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IBM Opens First Cloud Center In Mexico

By TechTaffy Desk

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IBM is opening its first cloud center in Mexico, located in Querétaro, near Mexico City. The Mexico City cloud center follows SoftLayer’s standardized pod design, and has the capacity for thousands of physical servers, says IBM. The center will be offering SoftLayer cloud infrastructure services, including bare metal servers, virtual servers, storage, security services, and networking. According to industry estimates, Latin America will see more than 25 percent growth in the cloud-computing business within the next three years.

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