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IBM SmartCloud

Contributor(s): Delaney Rebernik

IBM SmartCloud is a line of enterprise-class cloud computing technologies and services for building and using private, public and hybrid clouds. SmartCloud offerings can be purchased as self-service or managed services.

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IBM SmartCloud offerings have their roots in IBM's earlier Blue Cloud initiatives.

This was last updated in October 2012

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