SoftLayer news stories
Microsoft
What will the Trump presidency mean for public cloud computing?
"Cloud computing could become caught up in a global retrenchment to a nationalistic approach to business by other countries in response."
PaaS
Cloud infrastructure services market booming; AWS leads way
Data centers providing cloud infrastructure services will take up over 50% of servers shipped in 2016 but there’s an impact for vendors and channel.
Amazon Web Services / AWS
Telstra launching 'single touchpoint' for multiple clouds
Telstra is launching a new offering providing secure connections to multiple public cloud platforms, including AWS, IBM SoftLayer and Microsoft Azure.
Microsoft
AWS to open India, South Korea data centers
AWS is planning data centers in South Korea and India next year, with the Indian market heating up with Microsoft and IBM also opening centers there.
Cloud
IBM bolsters Softlayer direct links with new data centre deals
IBM is beefing up its Direct Link service, signing deals with data centre providers including Digital Realty, Equinix and Verizon.
NEXTDC
NextDC goes direct with IBM Direct Link
NextDC has added a support for IBM's Direct Link, with a direct network connection to the IBM cloud via its Melbourne M1 data centre.
Cloud
IBM Cloud to the rescue: Kiwi app developer jumps ship
Kiwi app developer CLOUD M has migrated its emergency alert tools and system to the IBM Cloud.
IBM
Rhipe offers up SoftLayer infrastructure for resellers
Rhipe has inked a deal which gives its 1600+ resellers access to IBM's SoftLayer cloud infrastructure, including bare-metal servers.
Cloud
Avnet launches cloud toolset for AWS, SoftLayer
New offering promises easier billing and management of accounts across multiple cloud providers.