IBM puts its engine behind the cloud

IBM has plenty of experience promoting new and innovative computer technology, and now it is taking on cloud computing.

"I.B.M. knows how to do all of those things," Frank Gens, chief analyst for IDC, a technology research firm, told the New York Times. "Its strategy is all about making cloud computing safe for enterprise customers." The newspaper reported that Big Blue is taking a "tailored approach," promoting the cloud for computing workloads in business.

Its cloud entries include one product which streamlines the technology used by corporate software developers and testers, which can consume 30 percent or more of a company's technology resources. Other offerings coming later include clouds fine-tuned for data storage and clouds for business analytics.

For more on IBM reaching for the clouds:
- check out this New York Times article

Related Articles:
Should you embrace cloud computing or ignore it?
AT&T offers cloud-based storage service
Microsoft looking for customers to test Cloud-based database replication
Cloud computing under scrutiny
Data centers: Growth or stagnation?