IBM Recognized as a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant

Gartner (News - Alert), Inc., the world's premier information technology research and advisory company, recently positioned IBM as a leader, in its newly published "Magic Quadrant for Data Center Outsourcing and Infrastructure Utility Services" reports for North America and Europe.

Officials said that the cloud leadership of IBM (News - Alert) and its focused strategy on mobile, social and security are driven by extensive R&D and technology investments in analytics and automation.

With the help of these, IBM is able to effortlessly integrate and organize infrastructure services across hybrid environments covering both cloud and traditional IT models.

IBM boasts of its vast technical resources and global delivery network that spans 330 delivery services data centers; 40 cloud data centers, comprising new SoftLayer (News - Alert) data centers in Toronto and London; 11 security operations centers; and 145 business resilience centers.

"As clients look to grow their business with innovative technologies such as cloud, analytics and mobile computing, they are looking for a trusted partner to help them integrate the new IT solutions with their existing investments," said Philip Guido, General Manager, IBM Global Technology (News - Alert) Services, North America.

He added: "We believe this recognition from Gartner reaffirms IBM's market leadership in assisting clients to evolve their IT infrastructure and meet their business demands."

Gartner assesses the top providers of data center outsourcing and infrastructure utility services, which are mostly enabled by remote infrastructure management services and often include cloud computing components.

According to Gartner, "growth in data center services has shifted from traditional to new models, such as cloud IaaS and PaaS, reflecting a shift in competitive delivery models. Gartner predicts it will deliver a global compound annual growth rate of 12.4 percent for the period 2012 through 2018."

In May this year, TMCnet reported that IBM introduced a new cloud-based and on premise software to help organizations deepen engagement with their partners and suppliers.