IBM SmartCloud Entry is an entry private cloud offering that takes your IBM PureFlex System virtualized environment from cloud-ready to cloud. Users can request and provision an environment quickly through an easy-to-use, web-based interface.

IBM SmartCloud® Notes® clients provide mail, personal Information Management features such as calendars, contacts, and to do lists, and with some clients, integrated collaboration features, such as embedded chat.

Networking: Provides cloud networking services, such as a load balancer, a content delivery network, VPN tunnels and firewalls. Storage: IBM's cloud storage offerings include object, block and file storage for cloud data.

Speed to market: Developing in the cloud enables users to get their applications to market quickly. Data security: Hardware failures do not result in data loss because of networked backups. Savings on equipment: Cloud computing uses remote resources, saving organizations the cost of servers and other equipment.

IBM SmartCloud for Government (SCG) is IBM's managed cloud environment that supports federal defense and national security clients and organizations that directly serve those agencies and entities.

Article Talk. IBM Cloud (formerly known as Bluemix) is a set of cloud computing services for business offered by the information technology company IBM.

Access data concurrently from any location. Provides automatic failover, data rebuild, auto expansion and rebalancing. Delivers geo-protected data with Information Dispersal Algorithm (IDA) efficiency; available as software only or fully supported appliance solutions. Offers custom insight and search to save time.

AWS currently has data centers in 31 locations across the globe. IBM Cloud has 27. According to Gartner in its 2022 Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services, AWS is a market leader.

IBM offers industry and business process solutions in tech consulting by employing Oracle platforms with new technologies. IBM provides a full range of SAP consulting and technology solutions to reduce costs and increase agility.

There are also three main types of cloud computing services: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platforms-as-a-Service (PaaS), and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).

Why use the cloud?

• File storage: You can store all types of information in the cloud, including files and email.
• File sharing: The cloud makes it easy to share files with several people at the same time.
• Backing up data: You can also use the cloud to protect your files.

The benefits of cloud storage

• Accessibility and redundancy.
• Data security.
• Ability to collaborate on documents and files.
• Scalability.
• Cost and resource savings.
• Compliance with legislation and regulations for storing data.
• Archives and backup data.