IBM unveils New Smart Cloud Services

IBM recently unveiled the industry's most advanced cloud services and software designed from the ground up for enterprise clients. New IBM SmartCloud services and capabilities introduce unprecedented choice, security and portability as businesses shift critical activities to the cloud and use it as a platform for business.

IBM plans to support about 200 million users by the end of 2012 as clients shift core applications and processes to the IBM SmartCloud. "IBM is committed to help our clients maximise the benefits through the cloud model by enabling them to embrace our broad portfolio of services and technology.

Our clients in Sri Lanka could take advantage of our SmartCloud solutions through IBM Business Partners and leverage their existing IT investments for newer avenues of innovation and productivity", said, Country General Manager, IBM Sri Lanka. Chrishan Fernando. "By adopting IBM's SmartCloud, our clients are able to scale up their businesses with improved reliability and security", he said.

According to a new IBM survey of more than 500 business and IT leaders, only 33 percent have deployed more than a cloud pilot today but that number is expected to more than double in the next three years.

By 2015, 40 percent of the respondents say cloud will bring "substantial change" and 30 percent say "cloud will drive the invention of business models and revenue streams".