Date: 26/11/2008

Cloud computing consulting services from IBM

The trendy cloud computing is getting boosted by the big-blue IBM. IBM announced new cloud computing services from small to big sized businesses to take advantage of this increasingly attractive computing model. It looks like IBM pushing cloud computing like the ways it has done to Linux.

IBM said the old one-server-per-application model has created a dire situation in the data centers of large enterprises. Their infrastructures are becoming too complex and expensive to maintain, and smaller organizations want new ways to grow and expand their businesses without falling victim to these same issues.

Cloud computing- where the computing is shared across network of computers can save up to 80 percent on floor space and 60 percent on power and cooling costs, and deliver triple asset utilization. However the issues of security, data-portability and reliability are shadowing the economic benefits of cloud computing. Companies such as IBM entry into this segment will resolve these issues.

IBM has named client in this business include Houston's Neighborhood Centers, and Project Yun of China.

For more information on IBM's cloud computing initiatives, please visit www.ibm.com/cloud