SiteMinis Selects IBM Cloud Services And Infrastructure From SoftLayer
The move is designed to cuts costs by 35%.
IBM has announced that SiteMinis, a mobile Web technology and services provider, has adopted IBM Cloud services including SoftLayer infrastructure, enabling dynamic mobile applications and websites that offer consumers an enhanced mobile shopping experience while cutting cloud hosting costs by 35%. SiteMinis chose Softlayer, an IBM company, to better serve its customers, improving speed to market for mobile sites from weeks to minutes, improving command and control through administrative process, and reducing overall costs of mobile Web site deployment. As a result, the company anticipates savings on cloud hosting costs while reducing issue resolution time from hours to just minutes.
Mobile commerce is expected to reach $617 billion worldwide by 2016, up from less than $106 billion in 20111. The increased adoption of mobile shopping has created a new frontier for online retailers. As a provider of mobile Web technology and services, SiteMinis helps more than 500 businesses across North America meet today's mobile and digital marketing demands through its cornerstone delivery platform - CliqLaunch.