IBM

IBM Cloud Computing ranks 6th on the list of the largest cloud computing companies in the US by revenue. IBM offers a range of cloud computing services for organizations through its information technology firm. IBM has three cloud computing hardware platforms in operation. These platforms include virtualization. IBM also provides Websphere, a virtualization application infrastructure that supports virtualization programming models and open standards.

The IBM Tivoli middleware is part of the management layer of the IBM cloud platform. Management systems enable image regulation through automatic provisioning and de-provisioning, as well as monitoring operations and meter use while recording expenditures and assigning payment to the user. The framework's final layer includes integrated workload tools.

Workloads (in the context of cloud computing) are services or instances of code that can be executed to meet specific business demands. IBM also offers solutions for cloud-based collaboration, development, and testing; application development; analytics; business-to-business connectivity; and security.

Founded: 2005

Headquarters: New York, US

Official website: https://www.ibm.com/cloud