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2014年7月2日 上午10：59

導言：美國國際商用機器公司（IBM）最新發布的由SoftLayer創建的云導航系統，實現了“之前市場上沒有滿足的客戶需求，它提供了一種新型服務模式，即將公司安全等級、管理制度、整合效應和移動互聯應用結合起來，這樣一來，使得相互交流和使用變得更加容易，”IBM公司數據管理部總經理道格·亨特如是說。

IBM 帶著其最新研發的基于云計算的大數據服務與公眾見面了。周二，這一技術巨頭發布言論，說它提供的這一服務叫做“IBM 云計算導航”，可使公司內部的數據狀況一目了然。

IBM公司稱，企業每天會產生大約25億千兆字節的數據，其中80%的數據是由非結構性的合同、索賠、批準應用以及社交媒體數據構成。要利用這些數據，企業就需要引進大量的資源。

IBM公司還說，這一項新的服務將使得技術工作人員可以更有效地與數據實時同步，并可使數據在任何瀏覽器、臺式機或者移動終端上使用。目前，云計算導航已經在IBM云計算商店投入使用，由IBM SoftLayer 云計算平臺研發，為熟悉數據管理工具的用戶提供企業數據管理服務。

 “未被滿足的需求”

IBM 舉例說，移動終端的其中一個領域的維護工程師可以為設備繪制最新的圖表，拍攝部分照片來為修理服務，升級修理文件，并將所有這些進程與云計算導航進行同步交流，這樣，其他移動終端的維護者就可以直接使用這些數據。

IBM公司數據管理部總經理道格·亨特在一次聲明中說道，這項服務實現了“之前市場上沒有滿足的客戶需求，它提供了一種新型服務模式，即將公司安全等級、管理制度、整合效應和移動互聯應用結合起來，這樣一來，使得相互交流和使用變得更加容易。”他還說，用戶借此可以得到一種“簡易的學習、嘗試以及購買體驗。”

行業研究公司點技術協會的分析師羅杰·凱告訴我們，IBM在創建云計算使用能力時“使用SoftLayer作為他們的傳輸層。”他說，這項服務“并不完全是新型的，因為它也只是采用大數據為SoftLayer服務而已。”

去年的七月，IBM就已經宣布和SoftLayer達成協議，要收購這家大型的云計算服務提供商。

倫敦數據中心

上周，IBM宣稱SoftLayer在倫敦開辦了數據中心。這是SoftLayer在世界范圍內開辦的第15個數據中心，它花費了12億美元就是為了在歐洲和全球范圍內提供云計算服務。這個新的數據中心可以處理多達15,000 個服務器的數據，可以滿足一個國家以內的所有居民的數據使用要求，例如，英國商業管理中所有公司保留敏感性數據的硬性規定。

同樣，出于云計算技術前沿的IBM周三宣布，它已經研發出了最新的云計算連接軟件版本5，新版本以社交軟件為基礎，可以同時連通企業內部和外部，使兩者更好地合作。新版本提供了集數據整合、分析。數據管理工具、文件同步以及文件共享的服務。國際數據資訊公司（IDC）已經將IBM公司列為世界市場上企業軟件提供領導者。

IBM Launches Cloud-based Big data Service

By Barry Levine

July 2, 2014 10:59AM

The new Navigator on Cloud by IBM, built on SoftLayer, fulfills "an unmet need in the marketplace by providing a new service that combines enterprise grade security, governance and integration with mobile and Web apps that are easy to interact with and use," said Doug Hunt, general manager of Enterprise Content Management at IBM.

IBM is out with a new big data service for the cloud. The tech giant said on Tuesday its service, called IBM Navigator on Cloud, will allow business content to be more usable across the enterprise.

The company noted that an estimated 2.5 billion gigabytes of data are generated every day by companies, with 80 percent being composed of such unstructured content as contracts, claims forms, permit applications and social media. To utilize this data, companies need to access a variety of sources.

The new service, IBM said, will allow knowledge workers to more effectively collaborate by synchronizing content and making it available from any browser, desktop or mobile device. Navigator on Cloud, available in the IBM Cloud Marketplace and built on the company's SoftLayer cloud platform, offers Enterprise Content Management capabilities to users who are generally familiar with content management tools.

The new service, IBM said, will allow knowledge workers to more effectively collaborate by synchronizing content and making it available from any browser, desktop or mobile device. Navigator on Cloud, available in the IBM Cloud Marketplace and built on the company's SoftLayer cloud platform, offers Enterprise Content Management capabilities to users who are generally familiar with content management tools.

'Unmet Need'

As an example, IBM noted that a field maintenance worker on a mobile device can call up the latest schematics for a piece of equipment, take photos of a part in need of repair, updata repair document, and synchronize all of this back to the cloud for other workers on other mobile devices to use immediately.

Doug Hunt, general manager of Enterprise Content Management at IBM, said in a statement that the service fulfills "an unmet need in the marketplace by providing a new service that combines enterprise grade security, governance and integration with mobile and Web apps that are easy to interact with and use." Users, he said, get a "simple and easy experience to learn, try, and buy."

Roger Kay, an analyst with industry research firm Endpoint Technologies Associates, noted for us that IBM is "using SoftLayer as their delivery layer," as they build up their cloud capabilities. He said the service "isn't entirely new, as it's adapting a big data service for SoftLayer."

One year ago this month, IBM announced it had entered into an agreement to buy SoftLayer Technologies, a large cloud computing infrastructure provider.

London data Center

Last week, the company announced that SoftLayer is opening a data center in London. This is number 15 of the data centers the company has opened worldwide, as it spends $1.2 billion to extend its cloud services in Europe and worldwide. The new center, which can handle up to 15,000 physical servers, offers services that meet in-country data residency requirements, such as regulated businesses in the UK that need to keep sensitive data physically in the country.

Also on the cloud front, IBM announced Wednesday the latest version 5 of its Connections cloud and on-premises socialsoftware for connecting and collaborating inside and outside of organizations. The new version offers an integrated suite,analytics, content management tools, file sync and document sharing. IBM has been ranked by IDC as the global market share leader for enterprise social software.