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SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. is a dedicated server, managed hosting and cloud computing provider. Founded in 2005, it was acquired by IBM in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/41430.wss )〕 ==History== GI Partners acquired a majority equity stake in SoftLayer in August 2010. In November 2010, SoftLayer merged with The Planet Internet Services〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/08/the-planet-softlayer/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】work= Data Center Knowledge blog )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/110810_Web_Hosts_The_Planet_and_SoftLayer_Complete_Merger_Report )〕 and consolidated the customer base under the SoftLayer brand. In Q1 2011, the company reported hosting more than 81,000 servers for more than 26,000 customers in locations throughout the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/05/17/softlayer-78-million-in-first-quarter-revenue/ )〕 In July 2011, 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 2015, the company has 23 data centers in 11 different countries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.softlayer.com/data-centers )〕 On June 4, 2013, 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.〔Holland, Maggie (9 October 2014) (IBM and SoftLayer: What a difference a year makes ) ITPro, Retrieved 18 May 2015〕 Softlayer holds 1.19% market share.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://hostadvice.com/marketshare/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SoftLayer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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