,
introduced in February 2015, offer clients
control, visibility and security as they use
open standards to break down barriers
among environments. As we advance
IBM’s leadership in this space, more
than half of our cloud development team
is devoted to hybrid cloud services and
platforms on open standards.
Cloud
revenue was
$7B
in 2014
Cloud revenue
increased
60%
in 2014
46
IBM Cloud data
centers worldwide
will be in place
by the end of 2015
$4B
invested in software-
as-a-service
acquisitions for
business professionals
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