IBM Opens Smarter Data Center in Mexico

IBM announced today the opening of its Smarter Data Center, located at the IBM Technology Campus in Guadalajara city, Mexico. This first-of-its-kind site in the country will support the business transformation of enterprise and government clients and help them improve operations in today’s global economic environment. The IBM Smarter Data Center will provide clients with… Continue reading IBM Opens Smarter Data Center in Mexico

IBM Closes on Acquisition of Platform Computing

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has completed the acquisition of Platform Computing, a privately held company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Financial terms were not disclosed. On October 11, 2011, IBM announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Platform Computing, a global leader in cluster, grid and cloud management software… Continue reading IBM Closes on Acquisition of Platform Computing

IBM to Acquire Green Hat

IBM today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Green Hat, a leader in software quality and testing solutions for the cloud and other environments. Financial terms were not disclosed. Founded in 1996, Green Hat is jointly headquartered in London, England and Wilmington, Delaware. Green Hat helps customers improve the quality of software applications by enabling… Continue reading IBM to Acquire Green Hat

IBM XIV with VMWare for Optimized Storage-Server Virtualization

This whitepaper discusses the many challenges of a total virtualized solution in light of the integration of virtualized servers and virtualized storage. It reviews the complementary technologies of the VMware and IBM XIV® Storage System environments, while highlighting IBM XIV features that address the different issues. Real-world use cases provided at the end of the… Continue reading IBM XIV with VMWare for Optimized Storage-Server Virtualization