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IBM Cloud Spurs Business Growth for Central and Eastern Europe CompaniesARMONK, N.Y., June 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Startups and emerging businesses throughout Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) are increasingly turning to IBM (NYSE: IBM) to accelerate cloud-based business models and deliver innovative services. By adopting IBM Cloud's Bluemix and SoftLayer platforms, companies in a number of industries, including healthcare, gaming and public safety, are growing their businesses in CEE and beyond. According to International Monetary Fund, across much of the CEE region, the economy has begun to recover at a relatively solid pace "Regional Economic Issues - Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe" by International Monetary Fund, May 2015: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/reo/2015/eur/eng/pdf/REI0515.pdf . With a strengthening business climate, organizations are committed to investing in technologies like cloud, mobile and analytics, which can speed growth and transformation. "In Central and Eastern Europe, spending on cloud services, which includes public, private and hybrid cloud, is on the rise and is far exceeding the growth rates of traditional technology delivery models. Cloud delivery—along with other modern technologies and delivery models such as mobility, big data/analytics and social media—is becoming a de-facto business model and requires a new sourcing approach and a transformation of services management," said Vladimir Kroa, Associate Vice President, IT Services, IDC CEMA. "Consequently, the integration of internal and external resources is becoming more frequent as end users are opting for a hybrid cloud model that, on one hand, solves some of the legislative concerns about data privacy, and, at the same time, enables more flexibility, price transparency and acceleration of go-to-market strategies," he added. A number of organizations across CEE have recently adopted IBM Cloud, which provides them with the tools and experience necessary to extend their businesses to the cloud and reach new markets through a variety of deployment models, including hybrid cloud. Clients also benefit from access to Bluemix, IBM Cloud's development platform, which enables developers to create interactive mobile and analytics-based applications that can be hosted on SoftLayer infrastructure. These businesses include:
IBM launched Bluemix with a $1 billion investment in 2014, maturing quickly to become the largest Cloud Foundry deployment in the world. Its developer-friendly catalog provides access to over 100 tools and services of the most prominent open-source technologies combined with IBM and third-party services that let developers focus all of their energy on the creation of enterprise class cloud applications at consumer scale. SoftLayer became part of the IBM Cloud in July 2013. The SoftLayer infrastructure is now the foundation of IBM's cloud portfolio—including extensive middleware software and solutions—ensuring businesses have the scalability, transparency, and control they need to deploy IT operations in the cloud. In January, IBM committed to investing $1.2 billion to expand its global cloud operations in all major geographies and financial centers, increasing the reach and capability of a business' IT operations. IBM Cloud operates SoftLayer facilities in North and South America, Asia, Australia, and Europe, including data centers in the greater London area, Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, and Almere in Netherlands. IBM total cloud revenue—covering public, private and hybrid engagements—was $7.7 billion over the previous 12 months at the end of March 2015; it grew more than 60 percent in first quarter 2015. IBM's cloud delivered as a service business, a subset of the total, includes both platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings. For more information about cloud offerings from IBM, visit http://www.ibm.com/cloud. Follow us on Twitter at @IBMcloud and on our blog at www.thoughtsoncloud.com. Join the conversation #ibmcloud. Media Contact: Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ibm-cloud-spurs-business-growth-for-central-and-eastern-europe-companies-300106525.html SOURCE IBM |