Thursday 21 April 2011

IBM Offers New Opportunities to Jump Start Cloud Computing for Business Partners and Start-ups

Building on efforts to help its partner community capitalize on the growing cloud computing opportunity, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today is making available two pricing and financing programs to help IBM Business Partners and start-up companies more easily build their own cloud applications and infrastructures with IBM technology.

IBM will provide Cloud Application Providers -- businesses that deliver Software as a Service (SaaS) -- the option of acquiring IBM Software for use in their SaaS offerings as a monthly rental subscription, complementing the way they receive payments from their own clients.

Additionally, IBM will provide financing programs specifically designed for IBM Business Partners that are building cloud computing technical environments. With low-rate to 0% financing and deferred payments on IBM technology and services, the company will offer qualifying partners the opportunity to avoid large up-front costs as they start their cloud businesses.

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IBM Offers New Opportunities to Jump Start Cloud Computing for Business Partners and Start-ups