Comments on: EMC is just not that into SoftLayer, but IBM may be http://gigaom.com/2013/03/15/emc-is-just-not-that-into-softlayer-but-ibm-may-be/ Mon, 20 May 2013 02:28:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: TLC http://gigaom.com/2013/03/15/emc-is-just-not-that-into-softlayer-but-ibm-may-be/#comment-1321732 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:35:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=621211#comment-1321732 Softlayer is technically not a cloud provider in the least. Their model is not pure cloud but self-managed virtualized infrastructure. There is a reason that they have been independent for nearly 10 years…………….

]]> By: clarkdony http://gigaom.com/2013/03/15/emc-is-just-not-that-into-softlayer-but-ibm-may-be/#comment-1321409 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 02:51:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=621211#comment-1321409 VMware’s new cloud needs DC, The new Pivotal Initiative’s cloud needs DC, so why not EMC just buy it and lease some resource to VMware & PI?
I think VMware’s IaaS announcement doesn’t mean it automatically has the DC resource.

]]> By: Barb Darrow http://gigaom.com/2013/03/15/emc-is-just-not-that-into-softlayer-but-ibm-may-be/#comment-1320791 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:07:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=621211#comment-1320791 you are correct– SoftLayer is a supporting organization in the foundation… IBM and Rackspace are higher level Platinum members. Will correct the mention. thanks for your note. You’re right, as the story says, Rackspace would be a lot more expensive. Look forward to seeing what if anything happens.

]]> By: jhesr http://gigaom.com/2013/03/15/emc-is-just-not-that-into-softlayer-but-ibm-may-be/#comment-1320777 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 02:12:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=621211#comment-1320777 Why can’t IBM just build its’ own?

HP built their own public cloud in just one year and on a feature basis it seems to have parity with RackSpace.

HP did a really great job catching up so quickly. Pretty amazing when you think about it.

You can take a look at it here: http://www.hpcloud.com

I don’t buy it when the anonymous insider says that IBM can’t create their own stuff. How about Watson (AI computer that beat the best people in the world at Jeopardy)? That seems like a pretty incredible invention to me.

]]> By: Robbie Wright http://gigaom.com/2013/03/15/emc-is-just-not-that-into-softlayer-but-ibm-may-be/#comment-1320771 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 01:26:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=621211#comment-1320771 SoftLayer actually is an OpenStack member (http://www.openstack.org/foundation/companies/). It seems they’ve at least implemented OpenStack Swift (Object Storage), so they could be more aligned with IBM than you think. Rackspace is a great company, but is probably to expensive for IBM. My money is on an IBM acquisition of SoftLayer.

]]> By: Kazuya Mishima http://gigaom.com/2013/03/15/emc-is-just-not-that-into-softlayer-but-ibm-may-be/#comment-1320522 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:48:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=621211#comment-1320522 EMC is not in the race for SoftLayer, the cloud services provider, but IBM is on the prowl for cloud expertise and has looked at both SoftLayer and Rackspace, sohttp://bit.ly/10Ro1MKurces say….

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