IBM announces new programs for partners

LAS VEGAS, USA: At PartnerWorld Leadership Conference, IBM on Tuesday announced new development capabilities, programs, education, and offerings to help Business Partners capture opportunities driven by the strategic areas of cloud computing, big data and analytics, mobile computing, social business, Watson and security.

Included in announcements are:

The Power Development Platform, an application development cloud that provides solution developers with no-charge access to IBM Power Systems servers to build, port and test applications;

The 'Ready for Smarter Commerce' PartnerWorld Offering, which creates a new ecosystem that gives clients access to pre-built Business Partner solutions with validated integration to cloud, mobile and social capabilities;

PartnerWorld Program enhancements to drive growth and profitability for Business Partners delivering solutions and services via the cloud;

The new FlashSystem V840 Enterprise Performance Solution, which is designed to integrate IBM's virtualization software with its most advanced all-Flash array.

"As the world is being transformed by cloud, mobile, social, big data and analytics, we need to enable our Business Partners to transform with it so they can take full advantages of the opportunities these changes bring," said Tom Rosamilia, senior vice president, IBM Systems and Technology Group and Integrated Supply Chain.

"Our goal is to provide our Business Partners with the broadest set of capabilities, programs, incentives and solutions in the industry, allowing them to move to higher-value opportunities and achieve greater success."