AT&T chooses IBM to run its cloud
Written by Business Cloud News
18 December 2015 @ 12:31
AT&T and IBM are to extend the scope of their 20 year working relationship partnership as IBM takes over the telco's cloud based networking, application and hosting services, reports BCN.
In a new development AT&T will transfer its managed application and hosting service unit into IBM's Cloud portfolio. IBM will acquire equipment and access to the AT&T data centres that currently host the services.
The new arrangement is about integrating networks and cloud workloads more easily with each vendor's IT environments, according to a statement from IBM, which pledged to continue running the managed app and hosting services AT&T provides today. AT&T will continue to provide the security, cloud networking and mobility it currently contributes to the partnership. The two companies will collaborate on creating new services, IBM said.
"Today's announcement is an expansion of our relationship with AT&T and continuing collaboration," said Philip Guido, IBM General Manager of Global Technology Services for North America. "With AT&T we'll deliver IBM Cloud and managed services that evolve to meet clients' business objectives."
On Thursday IBM announced details of another collaboration, Project Hyperledger, as part of its involvement in the Linux Foundation. The project brings a number of vendors together to develop blockchain security technology. The objective is to create an enterprise grade, open source distributed ledger framework for the cloud. It also aims to encourage developers to create applications that can use blockchain technology to make cloud based financial transactions verifiable and secure enough to meet strict compliance regulations.
Partners in the Linux Foundation blockchain project include Accenture, ANZ Bank, Cisco, J.P. Morgan, the London Stock Exchange Group, VMware and Wells Fargo.
IBM will contribute tens of thousands of lines of its existing codebase and its corresponding intellectual property to this open source community. Another partner, Digital Asset, is contributing the Hyperledger mark, as well as code and developer resources. R3 is contributing a new financial transaction architectural framework designed to meet the requirements of its global bank members and other financial institutions.
All technical contributions will be reviewed by the foundation's technical steering committees.
"Blockchain's distributed ledgers will transform industries from banking and shipping to the Internet of Things," said Jim Zemlin, executive director at The Linux Foundation, "it needs a cross-industry, open source collaboration to advance the technology for all."
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