ARMONK, N.Y., Aug. 29 2016
/PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today that Forrester
Research named IBM a strong performer in its latest
Wave™report1 evaluating global public cloud platforms
for enterprise developers. Forrester analyzed and scored numerous
public cloud platforms and identified IBM as a "strong performer"
for combining its broad and deep portfolios of application and
development services with solid infrastructure offerings. IBM also
received the highest possible score in the private and hybrid cloud
strategy criterion, and it secured the top ranking in the
infrastructure services criterion.
The 34 evaluation criteria used in the report are designed to
help application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals
select the right public cloud platform partner for their needs.
Cloud platforms were evaluated on current offerings, strategy and
market presence.
Forrester noted that IBM "takes an enterprise-first, hybrid
approach to the cloud platform market," and "clients with complex
hybrid cloud requirements demanding a mix of on-premises and public
cloud services should consider IBM Cloud."
The report also named IBM's strengths as "its platform
configuration options, app migration services, cognitive analytics
services, security and compliance certifications, complex
networking support, growing partner roster and native DevOps
tools."
"IBM gives enterprises the fastest path to real business value
in the cloud," said Bill Karpovich,
general manager, IBM Cloud Platform. "We believe being recognized
as a strong performer in Forrester's latest Wave report
reinforces what we hear from our clients every day—that cloud is
not 'one size fits all.' Enterprises require choice and expertise
to evolve their diverse application portfolios, and IBM Cloud was
designed to deliver on those core tenets."
IBM's status as a strong performer in global public cloud
platforms for enterprise developers was based upon the evaluation
of its IBM Cloud portfolio, specifically its Bluemix Cloud platform
and IBM SoftLayer infrastructure as a service. Bluemix has grown to
become one of the world's largest open, public cloud deployments,
with more than 150 APIs and services in 179 countries. IBM Cloud
infrastructure is available from 47 data centers worldwide,
providing clients diverse locations for data backup and recovery,
data locality and the ability to securely analyze data across
geographies. SoftLayer services include bare metal and virtual
servers, storage, security services and networking.
IBM continues to see momentum in the number of enterprises
turning to IBM Cloud for development and infrastructure needs. Just
this month, Workday adopted IBM Cloud as the foundation for its
development and testing environment for greater efficiency,
flexibility, and global scale, and Vodafone India selected an IBM hybrid cloud platform to
enable delivery of faster and more insightful data intelligence and
support faster decision-making.
IBM Cloud delivers fast, easy and automated access to public,
private and hybrid cloud services to help clients digitally
transform. IBM Cloud is a growing collection of services including
analytics, blockchain, Internet of Things, cognitive computing,
mobile, networking, and storage. With nearly 50 global cloud data
centers, IBM helps companies securely manage and gain insight into
their data no matter where it resides.
About IBM Cloud
For more information on IBM Cloud visit:
www.ibm.com/cloud-computing.
- The Forrester Wave™: Global Public Cloud Platforms For
Enterprise Developers, Q3 2016, Forrester Research, Inc.,
August 29, 2016.
Andre Fuochi
IBM Media Relations
+1 469.394.7274
afuochi@us.ibm.com
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