ARMONK, N.Y., July
19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today
announced that four new IBM Cloud data centers are now open,
including two in London, England;
one in San Jose, California; and
one in Sydney, Australia. The four
new facilities bring IBM's global cloud data center footprint to
nearly 60 across 19 countries and bolster its existing cloud
footprint in these regions. IBM is investing to expand its
cloud footprint so clients around the world can take advantage of a
cloud that is tuned for cognitive and big data workloads while
offering flexibility to store data however and wherever they
choose.
According to IDC, worldwide spending on public cloud services
and infrastructure is forecast to reach $266
billion in 2021[1]. While public cloud adoption
continues to grow, enterprises navigating the transition to the
public cloud may also be subject to many different regulatory
requirements around the world related to security, privacy and
other key issues.
IBM's enterprise-grade cloud data centers follow a standardized
set of core controls to help secure client data and interests. IBM
also is one of the first global cloud companies to adopt the EU's
Data Protection Code of Conduct for Cloud Service Providers,
demonstrating a firm commitment to data privacy and security in its
cloud infrastructure services.
Additionally, IBM is continuing to invest in growing its cloud
data center presence to provide businesses with access to cloud
infrastructure that is cognitive at the core and designed to be
data-first. The additional facilities in London, Sydney and San
Jose will help enterprises take advantage of more than 150
APIs and services to deploy next generation applications, ranging
from cognitive and blockchain to big data and IoT. Clients such as
Bitly and Halliburton are already benefiting from IBM's global
network of cloud data centers.
"Seventy percent of Bitly's traffic is international—we see nine
billion clicks a month and just under seven billion of them come
from outside the United States,"
said Rob Platzer, chief technology
officer, Bitly. "The ability to access IBM's global network of
cloud data centers, which are all connected by a high-speed fiber
network, is extremely attractive to us."
"IBM operates cloud data centers in nearly every major market
around the world, ensuring that our clients can keep their data
local for a variety of reasons – including performance, security or
regulatory requirements," said John
Considine, general manager for cloud infrastructure
services, IBM. "We continue to expand our cloud capacity in
response to growing demand from clients who require cloud
infrastructure and cognitive services to help them compete on a
global scale."
London, England:
The
two new cloud data centers that opened in London, England, bring IBM's footprint to five
data centers in the country. One additional data center is set to
launch this year to keep pace with growing client demand. The new
facilities are part of the investment IBM announced in 2016 to
triple the company's cloud data center capacity in the UK and
reinforces its commitment to the country where clients are
continuing to move to the cloud to transform their business
operations. To help clients as they prepare for implementation of
the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), IBM's cloud data
centers are designed to be state of the art in terms of privacy and
security, providing greater flexibility, transparency and
control.
The new data centers offer clients a full range of cloud
infrastructure services for increased performance, agility and
operational efficiency. To further benefit clients, IBM's data
center footprint is strategically positioned in the UK to help
maintain a high level of network resilience and very low network
latency. Key centers are positioned within 40km of each other which
enables clients to split critical workloads across more than one
site or seamlessly transfer between locations. Hundreds of UK
clients of all sizes are already taking advantage of the benefits
IBM Cloud offers and tapping into the data center including Dixons
Carphone, National Express, National Grid, Shop Direct, Travis
Perkins PLC and Wimbledon.
San Jose,
California:
The new cloud data center in San Jose, California, marks IBM's third
facility in the region and 23rd data center in the United States. With capacity for thousands
of physical servers, the new data center offers clients a full
range of cloud infrastructure services, including bare metal
servers, virtual servers, storage, security services and
networking. Clients in the advertising and marketing technology
industry, such as Nanigans and Sovrn, who require close proximity
to end users, ability to scale based on seasonal demand or campaign
spikes and access to analytics, machine learning and cognitive
capabilities to optimize their techniques, are already benefiting
from IBM's cloud data center presence in San Jose.
"IBM Cloud's ability to support us in our international growth
and reduce latency has been critical for us," said Ben Tregoe, senior vice president of business
development, Nanigans. "IBM Cloud infrastructure has helped put us
in a position where we now process billions of post-ad click
events, support over 16 million purchase events each day and help
our customers track over 1.5 billion user profiles."
Sydney,
Australia:
With the new facility in Sydney, IBM now operates four cloud data
centers in Australia, expanding
capacity to meet increasing demand from government and enterprise
clients who want to build and host applications closer to their end
users. IBM is the only cloud provider in Australia delivering a complete set of
IRAP-certified cloud server choices from bare metal, private and
public virtual servers and object storage covering
infrastructure-as-a-service for computing, storage and network.
Clients, such as Acrow Formwork and Scaffolding, are taking
advantage of IBM's cloud data centers in Australia to power their digital
transformations.
About IBM Cloud
For more information on IBM Cloud,
visit www.ibm.com/cloud-computing.
[1] IDC: Worldwide Public Cloud Services Spending Forecast
to Reach $266 Billion in 2021, According to IDC
Contact:
Sarah
Murphy
IBM Media Relations
srmurphy@us.ibm.com
336-337-7584
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