SoftLayer

 dedicated server, managed hosting and cloud computing provider. Founded  was acquired by IBM 

1 History

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History[edit]                                                                                                                                                    

GI Partners acquired a majority equity stake in SoftLayer in August In November  SoftLayer merged with The Planet Internet Servicesand consolidated the customer base under the SoftLayer brand.[8] In Q1 2011, the company reported hosting more than 81,000 servers for more than customers in locations throughout the United States.

In July  the company announced plans for international expansion to Amsterdam and Singapore to add to the existing network of US-based data centers in Dallas, San Jose, Seattle, Querétaro, Houston and Washington, D.C. Most of these data centers were leased via Digital Realty Trust. As of May  the company has  data centers in 11 different countries.

On June  IBM announced its acquisition of SoftLayer to form an IBM Cloud Services Division. At the time of acquisition, Softlayer was described as the biggest privately held cloud infrastructure provider (IaaS) in the world