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6 \" d% e. X5 W/ ?/ }0 sIBM will open a cloud data center facility in Hong Kong for its subsidiary SoftLayer on April 14, according to InformationWeek. , Y7 \ C# a8 W" }8 D: u6 \" G: v& d* [+ I, K; ~ C
The opening of the Hong Kong facility will mark the first of 15 data centers IBM said it is building throughout the year as part of a US$1.2bn investment for the expansion of its cloud storage business. - y* @: q+ W9 G1 ?6 A) T0 I& I3 r" ~- ~+ {
The Hong Kong facility will have capacity for 15,000 servers and will have network connectivity provided by Equinix, NTT and Tata. ! }9 p+ j. k \( Q2 u. d& H8 s " @8 b- }: ~& l* T- wSoftlayer’s CEO Lance Crosby said in an interview with InformtionWeek the next Softlayer data center sites will most likely be Canada, Mexico, UK and Australia. / @8 h7 D1 n" v& u" k; B6 H + P2 O. z% ^8 w& l7 SIBM Watson will be available in the new Hong Kong facility making it only one of three facilities to provide the business intelligence engine- the other facilities to provide Watson are in London and Dallas. ( `: b( q, @9 X( s2 m 7 r/ P+ f4 M( d/ l& d' cIBM’s BlueMix platform-as-a-service on Softlayer - which was announced last month- will also be available from the Hong Kong site.6 B7 J' G+ S, T( N9 S$ P; R9 j. ?1 N
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BlueMix is an implementation of IBM’s Open Cloud Architecture, leveraging Cloud Foundry to enable developers to rapidly build, deploy, and manage their cloud applications, while tapping a growing ecosystem of available services and runtime frameworks. ' Q3 _ o! @2 w$ B5 s- E4 C [0 x
IBM said it will follow flexible pricing schemes as it deploys BlueMix, allowing customers to consume it by the hour, by the month, or by the seat. 5 Z% ]3 `2 H" C0 c- D. g2 w& Y. _) o