IBM on Tuesday said it has acquired Gravitant, an Austin, Texas-based developer of hybrid cloud brokerage software.
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Martin Jetter, SVP of global technology services at IBM, said Gravitant’s offerings will be important as IBM looks to add to its hybrid cloud capabilities.
Gravitant solutions allow computing and software services from different suppliers to be compared by price and capabilities, as well as purchased from a central console. IBM plans to integrate its solution with its Global Technology Services division, where it’ll be sold as a Software-as-a-Service offering.
cloudMatrix is used by multi-billion dollar organizations across the globe to get the most out of cloud computing and effectively deliver IT-as-a-Service. cloudMatrix is a consumption portal that makes hybrid and multi-cloud services easy to procure, consume and manage. cloudMatrix aligns with the IT processes needed to truly make cloud work in the enterprise including planning, procurement, deployment, operations and governance.
The need for cloud brokerage is becoming an issue, too, as private cloud has refused to die – organisations are holding on to their own servers and building their own clouds, using VMware or the open-source OpenStack architecture, thanks to security and regulatory rules and concerns.
The companies did not disclose financial details of the deal.
Gravitant breaks down a few IT barriers that make it more hard for enterprises to drive adoption of the cloud. Once Gravitant’s tools are integrated into IBM’s storehouse, clients will be able to integrate and manage digitally public and private clouds as single clouds.
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“Gravitant provides an innovative approach to add choice and simplicity to how enterprises can manage their environments”. These provider may be Amazon, Microsoft, Web Services, Azure, Cloud Platform or IBM Softlayer and Google. All are part of a strategy to attract more customers to the IBM Cloud as the struggling company seeks to boost it cloud infrastructure and software services business. “It will be a key component as we broaden our hybrid cloud services”, as per Tech Crunch.
