IBM sets up 1st cloud computing lab in Hong Kong

IBM Software Group, the world's second largest software company, announced on Thursday that it is establishing the first IBM cloud computing lab in Hong Kong, making a global hub for Web-based messaging services to support IBM's emerging LotusLive (www.lotuslive.com/) cloud service portfolio through providing affordable company-to-company social networking and online collaboration tools, sources reported.
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Hong Kong's information technology center Cyberport complex will house the new IBM cloud computing lab.

LotusLive will form virtual communities in the cloud, enabling the connections between colleagues, partners, suppliers and customers.

Jeremy Godfrey, Hong Kong Government Chief Information Officer, expects the new lab will help the local information industry jump-start the enterprises' cloud computing projects and enhance the computing capabilities in global markets.

Bob Picciano, general manager of IBM Lotus Software, said the new cloud lab will help businesses, large and small, work smarter to have more innovations and save costs.

Furthermore, IBM said it has finished the acquisition of Outblaze Limited's messaging assets, which include one of the largest online service platforms for the provision of secure, private-label email, collaboration and social media services to enterprises and academic institutions.

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