{"id":95605,"date":"2021-07-15T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloudcomputing-news.net\/?p=95605"},"modified":"2021-10-29T08:28:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T07:28:09","slug":"ibm-finalises-hybrid-cloud-consulting-company-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/news\/ibm-finalises-hybrid-cloud-consulting-company-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM finalises hybrid cloud consulting company takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>IBM has confirmed it plans to acquire BoxBoat Technologies, a premier DevOps consultancy and enterprise Kubernetes certified service provider.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BoxBoat will extend IBM&#8217;s container strategy and implementation services portfolio to further advance IBM&#8217;s hybrid cloud strategy and accelerate Red Hat OpenShift adoption globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The heart of hybrid<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Granger, senior VP, Hybrid Cloud Services at IBM, said: &#8220;Our clients require a cloud architecture that allows them to operate across a traditional IT environment, private cloud and public clouds. 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Software application containerisation makes life easier for developers by further abstracting computing infrastructure, and adoption of enterprise container platforms is on the rise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By 2025, more than 85% of global organisations will be running containerised applications in production, which is a significant increase from fewer than 35% in 2019. 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Find out more about the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaltwin-conference.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Digital Twin World<\/a>&nbsp;event, taking place on 8-9 September 2021, which will explore augmenting business outcomes in more depth and the industries that will benefit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IBM has confirmed it plans to acquire BoxBoat Technologies, a premier DevOps consultancy and enterprise Kubernetes certified service provider.&nbsp; BoxBoat will extend IBM&#8217;s container strategy and implementation services portfolio to further advance IBM&#8217;s hybrid cloud strategy and accelerate Red Hat OpenShift adoption globally. 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