Cloud

Enabling Hybrid Cloud Apps and Multi-Speed IT

Contributor: Kim Gajda, via Thoughts On Cloud With the evolution of the cloud, startups seem to have it easy. They come up with an idea, implement it on the cloud, and deploy continuously right away. For companies that have developed software for years, either for...

How IBM Cloud Can Make CIOs Into MVPs

Contributor: David Farrell, GM of IBM Cloud, North America As general manager of IBM’s North America cloud services and solutions team, I get to speak to a lot of clients. One CIO with whom I regularly talk compares his typical day to a hockey goalie’s, batting away...

SoftLayer and AWS: What’s the Difference?

Contributor: Kevin Hazard, IBM Cloud, SoftLayer People often compare SoftLayer with Amazon Web Services (AWS). It’s easy to understand why. We’ve both built scalable infrastructure platforms to provide cloud resources to the same broad range of customers—from...

Partnering to Optimize

“IT services, in particular Cloud services, are a challenge to evaluate and then manage. And, the problem is growing. We would welcome any help that I could feel is competent and objective in helping with sourcing and in managing our sources.” – CIO, North...