Collaboration Solution: IBM CloudSmart Docs According to Ed Brill, director of product line management for Collaboration Solutions at IBM, the launching of CloudSmart Docs, IBM’s portfolio in the collaboration space is now complete. The solution is competitively priced, security-rich, reliable, flexible and extensible. IBM CloudSmart Docs challenges Google Docs and Microsoft 365 and includes similar applications to those included in its rivals offerings. IBM CloudSmart Docs provides the tools needed in order to help individuals and communities interact, form relationships, make decisions, accomplish work such as: online collaboration with people inside or outside your company, collaborative creation, editing, sharing of
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Managing Mobile Devices Connecting to the Cloud As new innovations continue to fill the technology marketplace, a shift in how business and the IT consumer alike utilize technology is shaping the face of a more connected. We are becoming more streamlined in our day to day processes, thanks largely in part to the power of mobile computing. Computing technology available off the shelf is pound-for-pound, far more powerful and as such more sustainable, than ever before. Take into consideration the power of virtual computing and it would seem that the journey is just beginning. Like a Lightning Bolt Mobile devices
IBM SmartCloud Services and Capabilities, Launched IBM has introduced advanced cloud services and software to give unprecedented choice, security and portability to businesses. Designed from the ground up for enterprise clients the new offerings are launched at a time when businesses are shifting critical activities to the cloud and use it as a platform for business. Specifically, IBM is launching IBM SmartCloud Application Services, IBM SmartCloud Foundation and IBM SmartCloud Ecosystem. IBM SmartCloud Application Services will give enterprises the cost and time savings of a cloud environment for a wide range of enterprise applications. This new platform-as-a-service will also allow
Corent Attains IBM’s Cloud Specialty Designation Corent Technology has become the first cloud specialty technology provider partner to meet the rigorous certification criteria for the IBM Cloud Specialty designation. A specialist in SaaS enablement software, Corent Technology, provides a proven and disruptive alternative to the expensive virtualization strategies often used for SaaS deployment. Corent notes that Qualified Cloud Specialty Partners provide IBM Business Partners and enterprise clients with enabling technologies to help them use the cloud more effectively. “Corent Technology, one of our best IBM cloud partners, has a solution to quickly transform single-tenant software applications into multi-tenant SaaS solutions
IBM Cloud Boosts Sales for S&S Worldwide IBM cloud has driven personalized product recommendation sales for S&S Worldwide via its Web sites. S&S, a national distributor of sporting goods products for recreation, health care, and education professionals grew recommendation sales 75 percent in just three months with IBM Smarter Commerce software in the cloud. Before implementing IBM cloud, the distributor was using a native application to serve up generic product recommendations on its Web site. This portal was not contributing to the company’s bottom line and accounted for only 5 percent of all online sales. IBM notes that today’s
Business School Delivers SAP Courses with IBM Cloud IBM is enabling a cloud-based service for Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee so it can deliver SAP-based courses to students. The business school is using IBM software and hardware to automate and consolidate its data center operations. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is the second SAP University Competence Center to migrate its infrastructure to IBM hardware and software. Prior to using IBM solutions the school was using system from Oracle and Dell products. But these products were not addressing the requirements and thus the school decided to use
IBM Unveils Next Generation Smart Cloud Platform for Business San Francisco, CA, – 07 Apr 2011: today announced next generation cloud services and technology advances for clients moving key enterprise business processes into production cloud environments to innovate, reduce costs and increase agility. To accelerate the shift from experimentation, development and assessment to full scale enterprise deployment of cloud, IBM is building out its existing cloud portfolio with IBM SmartCloud, its next-generation, enterprise cloud technologies and services offerings for private, public and hybrid clouds based on IBM hardware, software, services and best practices. As part of this announcement, IBM is
(Reuters) – New York City has hired IBM to consolidate the technology departments for more than 50 city agencies by using “cloud computing,” the company said in a statement on Sunday. New York City, which faces a deficit of as much as $4.4 billion (2.7 billion pounds), could save $100 million (63 million pounds) over five years by harnessing underutilized computing power with this method, IBM said. IBM will be paid about $10 million (6 million pounds) for the first phase of the project, which it hopes will be an expanding program. “By modernizing technology infrastructure, government organizations are able
