International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) and Veritas Technologies have entered into an agreement that will benefit millions of enterprises. Whether or not the enterprises have the companies’ products, they will have an entitlement to the duo’s new cloud-based object storage and data-management options. The deal between the two, which will also avail Veritas’ best-selling NetBackup was unveiled at IBMs Interconnect 2017 conference.
Cloud computing has been advancing very fast in the recent past with every developer citing massive demand. It is perhaps the reason why more than 20,000 of these developers, clients, and partners were coming together at the IBMs InterConnect cloud and cognitive conference.
The agreement adopts go-to-market and support initiatives from both companies
Each of the two has a lot to gain from the collaboration. After all, they are both seeking for efficiency in the delivery of services to their customers. IBMs Cloud Object Storage has a strong lineup of software and cloud services, which have been certified by Veritas. They will be used with Veritas’ next version of NetBackup, v8.0.
On the other hand, the IBM Cloud Object Storage will be bringing advanced object storage technology to the cloud. Nonetheless, the NetBackup 8.0 will only be accessible for order from the IBM Bluemix Catalog of services. It is worth nothing that the collaboration comes at a time when so many businesses are turning to technology for solutions from its expertise.
But this is not the only project by IBM
Apart from the cloud-based object storage, the company will also be implementing Kubernetes support, which will come in handy in its cloud project. Kubernetes support from its Bluemix Container Service has a set of advantages; from better visibility to easier scaling and all which are significant for container deployments.
However, it is not a surprise that IBM will be offering Kubernets because other tech giants the likes of Google and Microsoft are already in it. Nonetheless, even with its late entry, it is worth noting that it has taken one of the crucial steps for any cloud manifestation of an open source service.
In the meantime, IBMs stock closed at $175.70 witnessing an increase of $0.05 or 0.03%.