The partnership is designed to bring customers new opportunities for creating hybrid-computing solutions on SoftLayer infrastructure.
AT&T and IBM have extended AT&T NetBondSM services to the SoftLayer platform for stronger security and performance.
This extension of the IBM and AT&T alliance will allow businesses to easily create hybrid-computing solutions. AT&T Virtual Private Network (VPN) customers can use AT&T NetBond to connect their IT infrastructure to SoftLayer's cloud services. The service allows customers to benefit from highly secure connections with high reliability and performanceas an alternative to relying on public Internet access.