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Bell, IBM team up on new hybrid cloud capabilities

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MONTREAL – Bell Business Markets and IBM have struck a new partnership that expands the cloud computing services available through Bell Business Cloud.

The partnership will give businesses across Canada access to the IBM Cloud via a secure, high-speed private connection from Bell, simplifying the way customers adopt and build out their hybrid clouds and offering them direct access to a wide range of on-demand computing and storage options.

IBM Cloud delivers fast, easy and automated access to a public, private and hybrid cloud services that enable companies to lower their overall IT costs while increasing agility and productivity. IBM offers a complete portfolio of cloud services, with over 40 data centers in every major financial market around the world, supporting a wide range of applications including big data, analytics, mobile and cognitive.

"Bell is an established leader in data hosting and cloud computing, providing customers with exceptional support from an expert nationwide team," said Bell Business Markets president Tom Little, in the news release.  "With businesses of all kinds increasingly relying on cloud services for their mission critical applications, adding IBM Cloud services to Bell Business Cloud provides customers with the seamless integration, security and dependability they expect and require."

www.bell.ca/businesscloud