IBM announces new data centers in Australia, California and England as cloud revenue goes up

IBM has announced today that it will be launching four new data centers in England, Australia and California that will allow its customers to take advantage of its blockchain, big data and IoT offerings as well as have low-latency access to its cognitive services. The firm reported its quarterly earnings this week and despite the rest of its business performing below expectations, its cloud division saw revenue increase by 15 percent year-over-year and accounted for $3.9 billion of its total revenue. IBM's new data centers will help continue this growth by giving customers in more regions better access to its cloud… [Continue Reading]