IBM Acquires SoftLayer

IBM hopes to continue being a player in the cloud enterprise business, making a significant stride toward that end today. As announced in a press conference, IBM is looking to expand their cloud portfolio in their acquisition of Dallas-based SoftLayer.

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I'm nervous. When I leased my first #DedicatedServer half a lifetime ago, I went with #ThePlanet. They were great. VCs kept merging them into a larger monster company. They became awful. I moved to #SoftLayer.

VCs kept merging them, eventually merging them into *the* monster company, #IBM. They became awful. Finally, I've been with #Hivelocity, which is fantastic. Now, a VC financed buyout is merging them into #Colohouse ... 👀