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  • IBM and SAP Partner to Assist Companies Move to the Cloud

    IBM and SAP Partner to Assist Companies Move to the Cloud

    IBM and SAP have announced a deepening of their existing partnership, with the goal of helping more companies move their SAP workflows to the cloud.

    SAP is one of the leading enterprise and CRM software makers and, like most companies, is working to help its customers move to the cloud. IBM, while not one of the top three companies, is nonetheless a leading cloud provider. The company even announced its intention to split into two companies, with the main one focused on hybrid cloud solutions.

    IBM has now become a premium SAP supplier with IBM for RISE with SAP. The company is also offering its BREAKTHROUGH with IBM for RISE with SAP, “a portfolio of solutions and consulting services that help accelerate and amplify the journey to SAP S/4HANA® Cloud.”

    The expanded partnership makes IBM the only SAP partner to provide a complete solution, including cloud infrastructure, managed services, and business transformation solutions.

    “We are thrilled to advance our long-standing partnership through RISE with SAP,” said John Granger, Senior Vice President, IBM Consulting. “Our shared commitment is to meet our clients, especially those in highly regulated industries, where they are in their digital journey, while giving them choices for migrating or modernizing their mission critical workloads with a hybrid cloud approach.”

    “BREAKTHROUGH with IBM is an outstanding complement to RISE with SAP as it lays the foundation for our customers to embark on or advance their business transformation journeys. Further, it reaffirms the value customers recognize from RISE with SAP and the impact and innovation opportunity RISE with SAP offers to organizations that move to the cloud. I have every confidence that the combined expertise and experience SAP and IBM offer will accelerate cloud adoption and business growth for customers across the globe,” said Brian Duffy, President of Cloud, SAP.

  • IBM Acquiring Taos to Boost Its Hybrid Cloud Consulting

    IBM Acquiring Taos to Boost Its Hybrid Cloud Consulting

    IBM has announced it is acquiring Taos, in an effort to help boost its hybrid cloud consulting capabilities.

    IBM made headlines when it announced it was splitting the company in two. The legacy business would be spun off into a independent company, while the core IBM will focus on hybrid cloud. To that end, IBM has been acquiring companies to help it move in that direction and bolster its cloud capacity.

    The latest acquisition, Taos, will help IBM improve its hybrid cloud consulting capabilities.

    “Taos adds the deep expertise, public cloud partnerships and innovative solutions needed to drive growth and adoption of IBM’s hybrid cloud platform throughout the Americas,” said John Granger, Senior Vice President, Cloud Application Innovation and Chief Operating Officer, IBM Global Business Services. “The platform gives enterprises the freedom to choose from multiple providers to best meet their business and IT needs, and we are committed to helping our clients successfully navigate their open hybrid cloud journeys with those providers.”

    It’s likely IBM will continue to pick up smaller companies to help round out its expertise as it embarks on this major shift in strategy.

  • IBM Acquiring European Cloud Startup Nordcloud

    IBM Acquiring European Cloud Startup Nordcloud

    IBM has announced it is acquiring European cloud startup Nordcloud to help turbocharge its own cloud ambitions.

    IBM made headlines in October when it announced it would be splitting into two companies. The spinoff would take over the 109 year-old company’s legacy business, while the core IBM would focus on the hybrid cloud business.

    Not surprisingly, IBM is buying cloud startups that will help it achieve that goal, first Instana, and now Nordcloud. In its 10-year history, Nordcloud has established itself as a leader in the European cloud industry, helping companies get the most from their cloud deployments.

    “Our clients are increasingly taking a more holistic approach to application modernization that allows them to operate across a traditional IT environment, private cloud and public clouds,” said John Granger, Senior Vice President, Cloud Application Innovation and Chief Operating Officer, IBM Global Business Services. “IBM’s acquisition of Nordcloud adds the kind of deep expertise that will drive our clients’ digital transformations as well as support the further adoption of IBM’s hybrid cloud platform. Nordcloud’s cloud-native tools, methodologies and talent send a strong signal that IBM is committed to deliver our clients’ successful journey to cloud.”

    “IBM’s hybrid cloud approach is very complementary with our cloud-native approach to helping clients migrate, manage and modernize in the cloud,” said Fernando Herrera, Chairman and Founder, Nordcloud. “As an experienced partner in today’s cloud ecosystems, we work with all of the public cloud providers for the good of our clients throughout Europe. I am very excited to embrace IBM’s open innovation mindset and help grow its global footprint.”

    IBM did not disclose the financial terms, but the deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021.