There has been a pretty widely discussed rumor than IBM would buy SoftLayer. And, GigaOm's Barb Darrow reports on the rumor being true.
It’s official: IBM to buy SoftLayer
by Barb Darrow
10 MINS AGONo Comments
SUMMARY:SoftLayer and IBM’s legacy SmartCloud will form the basis of a new Global Cloud Services division.
In one of the industry’s worst-kept secrets, IBM is buying SoftLayer, a respected cloud services provider.
