SoftLayer









































SoftLayer Technologies, Inc.
Type
Subsidiary
Industry Hosting
Founded 2005 (2005)
Headquarters
Dallas, Texas, USA
Key people
Lance Crosby (Chairman & CEO)
Products Dedicated Hosting, Managed Services
Parent
IBM (since 2013)
Website softlayer.com

SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. is a dedicated server, managed hosting, and cloud computing provider,[1] founded in 2005 and acquired by IBM in 2013.[2]



History


GI Partners acquired a majority equity stake in SoftLayer in August 2010.[3]
In November 2010, SoftLayer merged with The Planet Internet Services[4][5][6][7]
and consolidated the customer base under the SoftLayer brand.[8]
In Q1 2011, the company reported hosting more than 81,000 servers for more than 26,000 customers in locations throughout the United States.[9]


In July 2011, the company announced plans for international expansion to Amsterdam and Singapore to add to the existing network of US-based data centers in Dallas, Texas; San Jose, California; Seattle, Washington; Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico; Houston, Texas; and Washington, D.C.[10] Most of these data centers were leased via Digital Realty Trust.[11] As of May 2015, the company has 23 data centers in 11 different countries.[12]


On June 4, 2013, IBM announced its acquisition of SoftLayer under not disclosed financial terms, but according to Reuters in a deal that could fetch more than $2 billion,[13] to form an IBM Cloud Services Division.[14][15] At the time of acquisition, Softlayer was described as the biggest privately held cloud infrastructure provider (IaaS) in the world.[16]


By 2018, SoftLayer was renamed to IBM Cloud.[17]



References





  1. ^ "softlayer.com". Company web site. SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. Retrieved August 28, 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "IBM Closes Acquisition of SoftLayer Technologies". Retrieved July 18, 2015.


  3. ^ "GI Partners and Management Acquire SoftLayer". News release. GI Partners. August 4, 2010. Archived from the original on November 14, 2010. Retrieved August 28, 2011.


  4. ^ "Tech Crunch - Hosting Companies The Planet And SoftLayer Complete Merger". techcrunch.com.


  5. ^ "SoftLayer and The Planet Complete Merger". Data Center Knowledge blog. Retrieved August 28, 2011.


  6. ^ "The WHIR - Web Hosts The Planet and SoftLayer Complete Merger: Report". thewhir.com.


  7. ^ "EV1 GI Partners Announces Completion Of Merger Between SoftLayer and The Planet". News release. GI Partners. November 10, 2010. Retrieved August 28, 2011.


  8. ^ "SoftLayer and The Planet Begin Merged Operations: Merger Brings Customers Advantages in Combined Capabilities and Scale". News release. November 16, 2010. Retrieved August 28, 2011.


  9. ^ "Data Center Knowledge - SoftLayer: $78 Million in First Quarter Revenue". datacenterknowledge.com.


  10. ^ Rich Miller (July 26, 2011). "SoftLayer Goes Global With its Network". Data Center Knowledge. Retrieved June 5, 2013.


  11. ^ "Digital Realty Signs SoftLayer to Data Centre Lease in Singapore". News release. October 10, 2011. Retrieved June 5, 2013.


  12. ^ "SoftLayer Data Centers". Retrieved 2015-05-19.


  13. ^ Saba, Jennifer. "IBM to buy website hosting service SoftLayer". reuters.com. Retrieved 21 April 2018.


  14. ^ "IBM to Acquire SoftLayer to Accelerate Adoption of Cloud Computing in the Enterprise: IBM to Form New Cloud Services Division". News release. IBM. June 4, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.


  15. ^ "IBM (IBM) to Acquire Public Cloud Provider SoftLayer". Street Insider. Retrieved June 5, 2013.


  16. ^ Holland, Maggie (9 October 2014) IBM and SoftLayer: What a difference a year makes ITPro, Retrieved 18 May 2015


  17. ^ SoftLayer's new name: IBM Cloud, 2018 [1] IBM, Retrieved 18 January 2019




External links


  • Official website



Popular posts from this blog

澳門輕軌系統

水泉澳邨

Indian Forest Service