ARMONK, N.Y. and REDMOND, Wash., Oct.
22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Microsoft
announced today that they are working together to provide their
respective enterprise software on Microsoft Azure and IBM Cloud. As
adoption of hybrid cloud computing accelerates, this relationship
will give clients, partners and developers more choice in the
cloud, helping them drive new business opportunities, spur
innovation and reduce costs.
Specifically, the newly announced relationship provides the
following client benefits:
- IBM and Microsoft will make key IBM middleware such as
WebSphere Liberty, MQ, and DB2 available on Microsoft Azure.
- Windows Server and SQL Server will be offered on IBM
Cloud.
- IBM and Microsoft are working together to deliver a Microsoft
.NET runtime for IBM's Bluemix cloud development platform.
- To support hybrid cloud deployments, IBM will expand support of
its software running on Windows Server Hyper-V, and the companies
plan to make IBM Pure Application Service available on Azure.
"Together we are creating new opportunities to drive innovation
in hybrid cloud," said Robert
LeBlanc, Senior Vice President, Software and Cloud Solutions
Group, IBM. "This agreement reinforces IBM's strategy in providing
open cloud technology for the enterprise. Clients will now gain
unprecedented access to IBM's leading middleware and will have an
even greater level of choice over the tools that they use to build
and deploy their cloud environments."
"Microsoft is committed to helping enterprise customers realize
the tremendous benefits of cloud computing across their own
systems, partner clouds and Microsoft Azure," said Scott Guthrie, executive vice president, Cloud
and Enterprise, Microsoft. "With this agreement more customers will
be able to take advantage of the hyper-scale, enterprise
performance and hybrid capabilities of Azure."
IBM and Microsoft will make key products within IBM's
enterprise-proven middleware software portfolio, including
WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere MQ and DB2 database
software, available in the Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines service
for development and production deployment.
Microsoft and IBM are working together to provide .NET runtimes,
along with relevant tooling, in IBM Bluemix, IBM's open cloud
platform-as-a-service. This could open the door for millions of
.NET developers to build applications at scale for clients on IBM's
cloud platform. The companies will begin with a limited preview
offering of .NET operating within Bluemix.
The companies will enable customers to bring their own software
licenses to the IBM and Microsoft clouds, helping customers avoid
extra cost. Microsoft will also offer IBM middleware software
licenses, such as WebSphere Liberty, MQ and DB2, to Azure customers
with pay-per-use pricing.
The companies also plan to make IBM Pure Application Service
available on both Microsoft Azure and IBM SoftLayer for automated
deployment, configuration and license management in a hybrid cloud
environment.
IBM SoftLayer currently provides and supports a wide range of
Microsoft software, including Windows Server, Hyper-V, WebMatrix,
Windows Firewall, SQL Server and others.
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq
"MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services, devices and
solutions that help people and businesses realize their full
potential.
About IBM Cloud Computing
IBM is a global leader in
cloud with a broad portfolio of open cloud solutions to enable
clients for the hybrid cloud era with integration, control over
data and expertise. Since the $2
billion acquisition of SoftLayer, IBM has continued to make
significant investments in building out a comprehensive cloud
portfolio including $1.2 billion to
expand its global footprint to 40 data centers and $1 billion investment to establish Bluemix, a
cloud platform-as-a-service on Cloud Foundry, to help millions of
developers. IBM Cloud has helped more than 30,000 clients around
the world. Today, IBM has 100+ cloud SaaS solutions, thousands of
experts with deep industry knowledge helping clients transform and
a growing global network of data centers. Since 2007, IBM has
invested more than $7 billion in 17
acquisitions to accelerate its cloud initiatives. IBM holds 1,560
cloud patents focused on driving innovation. In fact, IBM for the
21st consecutive year topped the annual list of US patent leaders.
IBM processes more the 5.5M client transactions daily through IBM's
public cloud. 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.
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Media Contact:
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IBM Communications
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